Piñata (animated film)

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For the festive cardboard toy, see Piñata.

Piñata
Promotional shot of the Piñata
Directed by	Mike Hollands
Produced by	Thomas Schober
Written by	Mark Angeli
Starring	Mark Mitchell - voice Alice Hollands - voice
Music by	Niko Schauble
Editing by	Mike Hollands
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	4 min.
Language	English
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Piñata is an animated short film, produced by Act3animation in Australia, released in 2005. It received funding from the Australian Film Commission. It has screened at various festivals around the world, including the Annecy International Animation Festival and SIGGRAPH^[1], both in 2005, and for the first time in Australia on free-to-air television on February 2007 on ABC2's short film series Short & Curly^[2].

1 Plot summary
2 Awards
- 2.1 Won
- 2.2 Picked for
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

A piñata (voiced by Mark Mitchell) suspended from a rope on a tree, awakens as if coming to life for the first time. It hears the noise of children and wants to join them, but can't (since it's tied to the tree). Soon though, a girl (voiced by Alice Hollands), with only her sombrero showing, wielding a large (but not quite large enough) stick approaches and begins swinging unsuccessfully at the piñata. Shortly, another child shows up with a stick that can reach it and the piñata, to its surprise, gets hit across the face. To its horror, more children (a group of sombreros) show up and attack it. This happens a few more times, until the piñata climbs up its rope out of their reach using its teeth. The children are dismayed, until an adult, represented by a larger sombrero, comes in with a stick large enough to reach the piñata. The adult winds up for the hit and begins shaking. The piñata also begins shaking. Just before the adult strikes, the piñata, in a great state of fear and panic, is struck by a vicious bout of diarrhea, which, for a piñata, is in the form of its contents, that is, candy. The children rejoice and the piñata is relieved, since it is now left alone. But to its surprise, as the film finishes, it is attacked once more by the original little girl, who has acquired the large stick used by the adult.