Synopsis:
Dozens of people climb an old truck for the wild journey through the desert and the ocean. Not everybody achieves Europe, where an ambiguous end is waiting.
- Director:
- Fabio Friedli
- Year:
- 2012
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Fabio Friedli, Gerd Gockel
- Script writer:
- Fabio Friedli
- Sound designer:
- Thomas Gassmann
- Production:
- HSLU-Hochschule Luzern
- Distribution:
- MAGNETFILM
- School:
- Hochschule Luzern
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Political, Activism, Sustainability, Identity, Hope, Nature, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Climate crisis, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films, Fest Anča International Animation Festival
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