Synopsis:
The story of a man who is wishing for a feeling of freedom. A man is in a dungeon and as the only way out into freedom he sees artistic expression, dancing, acting and painting, but when he stops, the artist finds himself in the dungeon again, til one day a girl knocks on his door. We realise it is his daughter who wants to walk with him, and that the man is not in a real dungeon, but an ordinary room. He takes the daughter’s hand and they step out into the sunny nature, free and happy. His daughter saved him from his personal dungeon.
- Director:
- Davor Medurečan, Davor Međurečan
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media, Rotoscope Animation
- Original title:
- Umjetnik iz tamnice
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Igor Grubić, Mia Bučević
- Animators:
- Davor Medurečan, Davor Međurečan
- Script writers:
- Davor Medurečan, Davor Međurečan
- Sound designer:
- Boris Wagner
- Editor:
- Davor Medurečan
- Production:
- Kreativni sindikat
- Distributions:
- Kreativni sindikat, Ustanova Zagreb film
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Abstract
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Surreal, Poetic, Transformation, Sad
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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