The Windmill Farmer

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A nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the cyclical forces of nature. Created at the UCLA Animation Workshop, with music by Nick Fevola.
This film was inspired while driving back from a trip to Palm Springs, when a friend said that it must take them forever to plant and grow so many windmills. I wrote down the title The Windmill Farmer for an idea to explore later, and about a year later I started developing it into a character and story.
This film took 4 months to complete from the first boards until the final mix.
Release date: June 5th 2010
Format: HD 1920x1080 px, 16:9
Awards and Honors ###
Greenstorming Film Festival '15 (Germany) - Winner, Green Flicks
Box[ur]shorts Film Festival '12 (CA) - Best Student Film
Angelus Student Film Festival '11 (CA) - Honorable Mention in Animation
Possible Futures Film Contest '11 (Online) - People's Choice Award
Film Festivals and Screenings ###
06/05/10 - UCLA Festival of Animation 2010 (CA)
12/03/10 - Anchorage Film Festival (AK)
12/04/10 - International Short Film Festival Leuven (Belgium)
01/14/11 - Wild & Scenic Film Festival (CA)
04/08/11 - Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival (FL)
05/12/11 - Filmoteca de Catalunya (Spain)
06/22/11 - Goelali Children's Film Festival (Indonesia)
07/01/11 - FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Brazil)
07/03/11 - The Far North Conservation Film Festival (AK)
07/25/11 - Possible Futures Film Contest (Online) Prize awarded
10/08/11 - Angelus Student Film Festival (CA) Prize awarded
11/01/11 - Paraguay Ra'anga / Imagenes del Paraguay (Uruguay)
11/01/11 - Paraguay Ra'anga / Imagenes del Paraguay (Spain)
11/04/11 - Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (Hong Kong)
01/19/12 - Filmoteca de Catalunya (Spain)
03/10/12 - Pictou-Antigonish Library Animation Festival (NS, Canada)
03/10/12 - Box[ur]shorts Film Festival (CA) Prize awarded
04/12/12 - Ashland Independent Film Festival (OR)
12/02/12 - Sustainable Living Film Festival (Turkey)

Пікірлер: 628

@loganchapman4930 10 ай бұрын

I remember watching this when I was around 4-5 years old, now I’m filled with old memories from my childhood

@reubenpohan2483 Ай бұрын

Same

@leonclatworthy2799 Ай бұрын

I first saw this when I was about 6 now I'm 13 and I'm back lol

@leonclatworthy2799 Ай бұрын

I first saw this when I was about 6 now I'm 13 and I'm back lol

@yortymaps7 23 күн бұрын

Probably not the only one who loved windmills and regular mills back in the day. Mainly in the Netherlands here. I used to watch this at 5 years old and now i see this video again. Brings back so much nostalgia. Greetings from the netherlands ❤

@migrainemama7932 7 жыл бұрын

My five-year-old twins are obsessed with wind mills and watch this story over and over again and even kiss the screen. They sometimes wish they were part of a wind mill family. Oh The imagination of a child. Lovely story!!!!

@joabaldwin 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad they like it so much :D

@vincentrobinette1507 5 жыл бұрын

I too am a big fan of the big fans.

@itzdubplayzio1273 2 жыл бұрын

The first time I watched this as a kid. Man, I miss those days.

@carrot1945 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@ripflightman2724 11 ай бұрын

I know I have some serious mental health issues but I'd never see myself crying on the toilet at 3 am after watching a KZfaq video about windmills.

@joabaldwin 11 ай бұрын

@TitilayosChronicles Жыл бұрын

It's so sad that all his windmills started breaking and he did all the hard work so you can make us form nicer

@riteshvarma8700 5 жыл бұрын

This film inspired me to learn animation in 2010. I still watch this whenever I feel low. Thank you Joaquin for making this. I owe you a lot.

@joabaldwin 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That's so nice of you to say, totally made my day

@pchelka2509jk 4 жыл бұрын

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@jimmyandchristinaandamanda598 Жыл бұрын

I watch this in 2014 this and found it again it’s so heart warming Edit: OMG thank you so much for liking my comment Joaquin Baldwin! Your The Best!

@johnbenton4488 7 жыл бұрын

This little film carries a message. The message is simple. "Never give up hope"

@Dantevi0us 7 жыл бұрын

That was lovely

@johnbenton4488 7 жыл бұрын

And poignant.

@tigerlilymusic 12 жыл бұрын

My 22-month old daughter LOVES windmills and she especially loves this animation. She can watch it over and over and over again! Thank you for this film.

@amisevere7117 2 жыл бұрын

1¹¹

@GoofyMan360 Жыл бұрын

Idk but I was obsessed with windmills when I was small and now I’m looking at this in the present

@jonathangazit4739 6 жыл бұрын

when i was in first grade, this video certainly inspired me in one way or another that there is always hope, looking back 9 years and seeing this animation truly gives me goosebumps all over again, thank you for such amazing work.

@joabaldwin 6 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet of you to say, makes me super happy. It also just freaked me out that it has been 9 years since I made this already, holy crap...

@qaiser12772 2 жыл бұрын

SHIT

@MinhPhan-db9ms 3 ай бұрын

I'm so happy for the farmer after he lost the windmills and he so happy that more windmills grew

@theguywithK Жыл бұрын

The nostalgia it comes back to me this is why I loved windmills because of " *you* "

@whoisaskinglol3746 Жыл бұрын

This guy just saved the earth in two different ways!

@Diamondbranch2013 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I loved this when I was 3 years old

@pastornitin4109 2 жыл бұрын

after 4 or 3 years i finally get to see this beautiful story again in this year 2022

@IskandarAlex2 Жыл бұрын

Brings back a lot of memories when I was a kid watching this, good memories.

@addam814 9 жыл бұрын

This is my 3 year old sons favorite video. I even painted a still of it on the wall of his bedroom! Even daddy loves this vid! The music compliments it so much! Great job!

@WolfeSandy 8 жыл бұрын

+Addam hummel That is sad. I hope your son will be able to understand the truth in time.

@TimelessMediaProd 5 жыл бұрын

It's our soon to be three year olds favorite video too! :)

@karolinaliskiewicz9052 4 жыл бұрын

amh amh w.

@user-oi4pj3it2c 3 жыл бұрын

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@akhtersheikh4361 Жыл бұрын

This gives me nostalgia from 7 years ago. 😢

@GingerFilms892 3 ай бұрын

2:00 It’s like a reference to the Danish wind turbine accident, but still nostalgic

@heathgraves2978 2 жыл бұрын

This is my childhood.

@AbhishekSingh-ls9wh 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful stories and the way it is depicted. Life itself is beautiful, we just gotta see. That's what I'll take from this. Thank you!

@maccadee2004 12 жыл бұрын

my 18 month old daughter is obsessed with windmills after a trip to a wind farm. i have just found this animation and she absolutely loves it. thank you so much, i'm sure we will be watching this most days from now on

@feemr8660 3 жыл бұрын

my 4 year old found this and he really enjoys watching it. he loves windturbines and this is perfect for him to watch. beautiful work. we hope to see some more of your work on windturbines 🤗

@IskandarAlex2 Жыл бұрын

He's just like me when I was a kid, likes wind turbines, a lot

@MrP0BS 11 жыл бұрын

This is my son's favourite thing on the whole of KZfaq. Thank you from him.

@joabaldwin 13 жыл бұрын

@natEmation No problem. The weather vein (rooster) and the windmills (only when they break apart) are in 3d, rendered out as swf files in Maya. I used a shatter effect with gravity/collisions in Maya so I wouldn't have to animate all the little pieces by hand.

@joabaldwin 12 жыл бұрын

@TomaszBurnat Thanks! I am currently working at Disney, so I don't have any new shorts of my own, but I have some ideas that I'll definitely work on in the future :)

@Aartwood 14 жыл бұрын

one of the most beautiful, creative and emotional pieces of animation I have ever seen! and that includes toy story and howls moving castle, I could watch that every day and never get bored, top notch!

@karlbrand2924 10 жыл бұрын

I recreated the music for this brilliant film in my own way and I'm really happy with the result. Have a listen here: The Windmill Farmer - Music by Karl Brand (Unofficial) Like, comment and share.

@kevinburchell1987 4 жыл бұрын

super scentence stakers awsome vid

@Nash_IsValkryie8 Жыл бұрын

i'm crying!!! The nostilgia

@mlbuhljr 14 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of an old movie called "The Rare Breed" in which a rancher bought a rare, prize-winning bull. They found the bull did not survive a killer blizzard, but the next year, they found many calves who had his markings. :-)

@emilywilson-barry1308 8 жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful animation. I showed this to my 18 month old who literally walks around all day saying "windmill, windmill, windmill". His reaction when they blew down choked me up! And WolfeSandy you can save your breath I've seen your same reply to every single person's comments.

@shahed.arbidmohamad2058 6 жыл бұрын

huh?

@AulisA.O.T 2 жыл бұрын

Back to 12 years old animation!

@coasterboy1233 3 жыл бұрын

This makes my child memory I watch this every day by myself I like this video so much thank you for adding windmill video I love all the windmill especially I like to be an engineer

@NINA1542009 13 жыл бұрын

Another touching theme. I really love the stories you tell and of course the different ways you have told them. Great animation once again!

@axlparker9569 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno if anyone gives a damn but yesterday I hacked my girl friends Instagram account using instablaster.

@ulisesperu2896 Жыл бұрын

Me alegra que te emocionen esos momentos que derriban creencias que nos limitan en el mundo¡¡

@UnethicallyGoodIdeas 4 күн бұрын

Bro this video was my childhood

@sierraa72 3 жыл бұрын

OH YES THIS VIDEO IN MY RECOMMENED AFTER 5 YEARS

@th3rty321 3 жыл бұрын

omg i used to watch this as a child

@speedyninja42 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too

@PSaintGermain 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@D3LTA-EDITS Жыл бұрын

Same

@Blackairaviationofficial Жыл бұрын

Same

@greysplace2747 2 жыл бұрын

I just watched this after like 3 or 4 years and cried

@mabril2009 Жыл бұрын

Bonito video

@burnttree08 2 жыл бұрын

idk why but this kinda gives me song of the sea vibes its really good

@cmccarreiro 9 жыл бұрын

That's a happy windmill farmer. Like!

@WolfeSandy 8 жыл бұрын

+cmccarreiro Don't like. Wind turbines are hazardous to the health and the land.

@badname3659 5 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeSandy oh ur pretty stupid arent ya?

@beth7279 Жыл бұрын

I cried watching this.

@catgirljmay2016 8 жыл бұрын

Watching this for school👍🏼

@cukegames6977 8 жыл бұрын

+CatgirlJmay same

@dhriti6346 8 жыл бұрын

Same

@cobiesutton8394 6 жыл бұрын

Same lol i watch to cheat

@olia6549 6 жыл бұрын

Same

@mfmm6699 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@Mrsdiamondogs 14 жыл бұрын

La primera vez que ví que un parque eólico tarde mucho en salir de mi asombro. La imponencia de estas estructuras sobre el paisaje me trasladaron una especie de película de horror. Más allá de la discusión sobre la valoración de un paisaje natural sobre uno transformado, vale la pena preguntarse si las energías alternativas contribuirán realmente a mitigar las emisiones de GEI o simplemente son retardantes del posible colapso natural en un mundo que se niega a cambiar sus patrones de consumo.

@MsKullyD 6 жыл бұрын

My kids have watched this about 1 million times lol we love you thank you for making this!!!

@TCGMwind 10 жыл бұрын

Nice little story. I can relate to the farmer.

@WolfeSandy 9 жыл бұрын

... but in truth the farmer cannot relate to the turbines.

@vincentrobinette1507 5 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeSandy I disagree. Farmers are realizing that leasing land to these projects is a very easy way to diversify their portfolios. The reliable income from having wind turbines on their land can really help in the event of a failed crop or severe drought. They don't take up much space, compared to the income they generate.

@5nightsatfreddys486 8 жыл бұрын

I love this. I liked the part ware he dances because there was windmills evry where where!😀

@pinkrocio 14 жыл бұрын

Qué lindas texturas compatriota... adelante!

@WeirdsBestFriend 12 жыл бұрын

This makes me have chills every time I watch it.. So good.

@ChaduvukondiFirstu-vw8fe 3 жыл бұрын

Are you still alive?

@grandmiguelito 4 жыл бұрын

I use to watch this in my uncle computer, ah nostalgia 😢👍

@hamiltonbros2005 7 жыл бұрын

The windmills make magic to teletubbies!

@nvdr8026 8 жыл бұрын

my son love to watch this every morning !

@miguel03051996 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing, i don't have words to describe this job, really inspired

@mlbuhljr 14 жыл бұрын

This video reminds me of an old Jimmy Stewart movie called "The Rare Breed." In the movie, JS buys a prize bull for his ranch. The bull dies in a blizzard, but the next spring brings many calves with the bull's markings.

@WolfeSandy 9 жыл бұрын

This is sad, because it anthropomorphizes a thing that is very painful to the people who have to live near them or who have lost their home and/or livelihood to them. It also implies a crop that can stand alone, when wind farms need intense scaffolding to operate. So, in the spirit of anthropomorphizing, that wind turbine crop actually would prefer to rest in the ground than try to struggle through their morbid existence, and they are very grateful if we would not try to leach the seeds of truth out of them in order to force them to rise again.

@vincentrobinette1507 5 жыл бұрын

I've heard quite the opposite. some farmers allocate a small percentage of their acreage to erect turbines. They lease their land to the sites, thus, they have an uninterrupted source of income, regardless of drought years. It's a super easy way to expand their income portfolios. They are very easy to farm around. They can plant crops to within a few yards of the towers. I would do it in a heart beat.

@joabaldwin 11 жыл бұрын

For 3D animation, Maya... For 2D animation, probably Flash or ToonBoom. They all take a long time to learn, but you can find a lot of free tutorials online.

@greenschmoodle 14 жыл бұрын

Your videos always make me tear up. I love your work! I'm glad I got to meet you, you are quite an amazing young man.

@velvet2230 7 жыл бұрын

Little wind turbines = BIG wind turbines = Broken Wind turbines = Snow = A LOT OF wind turbines These wat happen when da evolution of da wind turbines

@wangshuh 11 жыл бұрын

it makes me feel so much lonely when i am watching this, no word at all, happy alone, and sad alone, just his shadow in the whole world.

@ladyjedi3D 6 жыл бұрын

I've always loved windmills. And I really loved ceiling fans when I was little. Thought of them. As indoor Windmills. Movie wasbBeautiful, peaceful..sweet... I Just picked up a windmill for My yard last Night.. Been wanting one. Gonna make it look. Old and aged

@vincentrobinette1507 5 жыл бұрын

I'm also a big fan of the big fans.

@adrianacabrera1648 2 жыл бұрын

I love it. Thanks

@GraceDragonfly 13 жыл бұрын

thank you for a wonderful experience...I loved watching this moving piece of animation.

@riesenflugzeug 3 жыл бұрын

nostalgic trip

@jessgrn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this gem ❤️👌🙏 so peaceful and meaningful

@bigboibeckgamer7683 5 жыл бұрын

Good short film

@VanOneFour 14 жыл бұрын

ive admired all of your films man! another great piece of art :D

@Roguepanda79 Жыл бұрын

What happened in the Hokkaido region when the wind farms got destroyed by a typhoon

@joabaldwin 14 жыл бұрын

@evilmonkeyFG Thanks! I've been into animation for over 10 years, but I started making narrative shorts more seriously about 5 years ago.

@shahed.arbidmohamad2058 6 жыл бұрын

Omg this is so sad. We used this example at school we were writing about when the storm happened and we are an animal that saw what was happening and we were retelling this story from a perspective of a horse or any other animal or living thing. If ur a teacher and u were looking for something to write about use this u could use pathetic fallacy or personification, metaphors or similes( u could fit juxtaposition ) I'm a yr 6 and i find it so heart breaking. this has inspired me to write my own story like this and include other thing thank u for uploading this video its amazing. keep the hard work up...Thanks

@joabaldwin 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you found my film inspiring

@1ningraj 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome NICK FEVOLA. I get relaxed whenever i hear this wonderful music, amazing stuff, keep going Nick And Joa

@MultiGracie2010 10 жыл бұрын

Esta muy bueno! Mucho Talento, felicidadez!

@pikounia 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Well done!

@pinoywokcooking 12 жыл бұрын

Ang galing!

@RoHyper 3 жыл бұрын

I watch this when I was little now I am back

@Smonteamores 12 жыл бұрын

es una verdadera joyita! excelente corto! es un historia muy esperanzadora...

@nonsequitur1979 14 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

@artgriphon 11 жыл бұрын

It's fine! Thanks. The good philosophy, good idea, good mood... Thanks!!

@tavi6582 7 жыл бұрын

this was a sad,happy video

@yuchuanchou1705 2 ай бұрын

已經...過了7年了啊...真好看....2024了！

@betyabai 14 жыл бұрын

Absolutely inspiring

@chompythechomperchomp 14 жыл бұрын

what a great piece of art

@Smoothbluehero 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing, simply amazing

@joabaldwin 14 жыл бұрын

@paokole2 Thanks! And thanks for the first comment, I just finished uploading this minutes ago.

@59leovirgo 14 жыл бұрын

Wonderful wonderful!!

@-hit6570 7 жыл бұрын

For some reasons it make me relax

@GiveGwenLoveeee 4 жыл бұрын

I love it

@lizglendall6532 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t help it we watched the first part at school but I saw the title and I was tempted!

@mahirahshehzad4596 3 жыл бұрын

This I have to do for my schoolwork loooollll

@k1rw684 3 жыл бұрын

hi I love this and am 11 yrs old thank u its rlly nice of u its amazing and I'm learning it in school

@joabaldwin 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very happy you enjoyed it.

@LeonelAlvarezEscobar 11 жыл бұрын

Don´t waste your precious time on this empty words! YOU (joaquin Baldwin) ARE AWESOME!! I LIKE IT A LOT... so different at "Sebastian´s vodooo" and this versatily is what everyone like to see! GO ON! GREAT JOB!!! :D

@PanKeyHeikeNEU 11 жыл бұрын

So wonderful!

@9Nancee 12 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic video. Simple yet very provocative of feelings so many farmers put into their farms. With the new Windmill Farm becoming a real means of renewable resources in the US it is a promising future for many farmers who have lost money for years. It is easy to see why you are now working for Disney. Very talented and I love the music.