Animation

00:08:48

United States

John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez

Synopsis:

What happened after an Earth astronaut left a family photo on the moon fifty-plus years ago? This animated short explores the butterfly effect of such an action. How will it affect us all?

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

John Norris Ray: Writer, producer, and director based in Houston, Texas. He is the president of JNR Productions; a company he founded to support his own ambitions in writing and producing independent films. John and his company have become recognized for its active support of fellow writers, directors, and producers in the independent film industry. John has served as an investor/executive producer on numerous film projects, in multiple countries. John’s personal accomplishments include earning over 110 festival awards for his own self-produced films and screenplays. He is a US Army veteran and a cancer survivor.

Maria Victoria Sanchez: Screenwriter and director from the state of Zulia, Venezuela. She resides in Queretáro, México after spending 8 years in Barcelona, Spain. At 40 years old, she has a degree in Audiovisual Social Communication from “Rafael Belloso Chacín University”, and a degree in Hispanic Literature from the “Universidad del Zulia”. She completed a Master's Degree in Animation at IDEC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, at its headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, and a Master in Children's and Youth books and literature at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She currently works as a Professor of Animation at the School of Performing Arts of the Experimental Faculty of Art of the University of Zulia. Besides dedicating herself to teaching, she works as an animation director. Her last animated short film, Tigre, has won 63 international film awards.