Synopsis:
The Brain Friends are an imaginary group of characters that live inside Yellow Guy’s brain.
- Director:
- Raman Djafari
- Year:
- 2022
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 1 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, Mixed media, 3D Animation
- Original title:
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - Brainfriends
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Hugo Donkin
- Animators:
- Barney Abrahams, Nate Die, Domenik Lutz, Harry Bhalerao
- Genres:
- Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Mental health, Identity, Humor, Transformation, Dreams, Trauma
- Audience:
- 16+
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