Agua Viva
A Chinese manicurist in Miami attempts to describe feelings she doesn't have the words for.
Written, Directed, Animated by Alexa Lim Haas
Voice by Mengda Zhang
Created with the support of the Borscht Corporation #NoBroZone Grant Miami, FL, USA 2017
Recipient of the Time Warner 1st Generation Filmmaker Grant from OneFifty
Project also supported by Rooftop Films
Screenings
Sundance 2018 / World Premiere
Rotterdam 2018 / International Premiere
SXSW / Animated Short Grand Jury Prize 2018
Dallas Film Festival / Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize 2018
NoBudge / Best Film, Best Director, Best Animated Film Awards 2018
Miami New Times / Best of Miami 2018: Best Film Director
Florida Film Critics / Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film in Florida 2018
Brooklyn Academy of Arts & Music / NYC Shorts / 2019
Brooklyn Museum / Feminist Film Night / 2019
Museum of Modern Art / The Future of Film is Female / 2018
Norton Museum of Art / Bold Voices New Inroads: Short Films by Women Directors / 2018
New York Film Festival Artist Academy Fellow / 2019
Vimeo Staff Picks
Short of the Week
Press
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/alexa-lim-haas-agua-viva-animation-040119
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/05/23/agua-viva/
http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/alexa-lim-haas/
https://soundcloud.com/freshartinternational/alexa-lim-haas-on-animating-stories
http://miamirail.org/performing-arts/existentialism-transcendence-and-oblivion-at-borscht-diez-three-short-film-reviews/
