The Backbrace
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The Backbrace

| USA | 6 MINUTES | English
Animation

Puberty is embarrassing, particularly if you're a teenage boy with scoliosis and your parents force you to wear a backbrace. This lovably awkward, autobiographical short is brought to you by husband and wife team Carolyn and Andy London.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Frazer Pennebaker, Andy London, Ishai Setton, and Carolyn London
London Squared Productions was founded by husband and wife team, Andy and Carolyn London, graduates from Pratt Institute and Brandeis University, respectively. In 1999, after working in theatre and painting, they made Subway Salvation, which won the 2003 Florida Film Festival Best Short Film Audience Award, Sedona Film Festival Best Animation prize, ASIFA East Award, and ASIFA San Francisco Best In Show prize. The Backbrace has won the New York Television Festival Grand Prize in Animation, Woodstock Film Festival Special Jury Award, the Animation Block Party Best in Show, and 2nd place in the Tribeca Underground Film Festival.

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