Synopsis:
Two friends decide to break out from the isolated, crumbling and cursed place they’ve been living in, and experience the unknown. Their friendship will be tested right at the beginning…
- Director:
- Tamás Börönte, Zoltán Debreczeni, Emi Farmosi, Gábor Mariai, Balázs Rónyai
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Hungary
- Running time:
- 7 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Original title:
- Madarak
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- József Fülöp
- Animators:
- Fábián Balogh, Vivien Hárshegyi, Anita Kühnel Szabó, Fanni Szilvási, Anna Tőkés, Lili Korcsok, Botond István Tobai
- Script writers:
- Tamás Börönte, Zoltán Debreczeni, Emi Farmosi, Gábor Mariai, Balázs Rónyai
- Music composer:
- Not specified
- Sound designer:
- Benjámin Rigó
- Editor:
- Judit Czakó
- Production:
- MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Distribution:
- MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Trauma, Identity, Death, Hope, Sad, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Slow, Climate crisis, War, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Best Student Film (various festivals)
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