BIPOC filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Animation Studio. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-production with PPF House with a Bravo! FACT grant, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, a division of CHUM Limited.

Director, Howie Shia ; writer, Howie Shia ; animator, Howie Shia ; music composer, Howie Shia ; music recording, Ryan Patterson ; sound editing, Ryan Patterson ; foley, Karla Baumgardner ; final sound mix, Geoffrey Mitchell ; executive producer, David Verrall ; producer, Michael Fukushima, Howie Shia.

Recorded 2006.

How big is the world? Searching for an answer, a young boy waves goodbye to his classmates, hops the schoolyard fence and disappears into the city, swallowed by the din and decadence of its machines and masses and automobiles. Back at school, amidst a crowd of confused onlookers, the runaway's best friend, a young artist, smiles and waves goodbye with equal parts understanding and expectation: she is biding her time, preparing for her own adventure to begin. In Flutter, award-winning artist and illustrator Howie Shia marries traditional and digital media with a mish-mash score of jazz, electronics and sampling to create an urban fairy tale that sets to reclaim the contemporary world as fertile ground for epic adventure and romance. This is not a story about humble beginnings, but about two school kids with ambition and love so potent that they reinvent the landscape as endless canvases; infinite mazes. A film without words.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Grand Prize - Category: Open - with a cash award of 1,000,000YEN (Approx: $10,000CDN), 2007 Jury Award, 2007 Award for Best short Film - with a cash prize of 2,500$, 2007

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).