The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival

Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025

17th (2021)
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Indie-AniFest 2021 Independent Walk
Opera /
  • Erick Oh
  • 2021
  • 0:08:55
  • 2D Computer
  • Korea, USA
Screening Schedule
DateTimeVenue
2021. 9. 10(Fri) 17:00 ART 5
2021. 9. 12(Sun) 17:15 ART 4
2021. 9. 12(Sun) GV 17:15 ART 5
Synopsis

OPERA is a massive 8K size animation installation project which portrays our society and history, which is filled with beauty and absurdity. This ambitious piece can be simply defined as a contemporary animated edition of the Renaissance fresco mural paintings. Driven by the spirits of Bosch, Michelangelo, Botticelli and more, Erick enables viewers to experience the range of in-depth emotions through this epic reflection of human life: it is hopeful, funny, thoughtful, yet scary and sad. This piece is not only a living piece of art but an invitation to question the mechanisms of your society and behavior. The universality of its message will move everyone’s heart and thoughts.

Director's Comment

[Opera] was planned as a media art exhibition by Erick Oh who worked at Pixar and won awards from numerous international film festivals. The large-scale piece at 4K resolution, intended for projection on a wall or structure, has been edited into a 9-minute film for festival screening.

Staff

Producer/Distribution Beasts And Natives Alike
Art Direction Celine Qian YOU
Music/Sound Andrew VERNON
Effects/Composition Christopher BERNAL
Pipeline Lead Toshihiro NAKAMURA
Additional Art Ruby WANG
Animation Toshihiro NAKAMURA, Becky ROBERTS, Lucie ROBERTS, Hikari TORIUMI, Lauren
ADASSOVSKY, Lucas PACHECO, Theresa REYES, Youri DEKKER, Nicolle CASTRO, Jiwon HAN
Clean Up Animation Yeonjung KIM, Hyunji PARK, Myeongjun KIM, Sohyun AHN, Jiwon PARK,
Sienna Seolah RIM, Ryan EWAYS
Early Developement Producer Sara SAMPSON
Early Visual Development JJ Jaehee SONG
Storyboard Jeeyoon PARK, Hyein PARK
CG Artist Frank TAI, Cindy JANG
Additional Design (Logo & Poster) Hyunji KIM
International PR Fumi KITAHARA

Filmography
감독
  • Erick Oh 
  • 2021 [Tree]
    2020 [Opera] 
    2018 [How to Paint your Rainbow]
    2017 [PIG : The Dam Keeper Poems]
    2017 [Totality]
    2016 [PRADA Zurich & Hong Kong]
    2016 [O Animated Poetry series]
    2015 [O]
    2014 [Günther]
    2011 [How to Eat Your Apple]
    2010 [Heart]
    2009 [Hubo]
    2009 [One]
    2008 [Communicate]
    2008 [Symphony]
    2008 [Way Home]
    2006 [The Bag]