info:  HD video, 6:30, 2005
roles:  Director, animator, sound designer
with:  Lauren Hartman, Celeste Den, Michael Morrissey (voices), Jennifer Jester (music)
tools:  Flash, After Effects, Painter, Final Cut, Audition, Photoshop
where:  Los Angeles/Montreal

In this adaptation of an early Kafka story, a soldier is taken prisoner in the night by a pack of jackals. Offering a pair of scissors, they demand that he use the makeshift weapon to kill his sleeping friends. They overwhelm his initial, shocked refusal. Slowly, incredibly, he begins to see their point of view. He takes the scissors, and...

• Ottawa Animation Festival, 2005.