Yearbook (2014)
A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet blows up.
Bernardo Britto created this film for Borscht 9.
Premiere: Sundance Film Festival, 2014 (Short Film Jury Prize for Animation)
Full Credits
writer/director: Bernardo Britto
producer: Brett Potter, Lucas Leyva, Benjamin Cohen
co-producer: Dennis Scholl
animation: Bernardo Britto
assistant animator: Alex Beekman
music: Matthew Cooper
assistant art director: Alexa Haas
sound design: Otto von Schirach, Nayib Estefan
commissioned by Borscht Corp.
a Borscht/Calavera coproduction
2014 Miami, FL, USA
Made possible by the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Screenings
- Sundance Film Festival, 2014 (Short Film Jury Prize for Animation)
- SXSW Film Festival, 2014
- Eastern Oregon Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Short Film)
- Glasgow Film Festival, 2014
- Ashland Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Short Film)
- Sundance London Film Festival, 2014
- Florida Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Animated Short)
- Indie Lisboa Film Festival, 2014
- Treefort Film Festival, 2014
- Sarasota Film Festival, 2014
- Dallas Film Festival, 2014
- Maryland Film Festival, 2014
- Fort Myers Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Short Short)
- Indie Grits Film Festival, 2014 (Honorable Mention, Best Animated Short)
- Rincon Film Festival, 2014
- Aspen Shortsfest, 2014
- Nashville Film Festival, 2014 (Honorable Mention, Best Animated Short)
- Rooftop Film Festival, 2014
- Flatpack Film Festival, 2014
- Rainier Independent Film Festival, 2014
- Filmatic Alt.Pictureshow, 2014
- Sundance London Film Festival, 2014
- Claremont Film Festival, 2014
- Wiz-Art Film Festival, 2014
- Leiden Film Festival, 2014
- Chicago Critic's Film Festival, 2014
- Little Rock Film Festival, 2014
- Tabor Film Festival, 2014
- Los Angeles Film Festival, 2014
- Seattle Film Festival, 2014
- Sydney Film Festival, 2014
- Champs Elysee Film Festival, 2014
- Nantucket Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Short Film; Winner, Best Short Screenplay)
- Palm Springs Film Festival, 2014
- Animation Block Party, 2014
- Anima Mundi Film Festival, 2014
- Southside Film Festival, 2014
- iShorts Film Festival, 2014
- Rockland Museum Shorts, 2014
- Nevada City Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Animated Short)
- DC Shorts Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Outstanding Animated Short)
- Calgary Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Audience Award)
- Tacoma Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, Best Film)
About the Filmmaker
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and raised in South Florida, Bernardo Britto graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He codirected the feature film Nothing Yet (2009) and received the National Board of Review animation grant in 2011. In 2012, he was selected as a Marcie Bloom fellow and codirected the feature Wisdom Teeth.
In 2013, his film Places Where We Lived screened at various film festivals, including SXSW, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the AFI Fest, where it garnered the award for best animated short.
website: Bernardo's Vimeo