Synopsis:
Literal and figurative worlds collide but only one can survive… Do your idioms live or die?
- Director:
- Grant Kolton
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- United States, United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Grant Kolton
- Animator:
- Grant Kolton
- Script writer:
- Grant Kolton
- Music composers:
- Michael O’Konis, Michael O’Konis
- Sound designer:
- Walter Baccoli
- Editor:
- Grant Kolton
- Production:
- Grant Kolton
- Genres:
- Comedy, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Humor, Surreal, Animals, Death, Relationships, Short Attention Span Friendly, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Sundance Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films
- Awards:
- Best Animated Short (various festivals)
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