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Paul and the Badger + Ben

Paul and the Badger + Ben
DIR PAUL TARRAGÃ, BEN COONLEY
EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO MIN INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Paul and the Badger + Ben

Paul Tarraga and Ben Coonley have a lot in common. They are friends, they are both beloved NYUFF alumni, and they are both able to create sensitive and playful short films and videos that delicately address life and death, memory and childhood, oh, and a few other things that fall in between.

Paul and the Badger
Episodes 1-4 of a television series for kids and grown-ups alike that brings experimental film, puppets, and play together with questions of morality and grown-upness that men, women, children and badgers struggle with. Additionally, these shorts pay tribute to the day-to-day friendship between Paul and his good friend, Badger.

+ Ben
"My contributions will be in four separate movements that fall under the category of short distractions, interruptions, and interludes, a grab box of surprises. Some short musically oriented videos I made, and some commercial-type projects. A "cornucopia of video delights"...or electronic snacks. Things with music, sidekicks, bandmates, other (non-badger) animals, reflections of the way life used be." - B. Coonley