This is a short story about a bird in a birdcage. Will we ever know the true world is outside of the birdcage?

Director:   Chieh Huang  (their other films)
Producer:	Genre:  Animation
Country:  USA	Copyright Year:  2003
Original Format:  3D Animation	Color Type:  Color
Sound Type:  Magnetic Stereo	Length:  00:03:00
Original Language:  None	Subtitle Language:  None
Other Info: Story concept The bird’s cage is a totally simulation world. However, we will never know what the true world is out of the bird cage if we don’t figure it out. You can eat, sleep, and think….etc, in the bird’s cage. Actually it is like our human beings’ life because all of us live in the similar environment. We eat, sleep and think every day and we are used to living in this kind of life style. The bird was locked up and he only could see the front view in the bird’s cage, but he couldn’t see the whole world out of the bird’s cage. He only had limited space and less freedom so that he was not happy at all. He tried to change his situation by escaping from his bird cage. Finally he didn’t do anything and just imagined that the cat got him and he was dead. He chose to keep the safe situation and not to venture out of it. The important thing is many people don’t like dangerous situations so that they will never know what the real world is and what they have. May be they think their life is so perfect that they don’t want to know more about it because they can eat, sleep, drink in the safe place. But who knows? They might be wondering why there are so many bird cages. What are the bird cages for? The birds didn’t know what would happen. They were still happy and enjoyed their life. Have you ever have that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming? The feeling is so real you can’t tell if it’s a dream or if it’s real life. This is how the bird felt.

Upcoming Screenings
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date

Screening History
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Central Cinema	Seattle	USA	2006-06-14	Event Details
L'Envers du mliF / Boxland	Lille	France	2006-02-01	Event Details
CHAOS Studios Artspace	Colorado Springs	USA	2006-01-17	Event Details
Central Cinema	Seattle	USA	2006-01-11	Event Details
San Francisco Indie Fest	San Francisco	USA	2005-09-17	Event Details
Chillin Productions	San Francisco	USA	2005-07-30	Event Details
Chillin Productions	San Francisco	USA	2005-07-30	Event Details
Chillin Productions	San Francisco	USA	2005-07-30	Event Details
Duke City Shootout	Albuquerque	USA	2005-07-22	Event Details
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts	San Francisco	USA	2005-06-01	Event Details
111 Minna Gallery	San Francisco	USA	2005-05-23	Event Details
Subterranean Cinema Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	USA	2005-05-14	Event Details
Axiom Theatre	Houston	USA	2005-05-13	Event Details

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Compilations containing this film
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Independent Exposure - Duke City Shootout Edition 2005 (MC-388)	2005	Program available for theatrical exhibition
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Independent Exposure - Animation Edition 2005 (MC-381)	2005	Program available for theatrical exhibition
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Independent Exposure - Spring Edition 2005 (MC-376)	2005	Program available for theatrical exhibition