Bippy the Little Robot has taken home three Best Animated film awards at the Imaginary Mind Film Contest, Fireline Film Festival and the Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival.
The story of Bippy takes place in the future after humans are annihilated; all that remains are broken and forgotten machines. But the bleak landscape does not deter Bippy, a perky little trashcan, who sets out with his android-cat sidekick on a journey to find other machines.
In an abandoned music studio, the little robot discovers a broken-down piano where he improvises a jazz piece that awakens a pink toaster named Anna. In a swirling dance sequence using innovative motion capture, Anna and Bippy perform a dreamy pas de deux that personifies the beauty and resilience of the human spirit. As music fills the air, the future, once dismal, grows a little brighter.
A classical composer and award-winning concert and animated-film producer in Seattle, Burmer’s music and original voice create compelling stories that resonate with audiences worldwide. This is the second animated film Burmer produced in collaboration with Deep Sky & Imaginary Planet. The team’s first joint project, Nana korobi, Ya oki, completed in spring 2021, won more than 50 festival awards worldwide, including the 2021 Seattle Filmmaker Award, and was selected to tour Great Britain in 2022.