Local animators up for Leo Award

A quartet of film-making brothers who grew up in our area are hoping for success at this weekend’s Leo Awards.

Nathan Affolter along with brothers Jon, Heath and Thomas create stop-motion and live action films.

They’re nominated for best animation for their goofy comedic series called Food Flix – which parodies famous movie scenes – but using fruit and veg as the actors. You need to see it to get it!

Nathan says growing up in the Slocan Valley they were exposed to all the arts and creativity that makes our area special.

The Leo Awards honor the best in BC TV, film and web content and you can check out the Affolter’s stuff on their You Tube channel called Comedy Blender.

The content is targeted at young adults and viewer discretion is advised.

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