A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape a nuclear exclusion zone, hoping to find a better life on the outside free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

"Firmware" by Calvin Sander Romeyn

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1990. 20 years have passed since "The Incident". Civilization has collapsed and national borders have been forgotten. The walledoff "Alcazar Exclusion Zone" has emerged as a small functioning society a melting pot of survivors from around the world. A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape, hoping to find a better life on the outside free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

"Firmware" Credits:
Created by Calvin Romeyn

Cast:
Zaraiah Angel Celiz
AL1, Old Man Reece Presley
Misha “The Exploded” Sam Krochmal
Ivan “The Ambitious” Suksham Shan
Resistance Leader Clarie Johnstone
Tannoy Voice Miglė Kužmarskytė
Droids Sam Romeyn, Reece Presley
Droids (Voice) Calvin Romeyn
Additional Performance Capture Angel Celiz, Reece Presley, Sam Krochmal, Sam Romeyn, Calvin Romeyn
Screaming Woman (Voice) Avery Taylor
Children (Voices) Fraser Romeyn, Wesley Romeyn
Gintars “The Taser Wielder” (voice) Jessica Wong
Nikolaj “Dog’s off The Leash” (voice) James R. Cowley
Additional Voices Larry Clay, Jeff Hlookoff, Noah Penner, Angel Celiz, Isaac Kuntz, Emily Wildeman, Jeff Hlookoff, Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Welsey Romeyn, Fraser Romeyn

Crew:
Produced and Written by Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Noah Penner
Composer Jose Pavli
Sound Design Sam Boulton, Anize Amestoy
Visual Effects Calvin Romeyn
Colour Grading Brite Point Media
Lead Animator Fred Smith
Animators Austin Wright, Emily Chin, Calvin Romeyn
Rigging Lead Will Inglis
Additional Texturing Francois Van Eeden
FX Artist Sam Li

Performance Capture by Beyond Capture, Vancouver
President & CEO Graham Qually
Production Manager Maeve Russell
Studio Lead Vandy Sok
Animation Supervisor David Raposo
Producer Rommel Cruz
IT Manager Eitan Israelov
Tools Programmer Sinead Kearney
Shoot Master Ryan Basaraba
Realtime Technician Parker Hartzler
Camera Lead Ali Heraize
First AD Matt Lautrup
Capture Technician Russell Ma
Audio Technicians Carlos Rodriguez, Nathan Aron Romer
Production Coordinator Jenny Zinger
Associate Producer Mitchell Roberts
Production Coordinator Bradley Tyler
Facial Lead Albert Poblete
HMC Technician Nicole Wheatley
Facial Animators Morgan Gonzales, Jessica Gonzales
Mocap Editors Guillermo Aguero, Ashleigh Ayers, Audrey Ayoub, Joshua Brown, Andres Ferrat, Andrea garcia de alba, Kendell Maloles, Julian Martinez, Angelo Nunez, Savian Sills
Brand Manager Ryan Kearns
Movement Director Charles Douglas
Marketing Manager Monika Qually
Financial Controller Jesse Wirachowsky
Infrastructure Development Jamie Smith
Prop Maker Kenzo Babin
Behind The Scenes Ruby Alstad, Emily Doyle, David Van Dyke, Ben Dextraze
Assistant (to the) Director Tina Romeyn

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