Synopsis:
In a huge shut down factory we encounter the ghost-like girl Jila. When her treasured musical clock misses a figurine, she sets out on her quest to find its whereabouts. There she discovers a scratch in a wall. At the turning point she needs to decide if she will make a step into the unknown, deal with the difficulties that may occur or if she will just turn back and stay in her familiar universe.
- Director:
- Anna Mahendra
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Anna Mahendra
- Animators:
- Anna Mahendra, Patrick Buhr, Melinda Rachfahl
- Script writers:
- Anna Mahendra, Patrick Buhr, Melinda Rachfahl
- Music composer:
- Philipp Swoboda
- Sound designers:
- Philipp Swoboda, Echo Ho, Judith Nordbrock, Sion Jeong, Ewald Hentze
- Editors:
- Anna Mahendra, Patrick Buhr, Melinda Rachfahl
- Production:
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
- Distribution:
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sad, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Slow, Minimalist
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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