synopsis - What Are You Anyways?

(Canada/2005/Director: Jeff Chiba Stearn/10 min/ Animation) 

Language: English

What Are You Anyways? is a classically animated film that was entirely hand drawn. Following the adventures of the Super Nip as filmmaker, Jeff explores his cultural backgrounds growing up as a mix of Japanese and European in a small white-bred Canadian city. This short animated film looks at particular periods in Jeff’s life when he battled with finding an identity as a half-minority. From his childhood origins to the epic showdown against the monster truck drivin’ redneck crew, this is a humorous yet serious story of struggle, love and finding one’s identity through the trials and tribulations of growing up.

Awards:

2006 Best Animated Short Subject -- Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts

Best Animation – Los Angeles ARPA International Film Festival

Edith Lando Peace Prize & Most Innovative Film – Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth

2007 NFB Kids Prize for Best Animated Film -- Freeze Frame International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages

People’s Choice and Best Overall Production -- Okanagan Film Festival

你到底是誰？

(加拿大/2005/導演: Jeff Chiba Stearn/10分鐘/動畫） 

英文

本片是一部完全手繪的動畫短片，是作者自傳性的故事，描述一個歐日混血的年輕人傑夫在一個只有白人的加拿大小鎮的成長經歷，他的半東洋半歐式的家庭教育可謂他童年一段特殊的歲月。這是一部以幽默的方式表達人面對認同問題的掙扎與愛的成長故事。 

所獲獎項:

2006 最佳動畫短片獎 - Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts

2005 最佳動畫片 - Los Angeles ARPA International Film Festival