{"id":3087,"date":"2025-03-28T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:00:52","slug":"513-jared-hall-anansi-the-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3087","title":{"rendered":"513. Jared Hall \u201cAnansi the Spider\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Talk with a Filmmaker Friday!<\/p>\n<p>I normally refer to people as filmmakers, but when I think about Jared Hall the word that actually comes to my mind is, \u201cartist.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jared is an animator, filmmaker, and illustrator, but what unifies all of his talents is that he\u2019s an artist. There you go&#8230; Artist!<\/p>\n<p>Jared\u2019s short film, Anansi the Spider, played at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film &#8211; Animation and for Outstanding Cast Performance Animation. \u00a0This film is beautiful and it was difficult for me to not make that word in all caps. And it\u2019s fun! And it\u2019s cool! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Honestly, Anansi the Spider is one of those films I feel comfortable stealing a line from a childhood friend, \u201cIt\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t like it, but if you don\u2019t like it then I don\u2019t like you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about Jared, go to @thatishall (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thatishall\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thatishall<\/a>\/) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3447 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jared_Int-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nor his website at <a href=\"https:\/\/thatishall.myportfolio.com\">https:\/\/thatishall.myportfolio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<\/p>\n<p>Discover Indie Film Links<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\">DIF Podcast Website<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heffay111\/\">DIF Instagram<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/difwins.bsky.social\">DIF BlueSky<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/shermanoaksfilmfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherman Oaks Film Festival<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Invasion Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Talk with a Filmmaker Friday! I normally refer to people as filmmakers, but when I think about Jared Hall the word that actually comes to my mind is, \u201cartist.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3087\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;513. 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