Synopsis:
What if the roles of kids and adults were switched? The story follows a day full of bizarrely reversed interactions, unravelling the dynamics of the relationship of grown-ups and children.
- Director:
- Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab
- Animators:
- Lamiaa Diab, Hend Esmat, Patrycja Szypula, Melissa Pinto, Wiktoria Filipiak
- Script writers:
- Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab
- Sound designer:
- Patrick Henchman
- Editors:
- Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab
- Production:
- Bristol School of Animation
- Distributions:
- Vimeo, MAGNETFILM
- Genres:
- Comedy, Family, Experimental
- Tags:
- Relationships, Humor, Poetic, Calming, Transformation, Dreams, Light-hearted, Non-violent
- Audience:
- 4+
- Festival selections:
- Unknown
- Awards:
- Unknown
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