Something Left, Something Taken | A Short Film by Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata

Everyone who enters a crime scene, leaves something behind and takes something away. “Something Left, Something Taken” is a 10 minute animated dark comedy about a vacationing couple’s encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.

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Something Left, Something Taken won the following awards:

1st prize: Independent film, ASIFA-East , USA(’10)
1st prize: Premio Simona Gesmundo Corti D’Animazione, Italy (’10)
2nd prize: narrative, CutOut Fest, Mexico (’10)

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Something Left, Something Taken has been shown at numerous festivals, including:

SICAF, Korea (’10)
Anima Mundi, Brazil (’10)
Animation Block Party, USA (’10)
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada(’10)
Animadrid, Spain (’10)
Animated Encounters Int Film Festival, UK (’10)
Int short film festival SHNIT -”shnit animiert”, Switzerland (’10)
Milano Film Festival, “focus on animation marathon”, Italy (’10)
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA (’10)
Festival Les Nuits Magique, France (’10)

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Director: Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata
Screenplay: Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata
Music: Erin Kilkenny, Andrew Landry, Andy Kennedy, Panic Bomber, Alex & Alison, Peter Squires