Synopsis:
This latest clay animation from Izabela Plucińska is a captivating picture of the feeling of being lost and alienated and an attempt at putting the pieces that fail to fit together into a whole.
- Director:
- Izabela Plucinska, Izabela Plucińska
- Year:
- 2013
- Running time:
- 7 min.
- Technique:
- Claymation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Robert Kern, Izabela Plucinska
- Animators:
- Izabela Plucinska, Izabela Plucińska
- Script writers:
- Justyna Celada, Izabela Plucinska, Agata Rojek, Ania Jadowska, Izabela Plucińska
- Music composers:
- Detlef Schitto, Detlef A. Schitto
- Sound designer:
- Detlef Schitto
- Editors:
- Daniel Schönberg, Daniel Scheimberg
- Productions:
- Claytraces, HauptFilm Produktion, ClayTraces, Hauptfilm Produktion
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental
- Tags:
- Feminism, Surreal, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Sad
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Berlinale, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival
- Awards:
- German Film Critics Award for Best Short Film
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