"The Alameda-based independent filmmaker and lead technical director at Pixar Animation Studios presents a pebble-size animated film in less than four minutes, behind which is an avalanche of Ukraine's rich history and cultural traditions. The song's lyrics tell of young love between Gayla and Ivanko, a farm boy prone to passionate gestures. Universal themes include heartache, rapture, relationships and the fragility of human connections."
""Bound" had a six-day run at San Francisco's Little Roxie Theater in late July and has been picked up by multiple film festivals. Recently, the simple narrative - told in cross-stitched animation with vocals from soprano Oleksandra Zabashta and baritone Alejandro Andres Danylyszyn - gained visibility as an Oscar-qualifying short film. That the love story at the heart of "Bound" speaks to audiences worldwide seems inevitable."
Masha Martynenko Ellsworth created Bound, an under-four-minute animated retelling of the Ukrainian folk song Nese Halia Vodu (Galya Carries Water). The film uses cross-stitched animation and vocals by soprano Oleksandra Zabashta and baritone Alejandro Andres Danylyszyn to portray young love, heartache, rapture, relationships and fragile human connections. Bound screened for six days at San Francisco's Little Roxie Theater, was picked up by multiple film festivals, and gained visibility as an Oscar-qualifying short. Ellsworth is an Alameda-based independent filmmaker and lead technical director at Pixar who grew up in Chernihiv, about 40 miles from Chernobyl.
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