Synopsis:
JUST A GUY is an animated documentary short film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contacted after he was convicted in the 80s. Through their perspective, we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.
- Director:
- Shoko Hara
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Claymation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Stefan Michel
- Animator:
- Eliott Deshusses
- Script writers:
- Simon Thummet, Shoko Hara
- Music composer:
- Chiara Strickland
- Sound designer:
- Marc Fragstein
- Editor:
- Tobias Wilhelmer
- Production:
- Studio Seufz
- Distribution:
- Miyu Distribution
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary, Experimental, Bio-pic, Crimi
- Tags:
- Feminism, Queer, Body Image, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sexuality, Death, Relationships, Love, Technology and society, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Hot Docs Toronto, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Torino Film Festival, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
- Awards:
- Golden Dragon Krakow / 2020, Grand Prix Animafest Zagreb / 2020, Golden Centaur Grand Prix Message-to-Man St. Petersburg / 2020, Special Jury Award Sapporo / 2020, Best Animated Documentary Reanima Bergen / 2020, Special Jury Prize Torino / 2020
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