My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea

Dash Shaw
Part of

54th New York Film Festival

September 30 - 11, 2016

Dash Shaw, known for such celebrated graphic novels as Bottomless Belly Button and New School, brings his subjective, dreamlike sense of narrative; his empathy for outsiders and their desire to connect; and his rich, expressive drawing style to his first animated feature.

DIRECTOR
Dash Shaw
YEAR
2016
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
75 minutes

$15 rush tickets available at the door to October 10 screening.

No matter your age, part of you never outgrows high school, for better or worse. Dash Shaw, known for such celebrated graphic novels as Bottomless Belly Button and New School, brings his subjective, dreamlike sense of narrative; his empathy for outsiders and their desire to connect; and his rich, expressive drawing style to his first animated feature. Packed with action but seen from the inside out, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea is about friends overcoming their differences and having each other’s backs in times of crisis, and its marvelously complex characters are voiced by Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, and John Cameron Mitchell.

Catch a free talk with writer-director Dash Shaw, lead animator Jane Samborski, and producer Kyle Martin on October 12 at 7:00pm at NYFF Live: Making My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.

Warning: This film uses stroboscopic effects that can be dangerous for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

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