Waabooz dances with awards!

Waabooz (Rabbit) is making appearances at several film festivals, and is continuing to run away with multiple awards. Waabooz is still heading to festivals across the USA and Canada, and has *already* scooped up the following accolades! Once again, congrats to the entire Waabooz team! If you haven’t yet seen or screened Waabooz, please check out the website below and contact your local film fest with a screening recommendation!

Audience Choice, Best Short
— Twin Cities Film Festival

Achievement in Animation
— L.A. Skins Fest

Jury Award, Best Short, and
Audience Choice, Best Short
— One Nation Film Festival 

Audience Choice, Best Animated Short
— Sedona International Film Festival 

Audience Choice, Favorite Short 
— Green Bay Film Festival

Waabooz, a narrative short about how a young Native American artist named Rabbit overcomes his fears through Waabooz, a superhero of his own design brought to life with the help of his grandfather. Twelve year-old Rabbit spends most of his days collecting comics, keeping his little sister out of his hair, and avoiding the teasing of his peers for being an outcast. It's not easy being different on a remote Wisconsin reservation. He keeps busy drawing and has perfected Waabooz, a superhero that embodies Rabbit's desired self. Rabbit dreads dancing in an upcoming powwow; he's awkward and shy and would rather be left out of this community event. When his bedridden grandfather learns of his fears, he decides to help Rabbit become his own hero and find strength within himself.

The dramatic and animated short features award-winning actors Saginaw Grant and Ethan Engberg, and an award-winning team of filmmakers, including Molly Katagiri (Director/Executive producer), Wenonah Wilms (Writer/Executive Producer), Tammy Hollingsworth (Producer/Executive Producer), Nicolas Selma (Production Designer-Animation Sequence), and yours truly as the Composer.

https://www.waaboozmovie.com/