Tom Brown’s Christopher at Sea will world premiere in the Orizzonti section of this year’s Venice International Film Festival in September.
The film is the only U.S. short which was selected for this year’s festival (it is a co-production with France and the U.K.), and the only animated film playing in the prestigious Orizzonti competition section.
Christopher at Sea follows its titular protagonist, voiced by James Potter, as he embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. A chance encounter with Third Engineer Valentin, voiced by Andrew Isar, under moonlight waylays his hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea and sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.