Synopsis:
Two armies of snails fight for the last bud on the stem, but the bud belongs to another world…
- Director:
- Manuel Šumberac
- Year:
- 2010
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Student
- Animator:
- Manuel Šumberac
- Script writer:
- Manuel Šumberac
- Music composer:
- Teo Visintin
- Production:
- ALU – Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb
- Distribution:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Abstract
- Tags:
- Political, War, Surreal, Nature, Transformation, Identity, Death, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
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