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When two dancers in a club refuse to follow the strict rules of who can dance with who, their act of defiance sparks a revolution.

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Awards and Recognition

2019 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
Jury Award, Best Animated Short
2019 LGBT Los Angeles Film Festival
Winner, Best Music
2019 Living Skies Student Film Festival
Finalist, Animation Shorts

Official Selections and Screenings

2021 Kinofilm 17th Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival
2021 Zinentiendo
2020 Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games
2020 Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ de Madrid
2019 Athens Animfest
2019 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
2019 Weird Market
2019 Zinegoak - Festival de Cine y Artes Escénicas LGBTI de Bilbao
2019 Animakom FEST – Bilbao International Animation Community Festival

2019 Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games
2019 San Antonio QFest-LGBT International Film Festival
2019 LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival
2019 Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival
2019 Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival
2019 Florida Animation Festival
2019 FilmOut San Diego LGBTQ ShortFest
2019 L-DUB Film Festival

The Team

Leire Acha
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Script, Storyboard, Layout, Animation, Compositing, Editing
Cristina Vaquero
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Layout, Animation
Arantzazu Martinez
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Script, Layout, Backgrounds, Animation
Eurie Cierbide
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Layout, Animation, Compositing
Velasco Irene
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Layout, Backgrounds, Animation, Compositing
Beñat Etxaburu
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Layout, Backgrounds, Animation, Compositing
Sara Nikte Berrozpe
BFA in Digital Art and Animation
Role: Layout, Backgrounds, Animation, Compositing, Editing

Animation Stills