What is the opposite of a gun? A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with this seemingly simple question in Lisa LaBracio and Anna Samo’s adaptation of Brendan Constantine’s “The Opposites Game”. Entirely hand-crafted by the two directors, the animation is drawn in a stop-motion-animated book and traces an escalating conflict, at turns hilarious and deadly serious, coursing an answer being both sought and avoided.
“The Opposites Game” is part of the TED-Ed series “There’s a Poem for That”, which aims to showcase living poets giving language to some of life’s most inexplicable moments.
Animated Short | 5 min | DCP | Dolby Digital 5.1 | Color | English | ©2019 TED-Ed
Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animation Film
Grand Competition, Short Film - June 2019, Croatia
Palm Springs International Shortfest
Official Selection – June 2019, Palm Springs, USA
Anima Mundi
Gallery Film Competition – July 2019, Brazil
SUPERTOON International Animation Festival
International Competition - July 2019, Croatia
Salute Your Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection - August 2019, Los Angeles, USA
Warsaw Animation Film Festival
Panorama - August/September 2019, Poland
Fantoche International Animation Festival
Panorama - September 2019, Switzerland
Animanima International Animation Festival
International Competition - September 2019, Serbia
VarnaFest World Animated Film Festival
Panorama - September 2019, Bulgaria
Raindance Film Festival
Official Selection - September 2019, London, UK
Festival Stop Motion Montreal
September 2019, Canada
Animation Block Party
September 2019, Brooklyn, USA
Encounters Film Festival
Official Selection - September 2019, Bristol, UK
Woodstock Film Festival
Official Selection - October 2019, Woodstock, USA
StopTrik International Film Festival
Official Selection - October 2019, Slovenia + Poland
ANIMAGE – International Animation Festival of Pernambuco
Official Selection - October 2019, Recife, Brazil
Downtown LA Film Festival
Official Selection - October 2019, Los Angeles, USA
ReAnimania: Int’l Animation Films & Comics Art Festival
Official Selection - October 2019, Armenia
Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection - November 2019, Pittsburgh, USA
Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival
Official Selection - November 2019, Germany
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
Official Selection - November 2019, Colorado Springs, USA
Flensburg Short Film Festival
November 2019, Germany + Denmark
London Animation Festival
Official Selection - November/December 2019, London, UK
Leuven Short Film Festival
Official Selection - November/December 2019, Belgium