Synopsis:
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki’s life forever. Now Dinki’s fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the Dead Forest lost in his fantasies…
- Director:
- Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero
- Year:
- 2010
- Country:
- Spain
- Running time:
- 13 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Kepa Dañobeitia, Marisa Rabanal, Iñigo Gómez, Diana Cano, Cristina Martins, Diana Gonçalves, Raquel Rodríguez Salamanca
- Animator:
- Postoma Studio
- Script writers:
- Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero
- Sound designers:
- Miguel Barbosa, Diego S. Staub, Kass. G, Cinemar
- Editor:
- Iván Miñambres
- Productions:
- Abrakam Estudio, Postoma Studio, Cinemar Films, Uniko, Sodinor
- Distribution:
- Marvin&Wayne Short Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Fantasy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Trauma, Identity, Death, Relationships, Nature, Poetic, Sad, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Goya Awards, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film
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