Batmilk

20091 min 44 secFilm: Animation, Fiction

Direction: Brandon Blommaert

Production: David VerrallMichael Fukushima

Script: Brandon Blommaert

Amidst a magical journey, an oafish ghoul and his soft exposed brain are met with ruin when the brain is unexpectedly killed. Though paralyzed, the ghoul attains a fresh brain and is fed with new life. An unassuming yet unsettling story of death and rebirth.

This animated short was made for Hothouse 5, the NFB’s program for emerging filmmakers, whose central theme was “The Time I Changed My Mind”.






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Subject categories


  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Animation on Life and DeathLife and Death
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
  • Media Education > Film Animation
  • Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development

Credits


writer
Brandon Blommaert
director
Brandon Blommaert
mentoring director
Alison Reiko Loader
Janet Perlman
Steve Woloshen
music
Luigi Allemano
sound design
Luigi Allemano
editor
Jelena Popovic
infographics
Susan Gourley
Louis-André Fortin
musician
Mariane Croteau
foley artist
Karla Baumgardner
sound recorder
Geoffrey Mitchell
mix
Geoffrey Mitchell
technical coordinator
Julie Laperrière
online editor
Yannick Carrier
marketing
Mia Desroches
Patrick Viegas
administration
Gisèle Guilbault
Rosalina Di Sario
executive producer
David Verrall
producer
Michael Fukushima
associate producer
Maral Mohammadian