Joseph Singer | 10 mins | USA

Three-year-old Jake is kidnapped by his grandparents and great aunt, who don’t believe that he is safe in his father’s care. Five years pass and Jake, more mature now, wants to know why his father has not returned for him. He fills the void with fantasy, drawing upon some 1930s encyclopedias and an old stereoscope. The characters in the stereoscope cards occupy his world, offering friendship and advice in his search for his father. When Jake attempts to turn a photograph of his father into a stereoscope card, he hopes to conjure his dad out of the card and into his life; instead, a detail in the picture provides a clue as to his father’s whereabouts, reuniting Jake with his his dad and ending his grandparents’ flight.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
2:00 PM     Sun, Oct 17, 2010
New York Hall of Science

PRODUCTION CREDITS
2007 (NYU)
Writer/Director | Joseph Singer
Producers | (Production) Mahalia Cohen, Gigi Dement, and (Post) Millicent Cho
Editors | Nick August-Perna & Joe Singer
Director of Photography | Rob Hauer
Production Designer | Terah Maher
Composer | Vita Tanga
Sound Designer | Carlos “Storm” Martinez
Cast | Larry Pine, Angela Pietropinto, Chris Murray, Miles Kath, Judith Greentree, A.J. Tecce, and Stephanie Ockoskis
Special FX Animation | Joe Singer, Adam Teninbaum, and Carolyn Green

DIRECTOR’S BIO
Born – Pensacola, Florida
Graduated from UCLA’s design program – 1993
Formerly animation director and lead artist, Walt Disney
Nominated for an Emmy in animation and directing – 1999
Wrote, directed and edited award-winning short film ‘Stereopsis’. Recipient of the 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Short Film grant
2006-2010 edited several feature-length films and TV shows, including the romantic comedy ‘Heterosexuals’ and David Blaine’s ‘Drowned Alive’ (ABC)