Missing U is a 2013 short animated film made by Brooke Wagstaff which was featured in multiple film festivals.

Missing U
Theatrical Poster
Directed byBrooke Wagstaff
Written byBrooke Wagstaff
Produced byBrooke Wagstaff
StarringBrooke Wagstaff
Adam Ratner
Animation byBrooke Wagstaff
Production
company
Release date
  • July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31)[1]
Running time
2 minutes 29 seconds
CountryUnited States

Plot

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A 3D animated adventure that follows the letter I as she travels great distances to find her missing U.

Production

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The film was created by Wagstaff over the span of a year and a half while she was a student at the Ringling College of Art and Design. She made it for her senior thesis while pursuing a degree in Computer Animation. It was created using the 3D computer graphics software Autodesk Maya but styled to mimic a variety of traditional techniques such as hand-drawn animation and claymation. The film was made only using resources available through the school.[2]

Festivals and Honors

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Event/Organization Award/Honor Location Date
Vimeo[3] Staff Pick Online August, 2013
On Video Creative Festival[4] Audience Choice Award Seoul, South Korea August, 2013
Ritz Premiere International Short Film Festival Official Selection Lincoln, England November, 2013
Indiedemand Film Festival[5] Best Film of the Year, Staff Pick Online November, 2013
SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival[6] Official Selection Hong Kong November, 2013
Sonoma International Film Festival Official Selection Sonoma, USA April, 2014
NonStop Barcelona Animació[7] Official Selection Barcelona, Spain May, 2014
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia[8] Official Selection Tokyo, Japan June, 2014
Scratch! International Animation Film Festival[9] Official Selection Lecce, Italy June, 2014
Camp Bestival Daily Screening Dorset, England July and August, 2014
CINE[10] Golden Eagle Award International July, 2014
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival[11] Official Selection Bristol, England September, 2014
Be There! Corfu Animation Festival[12] Official Selection Corfu, Greece October, 2014
Bradford Animation Festival[13] Official Selection Bradford, England November, 2014
Puchon International Student Animation Festival[14] Official Selection Bucheon City, South Korea November, 2014
Red Rock Film Festival[15] Official Selection Zion Canyon, Utah November, 2014
International Students Creative Award[16] First Prize: Overseas Division Osaka, Japan November, 2014
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival[17] Official Selection Los Angeles, USA December, 2014
Student Filmmaker Awards[18] Best Animated Film Park City, USA January, 2015
Festival Cinema Giovane[19] Official Selection Pieve a Nievole, Italy March, 2015
Tricky Women International Animation Festival[20] Official Selection Vienna, Austria March, 2015
New Orleans International Children's Film Festival[21] Official Selection New Orleans, USA March, 2015
WonderCon International Children's Film Festival[22] Official Selection Anaheim, USA April, 2015
The Other Art Fair[23] Official Selection Bristol, England May, 2015
San Diego International Children's Film Festival at San Diego Comic-Con[24] Official Selection San Diego, USA July, 2015
Shorts on the Beach[25] Official Selection Long Beach, USA August, 2015
Ars Electronica Animation Festival [26] Official Selection Linz, Austria September, 2015
Long Beach International Film Festival [27] Official Selection Long Beach, USA September, 2015

References

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  1. ^ "Missing U". 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Missing U". brookewagstaff.com. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  3. ^ "Missing U on Vimeo". Vimeo. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  4. ^ "This Week on Friday in Hongdae". Mttgle.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  5. ^ "Missing U - Best Film of the year, Staff Pick". Indiedemand.com. 2013-11-11. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  6. ^ "SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival Attendees". ACMSIGGRAPH. 2013-09-21. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  7. ^ "Selección Oficial en Competición". nonstopbarcelona.com/. 2014-05-07. Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  8. ^ "Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2014". ShortShorts.org. 2014-04-08. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  9. ^ "Scratch! International Animation Film Festival Programme" (PDF). ScratchFilmFestival.com. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  10. ^ "Spring 2014 Golden Eagle Award Recipients". Cine.org. 2014-06-30. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  11. ^ "Encounters Short Film and Animation Film Festival Children's Award". Encounters Festival. 2014-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  12. ^ "Selection Results 2014". betherefest.gr. 2014-08-26. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  13. ^ "What's On: All Short Films". National Media Museum. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  14. ^ "International Student Competition". pisaf.or.ki. 2014-08-08. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  15. ^ "Red Rock Film Festival Selections 2014". ophelia.org. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  16. ^ "International Students Creative Award 2014 Award Winners". Knowledge Capital. November 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  17. ^ "Los Angeles International children's Film Festival". Nexgen LACMA. 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  18. ^ "Student Filmmaker Awards". SFA. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  19. ^ "Festival Cinema Giovane". Festival Cinema Giovane. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  20. ^ "Tricky Women 2015". Tricky Women. 2015-01-05. Archived from the original on 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  21. ^ "New Orleans International Children's Film Festival". New Orleans Film Society. 2015-03-05. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  22. ^ "Wondercon International Children's Film Festival". Comic-Con. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  23. ^ "The Other Art Fair". Encounters Festival. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  24. ^ "San Diego International Children's Film Festival". Comic Con Int'l. 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  25. ^ "Shorts on the Beach". LBIFF. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  26. ^ "Ars Electronica Animation Festival". Ars Electronica. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  27. ^ "Long Beach International Film Festival". LBIFF. 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
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