Private Project

Peppermint Sticks

A young girl remembers her great grandmother as she searches through her room.

  • Maureen Monaghan
    Director
  • Maureen Monaghan
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - SCAD
  • ASIFAC Animation Festival
    Atlanta
    United States
    June 29, 2024
    North American Premiere
  • First Time Filmakers Sessions

    January 6, 2025
    Official Selection
  • One Reeler Short Film Competition
    Los Angeles
    United States
    January 31, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • SHORT to the Point
    Bucharest
    Romania
    February 20, 2025
    European Premier
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Maureen Monaghan
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Maureen Monaghan

Maureen Monaghan is a multi-discipline visual artist with almost two decades of experience in the art industry. Currently she is focusing on stop motion animation, model making, and education. Maureen is detail oriented, patient, and passionate about using her diverse proficiencies to both create and teach. As a storyteller, writer, and designer, she is intent on merging traditional and digital art forms for both experimental curiosity and creative narration.

Maureen graduated from Old Dominion University with a B.F.A. in drawing and design and a minor in art history. After undergrad she worked as a book designer for a time, and soon realized the desire to work in an industry where her various interests, intellectual and visual, could merge. Growing up in New Haven, Kentucky, she has always enjoyed the southern tradition of storytelling. Inspired by the quirkiness of southern tales, and in search of a new career, she returned to school to pursue a graduate degree in animation and completed an M.F.A. at the Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta).

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