The Wraith of Cobble Hill

The Wraith of Cobble Hill

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Directed by:	Adam Parrish King
Written by:	Adam Parrish King
Starring:	Jonathan Sayres, Pedro Pano
Country:	U S A
Created:	2006
Runtime:	15 min.
Member:	Adam_Parrish_King
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Average rating: 5 by 3 users

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On a cold, winter street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, in a worn-down shoebox apartment, lives a teenage boy named Felix. It's just him and his unresponsive, deadbeat mom who leaves her son to fend for himself. Often, Felix will pilfer from the local corner store the bare necessities - candy bars, TV dinners, booze - and he does this under the seemingly unsuspecting noses of Mr. H, the kindly corner store owner, and his dog, Mitzie. These recent December nights, one year since Mrs. H died, when the shops have closed and a haze drifts across the moonlit Brooklyn rooftops, Mr. H returns home to replay his and his wife's favorite Polish ballads on an old 78. Felix can hear the music and Mr. H crying through the floorboards above. The loneliness felt by Felix and his upstairs neighbor, even Mitzie who's kept behind in the shop at night to keep the rats away, pervades the spaces they all share. Planning his holiday departure, Mr. H asks Felix if he would be willing to mind Mitzie and the store while he's away. When Felix accepts, it's up to him either to reciprocate the benevolence Mr. H has always shown him, or perpetuate the cycle of neglect he's been handed down as a family legacy.

Forms: Animation, Narrative Fiction, Short
Animation Techniques: Clay
Genres: Alternative, Drama, Independent, Urban, Art

Screenings & Events

Sundance Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking
Park City, UT, U S A
January 2006

South by Southwest Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Jury Prize - Animated Short
Austin, TX, U S A
March 2006

New Directors/New Films
Film Festival
New York, NY, U S A
March 2006

Silver Lake Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Best Short Film - Narrative
Los Angeles, CA, U S A
March 2006

Johns Hopkins International Film Festival
Film Festival
Baltimore, MD, U S A
April 2006

Arizona International Film Festival
Film Festival
Tucson, AZ, U S A
April 2006

Independent Film Festival of Boston
Film Festival
Boston, MA, U S A
April 2006

festival REC
Film Festival
Tarragona, Spain
May 2006

Sundance at BAM
Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY, U S A
May 2006

Maryland Film Festival
Film Festival
Baltimore, MD, U S A
May 2006

New Haven Underground Film Festival
Film Festival
New Haven, CT, U S A
May 2006

Brooklyn International Film Festival
Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY, U S A
June 2006

Newport International Film Festival
Film Festival
Newport, RI, U S A
June 2006

Atlanta Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Best Animated Film
Atlanta, GA, U S A
June 2006

BAFTA/LA
OTHER
Awards: Student Film Award
Los Angeles, CA, U S A
June 2006

Nantucket Film Festival
Film Festival
Nantucket, MA, U S A
June 2006

SouthSide Film Festival
Film Festival
Bethlehem, PA, U S A
June 2006

Los Angeles Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Best Animated Short Film
Los Angeles, CA, U S A
June 2006

Rooftop Films
Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY, U S A
June 2006

Melbourne International Film Festival
Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
July 2006

Movies with a View
Film Festival
New York, NY, U S A
July 2006

Animation Block Party
Film Festival
Awards: Best in Show
New York, NY, U S A
July 2006

Rhode Island International Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Honorable Mention
Providence, RI, U S A
August 2006

Dallas Video Festival
Film Festival
Dallas, TX, U S A
August 2006

Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Film Festival
Hiroshima, Japan
August 2006

Salento International Film Festival
Film Festival
Salento, Italy
September 2006

Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
Film Festival
Big Bear, CA, U S A
September 2006

animEST
Film Festival
Bucharest, Romania
September 2006

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
OTHER
La Jolla, CA, U S A
September 2006

Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal
Film Festival
Montreal, Canada
October 2006

Golden Lion Film Festival
Film Festival
Malkerns, Swaziland
October 2006

Cork Film Festival
Film Festival
Cork, Ireland
October 2006

Secret City Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: 3rd Place - Animation/Experimental
Oak Ridge, TN, U S A
October 2006

Milwaukee International Film Festival
Film Festival
Milwaukee, WI, U S A
October 2006

Williamstown Film Festival
Film Festival
Williamstown, MA, U S A
October 2006

Hawaii International Film Festival
Film Festival
Honolulu, U S A
October 2006

Holland Animation Film Festival
Film Festival
Utrecht, Netherlands
November 2006

Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
Film Festival
Bilbao, Spain
November 2006

Asheville Film Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Best Animation
Asheville, NC, U S A
November 2006

St. Louis International Film Festival
Film Festival
St. Louis, MO, U S A
November 2006

Lake Forest Film Festival
Film Festival
Lake Forest, IL, U S A
November 2006

Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro
Film Festival
Awards: Best Animated Short
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December 2006

Anchorage International Film Festival
Film Festival
Anchorage, AK, U S A
December 2006

Santa Fe Film Festival
Film Festival
Santa Fe, NM, U S A
December 2006

Athens International Animation Festival
Film Festival
Athens, Greece
December 2006

Cast & Crew

Production

Adam Parrish King (Director), Brenda Goodman (Executive Producer), Monique Zavistovski (Producer)

Writing

Adam Parrish King (Writer)

Performance

Jonathan Sayres (Lead Actor), John Kilker (Supporting Actor), Kathleen Demarest (Supporting Actor), Pedro Pano (Lead Actor)

Camera

Adam Parrish King (Cinematographer/DP)

Art Department

Adam Parrish King (Production Designer), Moe Moe Lwin (Costume Designer)

Post Production

Adam Parrish King (Picture Editor), Adam Parrish King (Sound Editor), Monique Zavistovski (Picture Editor)

Music

Steven Gutheinz (Original Music/Composer)

Academic

Brenda Goodman (School Administrator), Brenda Goodman (School Administrator, Academic Advisor)

Animation

Adam Parrish King (Animator)

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Ratings

reverse-engine

5 Stars

a beautiful film from a true cinematic poet.

Fawaz

5 Stars

skrump

5 Stars