When we grew up, the worst thing we ever had was a fire drill. “Schools are supposed to be safe a safe place is becoming unsafe. “The flag is a representation of what a lot of schools look like,” Govier explains, adding that it could mean several things. They kind of show the sheer amount of love and hope that I feel is in the film,” Govier explains.Īt the point in the short when gunshots are heard, the viewer only sees a school room door with an American flag - the only element in color - hanging over those doors. During their speech, they said 'Thank you to everyone who opened their hearts,' dedicating the film to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence. Over 10 wordless minutes we realize their daughter has died in a school shooting. To convey grief, the film is made largely with black-and-white and muted tones though “towards the end of the film where you see more love and compassion and caring come into the film, you get warmer, brighter tones. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU is the Oscars 2021 winner for Short Film (Animated) Congratulations to Will McCormack and Michael Govier on their Oscar win. If Anything Happens I Love You, the film, opens on two parents sitting apart in the throes of an unnamed grief. You’re kind of shutting down a little bit, but you still have all these huge, big feelings that you’re wrestling with and trying to come to terms with.” “Sometimes when you have trauma that acute, you kind of feel outside of yourself and it was kind of to show what’s going on inside is not what’s going on outside.

In the film’s use of animation, the parents are followed by shadows of themselves, “visualizations of what you look like when you’re trying to connect to your own grief,” Govier says. As storytellers, the way that we approached this was this was our artistic rant on what’s happening in America… I think the story lends an intimacy to these types of issues that sometimes the news can never reach.” I think unfortunately when these tragedies happen, people talk about the death more than the life. “We just wanted to make a human story and we wanted to show what grief and loss looks like. It's an animated masterpiece, so wondrously. The film, available on Netflix and elsewhere. Gois harrowing cautionary drama tells the story of two typical teenage girls who vanished without a trace after. The frontrunner for the Oscar for best animated short, 'If Anything Happens I Love You,' is written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier. “I think, inexorably, the film does get discussed in a political way because it’s become a political issue, but that was never really our intention,” adds McCormick. Netflix’s ‘If Anything Happens, I Love You’ Is a Powerful Short That Feels Like a True Story, Even If It’s Not It is easily one of the most powerful short films of the year Decider If Anything Happens I Love You is a perfect weaving together of artistry and purpose, meaning and mission. Inspired by actual events, director Michael K.

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