 After clipping her wing on a robotic facility antenna, a Songbird forms an unlikely symbiotic relationship with the robot she inadvertently creates.  Director Jack Tenbusch Jack Tenbusch is an animator and graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Traditional Animation in 2021. Raised on games, movies, and TV series that inspired his creativity, Jack pursued animation as his calling in life and major of study. After finishing his first animated short, Perspective at College of Lake County, Jack transferred to Columbia College Chicago under a full scholarship to continue his training in animation - with an emphasis in 2D. After finishing his solo thesis project, SymBionic, Jack was selected for Columbia College Chicago's Semester in Los Angeles (SiLA) for the Fall of 2021, where he interned with Clocky LLC. and Starburns Industries in animation and production roles. Since graduating, Jack is working as a freelance animator who is always eager to find his next project. https://www.jacktenbusch.com/home/symbionic-short-film
Director Statement SymBionic is a personal project I've had in mind since first applying to art school, and it was something I was dead set on making as soon as I enrolled. Animating the film solo was a challenge, and things looked crazy once the quarantine lockdown hit right when I was beginning its storyboard – but all that time at home under quarantine meant I could put all my energy into making the film a reality. The story I want to tell with SymBionic and its larger narrative is about the importance of kindness in the face of cruelty and having hope when the world seems to lack any. In this futuristic world of destructive industry, two who were broken find the strength in one another to rise again stronger than they ever were alone. |
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