Demi's Panic

USA // 2021 // Narrative // LOS SHORTS

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE

An illustration of a masked person in a crowd of masked people with small droplets representing Covid-19 floating in the air..
Demi's Panic poster; free-form doodle of an older couple hugging; man facing the viewer and woman turned away with a colorful hat on

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Demi's Panic follows the story of Demi, a young Latina professional living in NYC, whose prophetic dreams become all too real when an invisible danger causes catastrophic loss. She turns to her boyfriend Omar for support, but a safe harbor is hard to find when the world is being buffeted by an unprecedented storm. Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Bill Plympton
Producer: Daniel Leonard, Lorena Hernandez Leonard

Animation
English & Spanish (subtitles unavailable)
10 minutes

Screening as part of the STATES OF REVERIE Shorts Block.

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