Synopsis:
The film is about an alien boy, Hugo, who’s living on a small, far-away planet. One day he gets his first pet as a present – a real scuba diver taken from Earth. His excitement about the diver knows no limits, and in his childlike selfishness he doesn’t realize that he’s playing his terrible yet cute games with an intelligent human being.
- Director:
- Éva Katinka Bognár
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Hungary
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- József Fülöp
- Animators:
- Bárdos Attila, Huszák Tibor, Koska Zoltán, Sebesvári Soma, Bognár Éva Katinka
- Script writer:
- Éva Katinka Bognár
- Music composer:
- Buttinger Gergely
- Sound designers:
- Lukács Péter Benjámin, Lente Viktor
- Editor:
- Czakó Judit
- Audience:
- All audiences
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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