Synopsis:
a looping GIF has an existential crisis.
- Director:
- Will Anderson
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Will Anderson
- Animator:
- Will Anderson
- Script writer:
- Will Anderson
- Music composer:
- Atzi
- Sound designer:
- Keith Duncan
- Editor:
- Will Anderson
- Productions:
- Will Anderson, whiterobot
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Mental health, Relationships, Love, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Identity, Sad, Surreal
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- BAFTA Film Awards, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation
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