BOTTLE - KIRSTEN LEPORE (2010) *

Written and directed by American animator Kirsten Lepore, Bottle was the first of several of her short animations to do well on the festival circuit (though she had made the musical A Story from North America before). Bottle is a simple yet well-told story of two sentient lifeforms - one made from sand and one made from snow - who strike up a long distance relationship by sharing objects from their respective habitats in a bottle thrown into their mutual ocean. Dead mouse hat anyone? Having spent more than a decade making her own shorts, Lepore has more recently been directing the Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off I Am Groot for Marvel Studios. If you like the short animation Bottle by Kirsten Lepore be sure to rate and share it.