Synopsis:
A young couple embarks inot a new life, dragging their old bathtub on their back. Hollow Land is a movie at the same time absurd, dark and full of humor which highlights the pressures which undergo the exiles, the refugees and all those who have difficulty in finding a place in the world.
- Director:
- Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
- Year:
- 2013
- Running time:
- 14 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Claymation, Puppet Animation, Mixed media, Cut-Out Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Marie Bro, Dora Benousilio, Marc Bertrand
- Animators:
- Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Jean-Jacques Prunès, Inès Sedan, Jody Ghani
- Script writers:
- Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
- Music composer:
- Uri Kranot
- Sound designers:
- Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Editors:
- Denis Pilon, Yannick Carrier
- Productions:
- Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l’Arlequin, National Film Board of Canada, Dansk tegnefilm
- Distribution:
- National Film Board of Canada
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Political, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival
- Awards:
- Best Short Film at the Danish Film Awards (Robert), Best Animation at the Montreal World Film Festival
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