“POUR GAMES” Wine Glass Sacrifice.

In this darkly symbolic animated short, a society of tyrannical wine glasses engages in a cruel ritual of power and control. When one glass sacrifices itself to end the oppression, a shocking truth emerges — the victims quickly rebuild the same system they destroyed. A visual parable about power, rebellion, and the endless cycle of human behavior. Another installment in the “POUR” Series, set in a metaphorical world of living wine glasses. This story explores a twisted game of power dynamics, where two masters dominate smaller subjects of the same species. The only way to end the game is to force the masters to lose interest. A stubborn individual glass, number 95, accomplishes this by initiating a self-sacrificial protest, shattering his own head with his fist. This becomes a contagion as the others see the results. They all smash their own heads gleefully and the game becomes impossible to play. Realizing this, the masters move on, no longer interested in playing the diabolical drinking game. Awards: -Winner, ASIFA-East Animation Festival (USA) -Best Animation, Grand Rapids Comic-Con (USA) -Best Animation, Florida Shorts (USA) -Best Animation, Mobile Animation Film Festival (USA) Official Selection: -Wild Rivers Film Festival 2024 (USA) -Walla Walla Movie Crush (USA) -ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan -Palm Springs Animation Festival (USA) -AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival -Chester Animation Festival (UK) -Santa Monica Film Festival (USA) -Alameda International Film Festival (USA) -TIAF Tbilisi International Animation Festival (Georgia) -Festival Cartón (Buenos Aires) -Woodstock Film Festival (USA) *World Premiere ‪@WoodstockFilmFestival‬ -Raleigh Film and Art Festival (USA) -Animasyros Animation Festival (Greece) ‪@animasyrosanimationfestival‬ -Spark Animation Festival (Canada) ‪@SPARKCG‬ -Savannah Film Festival (USA) -Orlando Film Festival (USA) -Ojai Film Festival (USA) ‪@ojaifilmfest‬ -Warsaw Animation Festival (Poland) -Animation Chico Film Festival (USA) -Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival (USA) -East Lansing Film Festival (USA) Written/Directed/Animated by Patrick Smith Produced by Kaori Ishida Associate Producer Eason Lu Associate Producer Anita Zheng Associate Producer Michael McClain ‪@studiomiguel‬ Sound Effects/Foley by Patrick Smith Backgrounds by Tony Curanaj Music by ‪@ArgyOttas‬ (name of song: "Waltz of the Dead") Special Gratitude: Claude O’steen, Thomas Shelford, ‪@NateMilton‬ ‪@twinsareweird‬ Barry Rubin, Tim Miller, Tso Tne, Flying Film Festival, Jessica Nightingale, Mascha Stroobant, Mark Nettles Elliott, Alejandra Avalow, Pe Joyy, Shawny Animation. Premiered exclusively on Youtube. #patricksmith #pour585 #pourgames #animation To directly support my work, join this channel!    / @patricksmithanimation