The Bats (film)

1999 animated short film by Jim Trainor

For the 1999 horror feature-length film, see Bats (film).

The Bats

Directed by| Jim Trainor
Written by| Jim Trainor
Narrated by|

* Jim Trainor
* Marianne McGinnis

Music by| Joe Miuccio

Release date

* 1999 (1999)

Running time

| 8 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Bats is a 1999 American short animated film written and directed by Jim Trainor, who also narrates the film alongside Marianne McGinnis.[1] Hand-drawn by Trainor with felt-tip pens,[2] the film follows the life of a bat who resides in a cave near a Mayan temple. He is raised by his mother, learns to use echolocation, and embarks on a journey of sexual and metaphysical discovery before ultimately completing his life cycle.[2][3]

The Bats won an Honorable Mention in the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking category in 2000.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Line and Voice". The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. September 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
2. ^ a b da Costa, Beatriz; Philip, Kavita, eds. (2010). Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience. MIT Press. p. 72\. ISBN 978-0262514910.
3. ^ Popkin (November 27, 2021). "The Bats is an award-winning hand-drawn animation by Jim Trainer". Boing Boing. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
4. ^ "2000 Sundance Film Festival | Awards". History.Sundance.org. Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

## External links

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* The Bats at IMDb

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