Synopsis:
One totally ordinary warm summer night the residents of a totally ordinary apartment house happen to gather in the yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes advantage of the situation and the ending of course is quite expectable.
- Director:
- Kristjan Holm
- Year:
- 2011
- Country:
- Estonia
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Suur maja
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Kristjan Holm, Ülo Pikkov
- Animator:
- Kristjan Holm
- Script writer:
- Kristjan Holm
- Music composer:
- Kristjan Holm
- Sound designer:
- Horret Kuus
- Editor:
- Kristjan Holm
- Productions:
- Silmviburlane, Karabana
- Distribution:
- Estonian Film Foundation
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Abstract
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Estonian Film Journalists Association Award
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