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The Bats is a 1999 American short animated film written and directed by Jim Trainor, who also narrates the film alongside Marianne McGinnis. Hand-drawn by Trainor with felt-tip pens, the film follows the life of a bat who resides in a cave near a Mayan temple. He is raised by his mother, learns to use echolocation, and embarks on a journey of sexual and metaphysical discovery before ultimately completing his life cycle.

The Bats won an Honorable Mention in the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking category in 2000.

References

1. "Line and Voice". The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. September 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
2. ^ da Costa, Beatriz; Philip, Kavita, eds. (2010). Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience. MIT Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0262514910.
3. Popkin (November 27, 2021). "The Bats is an award-winning hand-drawn animation by Jim Trainer". Boing Boing. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
4. "2000 Sundance Film Festival | Awards". History.Sundance.org. Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

External links

• The Bats at IMDb

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