DLINQ’s Animation Studio Producer Daniel Houghton created this animated film. Estrellita, (or Little Star) tells a piercing story about the constant threat of family separation and deportation for undocumented farmworkers in Vermont. Seen through the eyes of a little girl growing up on a dairy farm, the story begins in an idyllic wonderland of childhood adventure that turns dark when a powerful force raids the farm to capture her father.

Festivals:

• Indie and Foreign Film Festival (Best Animation)
• Santiago Indepedent Film Awards (Best Animation)
• Bang Awards (Finalist)
• San Diego Lation Film Festival
• Golden Kuker Animation Festival, Sofia Bulgaria
• Vermont International Film Festival
• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

Press:

• “Middlebury Animation Studio Short Addresses Family Separation” Seven Days VT
• “Middlebury animated film ‘Estrellita’ depicts family separation in Vermont” Burlington Free Press

Streaming Link:

• https://vimeo.com/276050194