Directed by Mike A Smith
When the catastrophic king Gilgamesh meets the grass-fed Enkidu, things don't go according to the clay tablets. A fractured take on the ancient tale, featuring doom, despair, deception, and sheep.
Mike A Smith ↗
Mike first began animating as a kid with a borrowed Super 8 camera and some plasticine. Since then, he's dug his way into a career in archaeology, thrown away a mountain of bad drawings, and made hand-drawn shorts including The Epic of Enkidu (2025), Cooped (2014), and Missionary (2005). From 2009 to 2011, Mike served as president of ASIFA Portland, the Pacific Northwest chapter of the international animation society.
Animayo - International Film Festival of Animation Gran Canaria May 7, 2026 Official Selection Spain ASIFA-East Animation Festival New York, NY May 22, 2026 ★ 1st PLACE INDEPENDENT FILM United States Viborg Animation Festival Viborg September 9, 2026 ★ CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD Denmark Flagstaff International Film Festival Flagstaff, AZ August 2, 2026 ★ BEST ANIMATED SHORT United States PFCAT - Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology Portland, OR August 23, 2026 ★ BEST PORTLAND ANIMATION United States Sea Slug Animation Festival Seattle, WA February 28, 2026 ★ BEST OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST United States Los Angeles Animation Festival Los Angeles, CA December 7, 2025 ★ JUDGES SPECIAL AWARD FOR STORY IN 2D United States Eastern Oregon Film Festival La Grande, OR October 17, 2026 Official Selection United States Sidewalk Film Festival Birmingham, AL August 29, 2026 Official Selection United States Animaze Montreal International Animation Festival Montreal, QC September 19, 2026 Official Selection Canada Nevada City Film Festival Nevada City, CA June 28, 2026 Official Selection United States Festival International Gbaka Animation Lomé October 24, 2026 Official Selection Togo Manzanita Film Festival Manzanita, OR October 3, 2026 Official Selection United States Golden Kuker-Sofia International Animated Film Festival Sofia May 9, 2026 Official Selection Bulgaria Chitkara Animation Festival Rajpura, Punjab March 13, 2026 Official Selection India Athens Animfest Athens April 18, 2026 Official Selection Greece Portland Panorama Film Festival Portland, OR April 18, 2026 Official Selection United States Green Film Festival of San Francisco San Francisco, CA October 17, 2026 Official Selection United States
