Caldera (film)

2012 American film

Caldera

Official poster

Directed by| Evan Viera
Written by| Chris Bishop
Evan Viera
Produced by| Chris Perry
Evan Viera
Music by| Evan Viera

Production
companies

Orchid Animation
Bit Films
Flicker Dreams Productions

Release date

* March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) (SXSW)

Running time

| 11 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Caldera is an 11-minute animated short film released in 2012. It was directed by Evan Viera, co-written by Chris Bishop, co-produced by Chris Perry, and created in conjunction with Bit Films, the computer animation incubator program at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Caldera received a Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category in 2012.

## Plot

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Caldera is about a young girl who goes off her medication and leaves a bleak metropolis to immerse herself in a vibrant oceanic cove. Ultimately, the story is about the young girl's impossible predicament, where she can not live in either the fantastical and haunting world of psychosis or in the marginalizing society that mandates her medication.

## Awards

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2012

* Prix Ars Electronica – Award of Distinction (Computer Animation)[3]
* Seattle International Film Festival \- Award of Innovation[4]
* Rome Independent Film Festival \- Best Short Animation[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Family Relations Blog » Alumni Profile: Evan Viera 02F and Chris Bishop 00F". Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
2. ^ "Animation and Digital Art".
3. ^ "Ars Electronica".
4. ^ "SIFF Announces 2012 Short Films Award Winners < News < Seattle International Film Festival". Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
5. ^ "Riff Awards 2012 - Here Are the Winners". April 21, 2012.

## External links

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* Official website
* Caldera at IMDb

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