Movie #1683 ........................."Weekends" (animated short)

Movie #1683 "Weekends" --- the saddest of the ones nominated, shows once again with no dialogue, a child shuffled back and forth from mom to dad due to a broken family.  Mom's is  a stricter lifestyle during the week,  and Dad's weekends are way out there....I thought it could have had a better ending.  I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.  The artistry was cool and different.

"WEEKENDS"    2018   17 minutes

"A gorgeously delicate 2D animation composed over a hand-drawn charcoal background, Trevor Jimenez’s Weekends follows a boy navigating the wake of his parent’s divorce, splitting time between their two homes. Illustrating a bittersweet tug of war that at times seems surreally dream-like, our young protagonist grapples with the emotional repercussions of seeing his parents find happiness without each other. While our perspective is fixed to his juvenile vantage, Jimenez’s storytelling itself shows an incredible amount of maturity, making Weekends a film that, in addition to its aesthetic pleasures, many will relate to on a profoundly emotional level.

Set against the backdrop of 1980’s Toronto, Jimenez tells a deeply personal tale, with vivid details of his own childhood, as he explores what it was like to grow up in a fractured family. From an antique red horse, to his mother’s piano playing, to the very memorable  song played in the car as his father picked him up, Jimenez gives “write what you know” new depth."