A Photo of Me

During a family outing to a cinema a young boy falls asleep His mind flashes back to an early memory where as a toddler his family try to take a photo of him in their backyard As he drifts in and out of sleep his memory and the present begin to merge Dennis Tupicoffs 2017 short film premiered at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival The films combination of handdrawn animation with live action clips of the 1950 Film Noir DOA awakeness with sleep and past with present creates a surreal quality that emanates throughout the film