Ash on the Shore
Directed by Shane Freeman
United States · 2026 · 21 min 38 sec · Fantasy
Submitted to RTV International Film Festival 2026Synopsis
Logline: A healed samurai returns to the forest that saved him, carrying the cursed infant he once tried to drown. His demon brother waits in the storm. On a black-sand Pacific Northwest shore, Kaito — marked since birth by a purple-glowing sigil — must face the Oni, and the brother who became the storm. A story of a curse carried in ink and blood, and the light someone left on at the shore.
Director(s)
Shane Freeman is an independent animator and filmmaker in Tacoma, Washington. He writes, directs, and animates Ash on the Shore alone — a mono-ink dark epic fantasy built shot by shot with AI tools under his direction: his story, his characters, his call on every frame.
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RTV International Film Festival — Inaugural Online Edition · 2026