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"As witnesses gradually die away, it becomes imperative to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive in the hearts and minds of generations to come. I love the idea of animation using the work of a child artist. It is a way of allowing us to imagine what Ingrid Pitt, and countless other children like her, had experienced, through a child's perspective. The makers of this film have created something honest, sensitive, and memorable."
- Shulamit Ran, Pulitzer Prize Winning composer on Holocaust themes (University of Chicago)

About the short film

Memories from the Holocaust have been portrayed in almost every medium, but rarely animation -- and never before by a child animator. Animated short film "INGRID PITT: BEYOND THE FOREST" is a cross-generational collaboration between a world-class animation master, two-time Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton, and a first-time animator, 11-year-old artist Perry Chen. It is narrated by Ingrid Pitt herself.

Starting with Ingrid Pitt's poignant narration and Bill Plympton's 23 traditional pencil sketches as storyboard, award-winning artist and film critic Perry Chen brings this moving story and its contemporary implications alive. Read more

Making of

Bill Plympton talks about the storyboards

Kevin Sean Michaels talks about meeting Perry Chen (starting at 0:50), and more storyboards from Bill