Amoricania

November 14, 2017

A postmodern animated depiction of Americana, creating a narrative through a system of neo-archetypes that work together; hyperreality rendered in hyper-unrealism.

Directed, animated and composed by Faiyaz Jafri
Produced by Faiyaz Jafri

Official Selections

• 13th Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece (Mar 15, 2018)
• Anifilm 2018, Trebon, Czech Republic (May 1 – 6, 2018)
• Pictoplasma Conference & Festival, Berlin, Germany (May 2, 2018)
• Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, USA (June 1, 2018)
• 30th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (June 18 – 22, 2018)
• FILE – The Body is The Message, Sao Paulo, Brazil (July 4 – Aug 12, 2018)
• Hell De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (Sept 13 – 19, 2018)
• Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada (Sept 26 – 30, 2018)
• Bit Bang Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 3 – 6, 2018)
• 11th Klik Amsterdam Animation Festival (Oct 10 – 14, 2018)
• 4th Pori Film Festival, Pori, Finland (Nov 28 – Dec 2, 2018)
• Under the Radar, Vienna, Austria (July 1st, 2019)
• Pugnant Film Series, Athens, Greece (July 4th, 2019)
• Insomnia Animation Festival, Moscow, Russia (July 20 – 21, 2019)
• 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA (Nov 7 – 17, 2019)

Tags: americana, disney, mickeymouse, musclecar, mushroom, nuclearexplosion, postmodern