Nancy Jean Tucker | USA

Returning (3:38)
Animated Short using Flash Animation and Video Elements

Returning is really about leaving. It's a surreal meditation on the failure to communicate, the knowledge that life is passing you by, and the futility of existence. It is about longing to be somewhere else, but not really knowing where that is.

Director/Animation/Production: Nancy Jean Tucker
Music by: Bedroom Walls
Cast: Christine Adolph, Nathanael Dewees, Lea Anne Clifton, Kathleen Iannacone

Nancy Jean Tucker is a filmmaker and artist living in Los Angeles. Since graduating from California Institute of the Arts, she has worked in the fields of photography, film, television, and animation. She brings the influence of these different mediums into her work, combining them into abstract portrayals of characters and events, attempting to express the beauty and sadness of the small details of life.

Filmography

Returning (2005)
Animated short using computer animation and video elements
7/2005: Reel Venus Film Festival, New York, NY
5-6/2005: Part of a Video Installation at Carrboro Arts Center, NC

Goodbye Bunny (2004)
Super 8 Short
10/2004: Flicker Film Festival, Eqyptian Theatre, Los Angeles

This is the Gateway to Hell (2004)
16mm film/ Video
6/2004: Part of a Video Installation at Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles

Dreaming (2003)
Super 8 Short
11/2003: Flicker Film Festival, Eqyptian Theatre, Los Angeles

Wallflower (2003)
Animated Short
10/2003: Part of Gothtober, an Online Arts Exhibit