Panic Attack!
Panic Attack! is a hand-drawn, hand-painted animated short by Eileen O’Meara. It was jury-selected for Aspen Shortsfest, Palm Springs ShortFest, Florida Film Festival, Anim'est and Raindance Film Festival.
Synopsis
"A woman’s deepest anxieties and slippery hold on reality are comically depicted in this hand-drawn work from Eileen O’Meara, whose previous film, That Strange Person, won a Special Jury Award for Animated Short at the Florida Film Festival." - Florida Film Festival
Technique
"Panic Attack! is a hand-drawn animation from the point of view of a woman having a panic attack. I wanted the transitions between reality and her imagined fears to be seamless, so there are no edits -- it is one continually transforming drawing." - Eileen O'Meara
Credits
- Written and animated by: Eileen O'Meara
- Consultant and sound mixer: Tim Maloney
Awards
- First Prize, Animation, Benedictine Film Festival
- First Prize, Animation, Huntington Beach Film Festival
- First Prize, Animation, Queens World Film Festival
- First Place, Animated/Experimental/Alternative Media KinoDrome International Motion Picture Festival
- Best Animation, Cinema Perpetuum Mobile International Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus
- Jury Prize for Animation, Jaipur International Film Festival
- Best Experimental Short, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival
- Best International 2D Short, Carton International Animation Festival La Tribu, Buenos Aires
- Francie Award, Animation, Clones Film Festival
- Spirit Award, Animation, Brooklyn Film Festival
- Best Animation Film, Splice Film Fest
- Audience Choice Award for Animation, Splice Film Fest
- Jury Award for Short Film under 3 minutes Preview Film Festival, Barcelona
- Solé Tura Award, Brain Film Festival
- Jury Mention for Best International Film, Beirut International Women Film Festival
- Best Genre-Bender, Sunrise 45 Film Festival
- Golden Sausage, Orscheler FilmFest
- Honorable Mention, James River Short Film Festival
- Special Mention, Animation, Pentedattilo Film Festival
- Special Mention, Saint Petersburg International Film Festival, Russian Federation
- Cortos Ganadores, Special Mention, Festicine Pehuajo
Reviews
Rarely has three minutes been so perfectly spent. This charmer is one of the best films at Dances With Films,and is absolutely something you have to track down. -Steve Kopian, Unseen Films
O'Meara has established this miniature work of moving (living) art that will resonate existentially with those who suffer and cope, as well as thrive through the daily perils of anxiety. -Justin Sanchez, Mulderville Courts-Métrages
References
- Panic Attack! Carmel Pine Cone article by Elaine Hesser
- Panic Attack! Lake Champlain International Film Festival article by Nathan Judd
- Panic Attack! Melbourne International Animation Festival article by Malcolm Turner
- We Are Moving Stories: Interview
- Panic Attack! Personal Stories of Triumph, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Take 5: Interview
- IMDb: Panic Attack
- Great Women Animators Database: Eileen O'Meara
- Panic Attack! Review by Steve Kopian, Unseen Films
- Panic Attack! Review by Justin Sanchez, Mulderville Court Metrages