WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE


2026

Pick It Tell It Bleeds

Directed by Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam

Logline: The Scab strikes back!

Synopsis: Yearning to pick his girlfriend’s scab, a young man gets more than he bargained for in this mixed-media animation.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details RUNTIME: 3 Minutes
GENRE: Animation, Experimental, Narrative/ Fiction
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD, Paper Scan
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Ontario, Manitoba
KEYWORDS: mixed media, animation, paper, paper animation, hand-drawn

Director's Statement: Exploring humanity's eternal obsession with picking and prodding, this textural, mixed-media short film was printed frame-by-frame onto paper, then hand-coloured, scanned, key-framed, and finally edited together into its final cinematic form.

Cast & Crew

Director: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Producer: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Writer: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Screenplay: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Camera: Tavis Putnam, Christina Dovolis, Oliver Farkas
Cinematographer: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam, Oliver Farkas
Animation: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Editor: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Sound Design: Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam
Sound Editor: George Flores
Sound Mix: George Flores
Collaborator: Oliver Farkas
Production Design: Oliver Farkas
Cast: Tavis Putnam, Christina Dovolis