The Square Root of Twins
Director: Linda Kudzmas
Short: Animation
Human Interest |
USA |
14 min
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How the school of hard knocks taught competitive twin boys to battle the world instead of each other.
Based on a true story. Identical twin brothers are embroiled by competition in every aspect of their lives. The loving bond they share is strong, but suffers under the constant scrutiny of their classmates. A decisive point is reached when one twin receives a lower test score due to a teacher’s mistake. Trying to rectify the error sets in motion an event that changes both twins’ lives. Written by one twin and narrated by the other, the film gives us a peek into the secret life of twins.
Director’s bio:
Linda Kudzmas is an independent animator based in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. She started animating in college by using paper cut-outs filmed with a 16mm Bolex camera. After graduating, she was hired as full-time faculty in the animation department at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, where she continued to teach all levels of traditional and 2D digital animation for over 22 years. During that time, Linda obtained mild success with her independent animation in the festival circuit. She took a leave of absence from teaching to animate and direct segments in season two of ‘VH1 Illustrated’ produced by Camp Chaos. If that wasn’t enough to keep her busy, she graduated from Moore College of Art and Design (Summa Cum Laude) with a BFA in Art history with a minor in 2D Fine Art. Linda continued to develop her paper cut-out style digitally throughout the years using Adobe CC programs. Linda is currently setting up a freelance business and working on an animated commercial to promote it. She hardly watches TV, but when she does, it’s whatever is on TCM.