An absolutely beautiful and Award-Winning CGI animated short film by talented animation filmmaker and composer, Evan Viera who presents a story through the eyes of a young girl suffering from mental illness. CALDERA glimpses into a world of psychosis and explores a world of ambiguous reality and the nature of life and death.

 Viera says CALDERA is inspired by his father's struggle with schizoaffective disorder. In states of delusion, his father has danced on the rings of Saturn, spoken with angels, and fled from his demons. He has lived both a fantastical and haunting life, but one that's invisible to most of us. In our differing understanding of reality, we blindly mandate his medication, assimilate him to our marginalizing culture, and entirely misinterpret him for all he is worth. CALDERA aims to not only venerate Viera's father, but all brilliant minds forged in the haunted depths of psychosis.

Evan Viera......Director/Composer/Co-Writer

Chris Bishop.....Co-writer/Animation Supervisor/Story Artist