2021
Film

Music Dreams

Music Dreams

A young boy finds strength in being separated from his family in the story of a young holocaust survivor. Commission for USC Shoah Foundation

A young boy finds strength in being separated from his family in the story of a young holocaust survivor.

Animated ShortSeparated from his parents, eight-year-old Carlos discovers magical sheet music that whisks him into the past, where he meets Lisa, a resilient young girl.

Set in 2021, Music Dreams centers on a lonely boy, a refugee who is separated from his family.

Lying awake at night, he finds a piece of mysterious old sheet music that whisks him to late-1930s Europe, where he meets Lisa, a young aspiring pianist.

The boy accompanies Lisa as she travels via the Kindertransport to London, where she finds a home at a hostel on Willesden Lane and pursues her dream of becoming a concert pianist.

Separated from his parents, eight-year-old Carlos discovers magical sheet music that whisks him into the past, where he meets Lisa, a resilient young girl.

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Credits

Directed by: Tamara Shogaolu

Amelia Hanibelsz Toby Cochran

Creative Direction: Tamara Shogaolu ( Ado Ato Pictures)

Written by : Ilana Diamant & Greg Irwin

Producers :   Greg Irwin Kia Hays Lesly Culp Tamara Shogaolu Toby Cochran

Executive Producers : Kori Street Stephen D. Smith  Amelia Hanibelsz Mona Golabek

Editor :Omri Shir

Post Production Supervisor : Toby Cochran

Sound Designer: Lai Jiang

Music: Rafael H. Robledo

Music Supervisor : Mona Golabek