Synopsis:
Brother and sister live peacefully in a cottage at the edge of a forest until their life is disrupted by the arrival of mistress Death.
- Director:
- Zuzana Žiaková
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- Puppet Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Braček jelenček
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Lukáš Marhefka
- Animator:
- Zuzana Žiaková
- Script writer:
- Zuzana Žiaková
- Music composer:
- Matej Sloboda
- Sound designer:
- Adam Kuchta
- Editor:
- Anna Capuliaková
- Production:
- VŠMU – Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava
- Distribution:
- VŠMU – The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
- Genres:
- Drama, Fantasy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Death, Relationships, Love, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Sad
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Fest Anča, Anifilm, Annecy International Animation Film Festival
- Awards:
- Fest Anča / 2016 /Anča Slovak Award, Special Mention
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