Animaze Daze in Cannes 2015 Winner: Urban Beauty

Filmfestivals.com and Animaze Daze  at Cannes 2015 are happy to announce the winning films.

Urban Beauty

An abandoned building stood tall in a desolate Detroit neighborhood. It was a foster home for a lost juvenile delinquent that went by the same of Street Rat. She lost her real name long ago when she died. Street Rat did not know how or why she was killed, but somehow it trapped her soul on earth. She was nothing more than a dead rat, crawling amongst the scummy underworld of the city of Detroit. She traveled sometimes by foot, as well as through graffiti in the walls, it was her only form of enjoyment within the dark realm that confined her. Painful, unexplainable flashbacks brought her back to her life when she was alive. Visions of battles with her father filled her mind and drove her mad. He suffered from extreme mental illness, and no matter how much she tried she could not eliminate his pain. The memories dragged her spirit down, making it impossible to escape her dreadful fate. Her symptoms only got worse when the Street Demon came around.

Standing on the outside walls of an abandoned factory, Street Rat wept over her dismal fate. She broke down and crouched with her head in her knees, trying to wake up from what she hoped was a horrible dream. Just then, a burning house flashed in Street Rat’s mind. She stood up quickly and alert, sensing that something was not right; something was behind her. The Street Demon raised itself to her as she turned around, looming far above like a storm cloud, becoming more and more fierce the more it grew. She continued to see images flash through her mind as she reluctantly stared into its eyes, a flaming house and vivid images of her father; they disturbed her but she could not look away. Street Rat broke free from the glaring eyes of the demon and flew away into the abandoned building; the demon was close on her tail. She was in a sea of pillars, and quickly became lost inside the desolate building. Each time she tried to escape, the demon appeared, and the disturbing images flashed through her mind and sucked her into its grasps. She found an escape from the building, and ran down the street trying to escape the beast. To her demise, the demon could follow her from building to building, it trailed behind her as she found her way into another structure, hiding herself among the vast variety of debris that filled the inside. She cowered in fear of the beast as the flashbacks ran through her head. She saw herself standing outside of a house. It appeared to be her father’s house. She saw him light a match, and suddenly the house burst into flames, thrusting her back into reality. It was a successful suicide attempt that took two lives, not just one. She now realized that that was why she was trapped. Street Rat gathered all of her strength, and raised herself to the beast. It launched itself at her, and she met that attack with a blow so fierce the demon was destroyed almost instantly. In a flash of red light she is transported into a dream world. She woke up lying on a checkered floor in a huge empty room. The sky was purple and dark, the floors a strange checkered board pattern. She looked and saw a tall rectangular structure looming above her. A man who resembled her father sat high above, looking down she saw his eyes were filled with sorrow. She looked to him, and told him she was sorry. He looked deep into her eyes, and smiled. With that smile he drifted away, as does she, and they exit the dream world together. They both could finally be at peace.