Synopsis:
Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.
- Director:
- Ewa Smyk
- Year:
- 2021
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Other
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Leah Bethany Jones
- Animator:
- Ewa Smyk
- Script writer:
- Ralph Mathers & Ewa Smyk
- Sound designer:
- Tatiana Borges Alvares Sanches
- Editor:
- Amy Pettipher
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films
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