Seedling
"A seedling's quiet journey."
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About this film
Lee Tao's 2011 student short Seedling follows a young plant's growth through minimalist storytelling and independent digital animation craft.
More about this film
About the production
Release date2011-04-26
ProductionSheridan College
Themes
GrowthNature
Themes & topics
seedlingstudent filmindie
Historical background
Micro-budget shorts on digital platforms proliferated in the early 2010s as festival Vimeo channels lowered distribution barriers for film-school work.
Why this film matters
Seedling represents the global indie-short ecosystem where personal projects circulate outside studio pipelines.
What critics said
Festival programmers occasionally surface student botanical metaphors; reception remains localized to indie-circuit mentions.
Did you know?
- Lee Tao credited the project as a 2011 short-film exercise.
Where to watch
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee%20Tao%20-%20Seedling%20(2011).webm
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/22912215