This was my short film directorial debut. The film was produced from a student script submitted to the Pens To Lens student screenwriting festival which I helped found in East Central Illinois. The film featured a story about immigrants, and I was determined to handle a dramatic story through the medium of animation.

The characters were animated through a combination of keyframing and motion capture. I worked with a team of local filmmakers that wanted to learn 3D animation, and by the end not only had we all created our first animated film, but they were all capable animators.