Synopsis:
A boy survives isolated in a house constantly besieged by a horde of stray dogs.
- Director:
- Marc Riba, Anna Solanas
- Year:
- 2013
- Country:
- Spain
- Running time:
- 17 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Marc Riba
- Animator:
- Núria Riba
- Script writers:
- Marc Riba, Anna Solanas
- Music composer:
- Aleix Pitarch
- Sound designer:
- Anna Solanas
- Editor:
- Sergi Martí
- Production:
- I+G Stop Motion
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Abstract, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Death, Animals, Poetic, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
- Awards:
- Best Animated Short Film at the Gaudí Awards
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