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Mombomb, part 1

Pez’s life is a fairy tale, but it was written by the Brothers Grimm
… and when the killer troll from under the bridge comes to harvest young girls, this girl scout must use her cookies to kill.

Pez is a weaponized Girl Scout in Toledo Ohio, a breeding ground of serial killers in the 70's. She and her friends are growing up before the internet is available and she must learn how to survive when her mother, who was hunted by soldiers in World War II, refuses to believe the great American dream is corrupt.

As Pez discovers her strengths, and her mother's weaknesses, she finds out why squirrels run in front of speeding cars and how that is stopped by teaching them the girl power of domestic duties and revenge.

Feminist comedy horror series. Examines the value of inter-generational trauma against a dominant culture of naivete. Based on real events.

  • Patricia Beckmann Wells
    Director
  • Patricia Beckmann Wells
    Writer
  • Nicholas Marc Westfield
    Chief Technology Officer
    Call of Duty
  • Peter Tomas Wells
    Associate Producer
    Family Tale
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Horror, fantasy, narrative, animation, humor
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 17, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Slamdance
    Los Angeles
    United States
    February 22, 2025
    Los Angeles
    Episodes
  • Qld XR
    Brisbane
    Australia
    September 22, 2024
    Australia
    Best in Creative AI
  • STUFF MX
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    September 15, 2024
    Mexico
    Best Animated Short FIlm
  • Metamorph AI Film Award
    Ft. Lauderdale
    United States
    August 3, 2024
    North American
    RUnner up Best Story
  • AI Artist
    Peking
    China
    September 13, 2024
    China
    Best Visual Effects
  • Tirana International Film Festival
    Tirana
    Albania
    September 27, 2024
    Albania
    AI Program 1.0
  • Courant3D
    Aunguleme
    France
    October 11, 2024
    France
    Grand Prix
Director Biography - Patricia Beckmann Wells

Dr. Patricia Beckmann Wells, a tenured professor at Irvine Valley College's School of Fine Arts for the Interactive Media Arts (IMA) program, and author of 'Face It: A Visual Reference for Multi-ethnic Facial Modeling.' Her expertise has led to roles as a consultant for the Epic Games Unreal Metahuman project and speaking engagements with Pixar and SIGGRAPH on Informed Identity in character design. Recently, she was invited to speak at the AgBO + Slamdance summer showcase hosted by the Russo Brothers (Everything everywhere all at once) as a member of the featured roundtable discussion of ‘AI and independent filmmaking’.

Dr. Beckmann Wells' career includes executive leadership roles at Dreamworks SKG (where she also co-lead the build of the Bangalore studios) and Walt Disney Animation Studios responsible for art asset pipeline development and training internationally, and artist roles at Warner Brothers Digital, Film Roman, ITE Denmark, among others, and her own studio as a content creator. Patricia was a frequent Chair of SIGGRAPH, hosting ‘Education’, and founding the ‘FJORG!’ animation marathon. She also founded the animation department at the Savannah College of Art and Design and consulted on the first bachelor’s degree at Gnomon School of Visual Arts as a specialist in WASC and digital art asset production. She chose to enter education as a professor to pursue her own creative work.

Her animated films and projection mapping have received international acclaim in over 200 festivals, premiering at venues like Slamdance, the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art (LACMA), CERN, Supernova Digital Animation Festival and Anima Zagreb among others. Patricia was one of eight female-identifying directors chosen for Lunafest, sponsored by Luna bars, and her film ‘Family Tale’ traveled internationally with Lunafest raising money for Breast Cancer. Her film ‘Propolis, part 7’ premiered at Slamdance in Park City, UT, and she continues with the festival as a Judge for Series Shorts and DIG (Digital, Interactive, Gaming).

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Director Statement

Mombomb was created using over a dozen AI in a unique pipeline.

Mombomb explores intergenerational trauma and memory through the eyes of the daughter of WWII immigrants.