Kiwi!


Kiwi is a 2006 computergenerated animation created by Dony Permedi, a student in the New York City School of Visual Arts, as his Masters Thesis Animation, with music composed and performed by Tim Cassell. The animations story of a kiwi that aspires to fly created a major Internet phenomenon after it was hosted on the video sharing site YouTube. Unofficial versions of the video pair it with Mad World by Tears for Fears. These versions became popular viral videos.

Kiwi has received a large following for its deep meaning and heart touching manner. One of the most popular activities in the fan base is to create an alternate ending usually one where the kiwi survives. As of July 2011, the animation has been viewed overmillion times, making it the secondmost popular video in the Film amp Animation categoryand one of the most popular on the entire site 2. It won official recognition on March 26, 2007 when viewers voted it the Most Adorable video of 2006 in the first annual YouTube Video Awards. This was an event large enough to draw international media attention with ABC News describing Kiwi as so cute it hurts while the International Herald Tribune, critical of the awards, characterized the video as being sweet but dull.

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