A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape a nuclear exclusion zone, hoping to find a better life on the outside-- free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

"Firmware" by Calvin Sander Romeyn

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More About "Firmware":
1990. 20 years have passed since "The Incident". Civilization has collapsed and national borders have been forgotten. The walled-off "Alcazar Exclusion Zone" has emerged as a small functioning society- a melting pot of survivors from around the world. A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape, hoping to find a better life on the outside-- free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

"Firmware" Credits:
Created by Calvin Romeyn

Cast:
Zaraiah - Angel Celiz
AL1, Old Man - Reece Presley
Misha “The Exploded” - Sam Krochmal
Ivan “The Ambitious” - Suksham Shan
Resistance Leader - Clarie Johnstone
Tannoy Voice - Miglė Kužmarskytė
Droids - Sam Romeyn, Reece Presley
Droids (Voice) - Calvin Romeyn
Additional Performance Capture - Angel Celiz, Reece Presley, Sam Krochmal, Sam Romeyn, Calvin Romeyn
Screaming Woman (Voice) - Avery Taylor
Children (Voices) - Fraser Romeyn, Wesley Romeyn
Gintars “The Taser Wielder” (voice) - Jessica Wong
Nikolaj “Dog’s off The Leash” (voice) - James R. Cowley
Additional Voices - Larry Clay, Jeff Hlookoff, Noah Penner, Angel Celiz, Isaac Kuntz, Emily Wildeman, Jeff Hlookoff, Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Welsey Romeyn, Fraser Romeyn

Crew:
Produced and Written by Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Noah Penner
Composer - Jose Pavli
Sound Design - Sam Boulton, Anize Amestoy
Visual Effects - Calvin Romeyn
Colour Grading - Brite Point Media
Lead Animator - Fred Smith
Animators - Austin Wright, Emily Chin, Calvin Romeyn
Rigging Lead - Will Inglis
Additional Texturing - Francois Van Eeden
FX Artist - Sam Li

Performance Capture by Beyond Capture, Vancouver
President & CEO - Graham Qually
Production Manager - Maeve Russell
Studio Lead - Vandy Sok
Animation Supervisor - David Raposo
Producer - Rommel Cruz
IT Manager - Eitan Israelov
Tools Programmer - Sinead Kearney
Shoot Master - Ryan Basaraba
Realtime Technician - Parker Hartzler
Camera Lead - Ali Heraize
First AD - Matt Lautrup
Capture Technician - Russell Ma
Audio Technicians - Carlos Rodriguez, Nathan Aron Romer
Production Coordinator - Jenny Zinger
Associate Producer - Mitchell Roberts
Production Coordinator - Bradley Tyler
Facial Lead - Albert Poblete
HMC Technician - Nicole Wheatley
Facial Animators - Morgan Gonzales, Jessica Gonzales
Mocap Editors - Guillermo Aguero, Ashleigh Ayers, Audrey Ayoub, Joshua Brown, Andres Ferrat, Andrea garcia de alba, Kendell Maloles, Julian Martinez, Angelo Nunez, Savian Sills
Brand Manager - Ryan Kearns
Movement Director - Charles Douglas
Marketing Manager - Monika Qually
Financial Controller - Jesse Wirachowsky
Infrastructure Development - Jamie Smith
Prop Maker - Kenzo Babin
Behind The Scenes - Ruby Alstad, Emily Doyle, David Van Dyke, Ben Dextraze
Assistant (to the) Director - Tina Romeyn

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