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White Out The Wind Fisherman
3 minutes a73 2007 a73 USA a73 In Competition 12 minutes a73 2007 a73 USA a73 In Competition
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Sunday 3:40p
Plays in: Family Shorts (p13) Plays in: All-Ages Docs & Shorts (p13)
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Director/Animator/Editor: Jeff Scher a73 Music/Composer: Shay Lynch a73
fezfilms.net Director/Screenwriter: Anna McRoberts a73 Producer: David Freid a73 Cinematographer: Paula
Huidobro a73 Editor: Vince Oresman a73 Music/Composer: Carter Little a73 Principal Cast: Will
Artist and animator Jeff Scher takes his beautiful water color
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thewindfisherman.com
style into the winter season. This film premiered on The New
York
Times.com/opinion. [family-friendly]
The wind fisherman lives in the windiest town in the world
where he “fishes” for objects that have blown away and returns
Sponsor: Ashland Home Net
them to their rightful owners. In this wildly imaginative and
Jeff Scher
sweet story, Gust Town’s local hero embarks on a journey in
search of adventure and ends up finding himself. [family-
Director’s Statement
friendly]
Snow is particularly joyful in how it
Anna McRoberts
transforms everything it covers. The
Graduate Student: American Film Institute
brightness of its white forces the iris in
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your eye to shut way down, and suddenly
Director’s Statement
everything that isn’t snow is in silhouette or defined by shadow.
Making The Wind Fisherman was one of the
The world becomes a high-contrast graphic representation of
most profound creative experiences of my
itself. This distillation of form allowed me to focus on painting
life. I had the great fortune of being
pure motion in relation to the winter landscape. This film is
surrounded by a team of immeasurable
composed of approximately 2,250 watercolor paintings on
talent and energy who were all there for the purpose of a shared
paper.
vision and had a genuine passion to make a film that they
believed in. Everyone volunteered, working long hard hours for
Selected Filmography: In Your Dreams, L’Eau Life (2009 AIFF), Paper View (2009 AIFF),
nothing material beyond a good lunch.
While You Were Sleeping, You Won’t Remember This (2009 AIFF)
Filmography: Directorial Debut
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