BOTANIMIST — CASEY FRIEDMAN

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CASEY FRIEDMAN

CASEY FRIEDMAN

BOTANIMIST

Honored to share that I've been granted a MacDowell Fellowship for Flora Borealis. Having the time and space to work on the script in an artistic community I've long admired is going to be really special.
#macdowell #floraborealis

Really pleased to be able to share that Flora Borealis will be participating in the gotham week's 2022 Project Market Slate!

@thegotham

Very pleased to have been asked to screen at @queerscreen in Australia! The festival begins today, check it out!
#queerscreen #gayfilm #floraborealis #film

Very pleased to announce that Flora Borealis is available to view online at NoBudge! @nobudge #shortfilm #animation #botany #gay #flowers #plants #art

Very pleased to announce that Flora Borealis will play at the 2021 Montclair Film Festival #mff2021 @montclairfilm

Excited to announce that Flora Borealis will be playing at NewFest 2021! In-person screening will be October 23 at The Nighthawk Prospect Park as part of The Future Is Queer shorts block. @newfest

Extremely excited to announce that Flora Borealis will be premiering at The New Orleans Film Festival! This short is very special to me, and I’m truly thankful for everyone who helped make it possible, including Sean Weiner and my fellow fellow

OMG we did it! We surpassed our goal!! Thanks so much to everyone for their generous support of Flora Borealis, it is truly appreciated. Time to lock myself in a room and start on those 10,000 drawings! #film #animation #jacobburnsfilmcenter #creati

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Hello friends and plant lovers!

I’ve just launched my first-ever Kickstarter campaign (ahhh!), and I need your help!

I’m directing an animated, short film called Flora Borealis that I’m very excited about. It’s the story of

Scanning the Blaschka glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History! @botanimist @floraborealis @harvardmuseum @plants @jbfc_pville

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Botanimist is a series of short animations I did use 19th Century Botanical prints, which ultimately lead towards the conception and making of Flora Borealis.