From the creator:
An ode to a lost age of Internet love
MAKING OF: https://medium.com/@SeanBuckelew/lovestreams-making-of-48c7d0a3d81c
written, directed, and animated by SEAN BUCKELEW
music and sound design by SKILLBARD (skillbard.com/)
singer SOPHIE KOKO GATE
animation assistance ISABELLE ASPIN, CAMERON MCMANUS, RACHEL HO, BRIAN SMEE, HAE-JOON LEE
background assistance JOSH SHAFFNER
effects animation BRIAN SMEE, CALEB WOOD
compression effects by JACK TURPIN
live action director of photography BRIAN SMEE
costume design ISABELLE ASPIN, SEAN BUCKELEW
thanks to JOE BENNETT, GRACE RHEE, CALVIN FREDERICK, CHARLES HUETTNER, DAVID LEWANDOWSKI, JESS IGLEHART, JEANETTE BONDS, THERESA LATZKO, JACOB SLUKA, QUIQUE RIVERA, TOJOARC & RACHEL HO
SCREENINGS
Flatpack Film Festival (April 4th-7th)
Pictoplasma (May 10th-14th)
Rooftop Films (June 3rd)
Animafest Zagreb (June 5th-10th)
Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 20th-26th)
Anima Mundi (July 18th-23rd)
Cardiff Animation Nights (July 21st)
Animation Block Party (July 27th-30th)
Animaze: Montreal Int’l Animation Film Festival (August 17th-20th)
Turku Animated Film Festival (August 23rd-27th)
San Diego Underground Film Festival (August 24th-27th)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (September 5th-10th)
Nevada City Film Festival (September 8th-15th)
Encounters Film Festival (September 19th-24th)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 20th-24th)
New Orleans Film Festival (October 11th-19th)
Cartoons Underground (October 21st)
Bit Bang Festival (November 2nd-4th)
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (November 2nd-5th) (Sapporo Breweries Award)
London International Animation Festival (December 1st-10th) (Jury Honorable Mention)
Anima - The Brussels Animation Festival (February 9th-18th)
RiverRun International Film Festival (April 19th-29th)
Northwest Animation Festival (May 23rd-27th)
Created by Sean Buckelew as part of Late Night Work Club’s second anthology, Strangers, “Lovestreams” is a beautiful film about the lost age of internet love. Sean put together an amazing post on Medium, which you can view here, where he goes through much of his process in making this great film. Be sure to check it out!