Synopsis:
A rhythmic animation of 3, 475 individual masks from all over the world.
- Director:
- Patrick Smith
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- United States, Japan
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Kaori Ishida
- Script writers:
- Patrick Smith, Kaori Ishida
- Music composers:
- Daveed Korud, Carla Monica, Ted Monnich, Behyar Behipour
- Editors:
- Patrick Smith, Kaori Ishida
- Audience:
- All audiences
- Festival selections:
- Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films
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