BEST FEATURE FILM - WINNER!
BEST DIRECTOR – Feature
Zach Passero (Nominee)
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the Physical Festival:
Angela Bettis, Actress
Zach Passero, Director/Animator
Charles Horak, Producer
Hannah Passero, Background Artist/Designer
THE WEIRD KIDZ
(US, 80, 2022)
On a weekend campout, a dark monster terrorizes a group of campers who fall prey to an ancient legend and conspiring local townsfolk. For pre-teen Dug, Mel and Fatt, and Dug’s older brother and girlfriend, a night out in the desert becomes a survivalist horror adventure. Zach Passero’s heartfelt coming-of-age tale about growing up and surviving a night of terrors juggles frights, laughs and an amputated arm in this unique hand-animated joy ride of a creature feature.
Director Biography - Zach Passero
Zach Passero collaborates as editor for director Lucky McKee’s films - THE WOMAN, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, and most recently McKee's OLD MAN. He edited and did VFX work on THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT starring Sam Elliot. And recently edited Texas centric political doc THE PUSHBACK and 2020 Sundance selection FIRST DATE. As a director and animator, Passero has created music videos for Ministry, Jim White, Califone, and Jim Ward. He directed a short segment for the pandemic anthology film ISOLATION, focused on hometown El Paso, TX and starring his wife Hannah Passero.
BEST FEATURE FILM - WINNER!
BEST DIRECTOR – Feature
Zach Passero (Nominee)
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the Physical Festival:
Angela Bettis, Actress
Zach Passero, Director/Animator
Charles Horak, Producer
Hannah Passero, Background Artist/Designer
THE WEIRD KIDZ
(US, 80, 2022)
On a weekend campout, a dark monster terrorizes a group of campers who fall prey to an ancient legend and conspiring local townsfolk. For pre-teen Dug, Mel and Fatt, and Dug’s older brother and girlfriend, a night out in the desert becomes a survivalist horror adventure. Zach Passero’s heartfelt coming-of-age tale about growing up and surviving a night of terrors juggles frights, laughs and an amputated arm in this unique hand-animated joy ride of a creature feature.
Director Biography - Zach Passero
Zach Passero collaborates as editor for director Lucky McKee’s films - THE WOMAN, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, and most recently McKee's OLD MAN. He edited and did VFX work on THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT starring Sam Elliot. And recently edited Texas centric political doc THE PUSHBACK and 2020 Sundance selection FIRST DATE. As a director and animator, Passero has created music videos for Ministry, Jim White, Califone, and Jim Ward. He directed a short segment for the pandemic anthology film ISOLATION, focused on hometown El Paso, TX and starring his wife Hannah Passero.