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The Story

I began this personal project out of passion for filmmaking, martial arts, and the ATLA series. Watching the series as a kid, the profound spiritual journey of Aang and the emotional self-discovery of Zuko made a powerful impact on me growing up and has, in many way shaped my personal values.

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Avatar: Flames of Ren, is a spiritual journey of self-discovery and acceptance. This project is my quest, as a filmmaker, to express something similar as creative and as entertaining as possible within a short film.

I originally started this project back in 2016. However, the project had been shelved due to inadequate funding. This year however, because of a growing interest from my short clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KI01ENSNU) I have decided to revive the project and ty again here at Indiegogo. his is your About page. This space is a great opportunity to give a full background on who you are, what you do and what your site has to offer. Your users are genuinely interested in learning more about you, so don’t be afraid to share personal anecdotes to create a more friendly quality.

 

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Our story takes place a few generations following Avatar Wan. Imagine a war-torn world before the four nations were even established. It is a time when the Avatar’s existence was still just a rumour not known to many and only understood by a few.

Ren, a young firebender, lost everything. He is a victim of war, haunted by nightmares of a horrible past - visions of fire, blood and echoing screams. Amidst all this destruction, were those unforgettable, terrifying, glowing eyes staring back at him - the Avatar.

We follow Ren as he searches for the Avatar for whom no one has seen in decades. Through his journey, his hateful flames grow furious as he becomes stronger. Ren endures many obstacles including fierce battles against other elemental benders.

With only a scroll depicting a spiritual tree to lead his way Ren eventually finds the Avatar who has been seemingly waiting for him. They fight a fierce battle but Ren is quickly overwhelmed. The Avatar is about to kill him when a strange but familiar power awakens within and he is able to deflect the final blow. Ren’s eyes glow and the Avatar in front of him fades away smiling.

Ren’s anger had severely blinded him from the truth - that he is the next Avatar and has always been. His fierce hate towards the Avatar had blocked his spiritual connection. His journey has allowed him to breakthrough. Thus he is able to discover himself.

Well, would you look at that, Flames of Ren is exactly what Zuko was blabbing about: "you must look in yourself, to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self, reveal itself."

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