I am Varad Bhamburdekar and I am graduating with a BFA in Computer Animation from Ringling College of Art and Design. My film, Birds Of A Feather is a piece about celebrating yourself and enjoying a moment in life.

Growing up in India, a place so rich in culture and art one would think I would think that going into the arts was always part of the plan, but it was the total opposite. I really thought I would grow up to become an engineer or a doctor. I always had the passion for films, stories, cartoons, and I wondered if there was a chance to study this and learn how they were made. They were such a great means of escape from the real world to land where anything was possible. Good films would send a chill down my spine as I felt every moment of what the characters…