Synopsis:
In the hot midday sun, the street in a downtown apartment block is completely quiet. A few young boys play with a ball in a shady yard. The people inside their homes are busy with their daily tasks — until something unexpected happens.
- Director:
- Dávid Dell’Edera
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Hungary
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, 3D Animation
- Original title:
- Balkon
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Éva M Tóth, Péter Csornay
- Animators:
- Virág Kiss, Gergő Burján, Zsófia Terjék, Dávid Bíró, Dávid Dell’Edera, Tamás Borján, Bálint Bayer
- Script writer:
- Dávid Dell’Edera
- Music composer:
- Eszter Kovács
- Sound designer:
- Tamás Zányi
- Editor:
- Brigitta Bacskai
- Distribution:
- METU – Budapest Metropolitan University
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Relationships, Surreal, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sad, Festival Darlings, Poetic
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival
- Awards:
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival / 2016 / Jury Special Mention, Premiers Plans Agers Film Festival / 2016 / Grand Prox du Jury, Jameson Cinefest / 2016 / CineNewWave Award, Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films / 2016 / Special Mention, Interfilm Berlin / 2017 / Special mention
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