
He added it proved "people do want to show up to stories and feel, and you can do that in animation and you can do that in 12 minutes".
If anything happens i love you movie#
"There were kids all over the world, people of all ages, but mainly kids who were filming themselves before the movie, during the movie and then after the movie." In just 12 minutes, If Anything Happens I Love You weaves a bold, heart-wrenching tale of grief that asks discomforting questions about the realities of contemporary America. The 2D film directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier went viral on TikTok. In drab grays and muted colors, this eloquently conveys what grief looks like. Melancholy images of two devastated parents and the shadow selves that follow them in their grief convey the private but also universal damage such families endure.

That emotional void is such an arc in the 12 minutes that it becomes the highlight of the short film. Kids say ( 10 ): If Anything Happens I Love You sensitively shows the aftermath of g un violence. As the couple’s shadows weave through the memories of their lost child, filling themselves. Over 10 wordless minutes we realize their daughter has died in a school shooting. If Anything Happens I Love You uses a range of shadows to express the parent’s feelings while they remain silent, their shadows are energetic in movement, reflecting what they want to say to each other, but their emptiness weighs them down. If Anything Happens I Love You is a roughly 13-minute sketchbook-style 2D animation that follows the memories, sadness, and healing of two heartbroken parents, an estranged husband and wife, who have lost their young daughter due to a school shooting. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. If Anything Happens I Love You, the film, opens on two parents sitting apart in the throes of an unnamed grief. "My niece called me a couple of days after the movie came out and she said, 'Uncle Will, your movie's trending on TikTok.' And I was like, 'I have no idea what you're talking about'," he told the Associated Press. If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. McCormack, who also co-wrote Toy Story 4, says he was shocked when the film went viral on TikTok. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU, now streaming on Netflix UK/IE. 'If Anything Happens I Love You' is about a couple who are dealing with grief after their daughter is killed in a school shooting. This 12 minute film tells the story of two parents who lose their only child to gun violence. If Anything Happens I Love You borrows its title from a text message in the film, sent by the couple's daughter before she's killed. Out of this, five will make it to the nominees list before the awards night on Sunday, April 25.

Its story follows two grieving parents as they struggle to confront the death of their daughter, who was killed in a school shooting. The 2D film is among 10 shortlisted for the Oscars in the Animated Short Film category. If Anything Happens I Love You is an American 2D animated short film written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier.
