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BRAINS

Directed by Jim Doran

Succulents

BLOCK A | There’s more than one way to tell a story
THURSDAY, APRIL 24 |  7 - 9 PM
LOCATION | The Mercantile

Brains: A Postmodern Prometheus Story

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SYNOPSIS
A society experiences adverse effects of using AI in the postmodern prometheus story, and warns us not to lose our heads of artificial intelligence. 

DETAILS

Animation | 2023 | 5 min. 18 sec.
Suggested Rating | PG13
Country | United States
Language | No Dialogue


CREDITS
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Director | Jim Doran​
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SCREENINGS & AWARDS

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  • Baker: Off the Web, The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD October-December 2024

  • ArtScape Festival, Baltimore, MD 8/3/2024

  • 25th Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, May 2-5, 2024

  • Latest Visions Halloween Film Festival, Belfast, Brighton, Sheffield UK/Ireland, 10/27/2023

  • New Works Film Screening, Baltimore, MD 11/1/2023

  • Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival, Wrightson Road Port of Spain Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 10/25/2023

  • Hamilton Film Festival, Brains, Ontario, Canada 10/21/2023

  • Portugal Indie Film Festival, Best Animation, Lisbon, Portugal 10/15/2023

  • Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD 10/5/2023

  • Sweden Film Awards, Brains, Haninge, Sweden 10/1/2023

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR 

 

Jim Doran is an experimental animator and musician living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied music composition at Washington College and earned an MFA in studio art from Towson University.

RELATED LINKS

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Website | doranimation.com

Blogjimdoran.art

Instagram@jimdoran.art

2025 VENUES

The Mercantile

153 E White Street

Rock Hill, SC 29730

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Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom

201 E Main Street

Rock Hill, SC 29730

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York County Library | Rock Hill

138 E Black Street

Rock Hill, SC 29730

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Slow Play Brewing

274 Columbia Avenue

Rock Hill, SC 29730

SCREENINGS

BLOCK A 

7 - 9 PM

The Mercantile

FREE

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BLOCK B 

3 - 5 PM

Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom

TICKETS

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BLOCK C

6:30 - 8 PM

York County Library, Rock Hill

FREE WITH REGISTRATION

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BLOCK D

7- 9 PM

Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom

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BLOCK E

2- 4 PM

Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom

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BLOCK F

7 - 9 PM

Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom

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each block.

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Support for this project is provided by Comporium Communications, the SC Arts Commission (which receives funding from the NEA), Rock Hill Accommodations Tax Grant Fund, York County Accommodations & Hospitality Tax, & the ACYC Annual Campaign. For visitors information including lodging, contact Visit York County, SC at visityorkcounty.com Support for this project is provided by the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC, and the SC Arts Commission, which received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts,.



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