Synopsis:
The bird in its cage dreams about clouds. This unique film made by the japanese director Hajime Kimura is composed of 2400 images created one by one with Photoshop only using the penbrush tool that gives a blurry hand-painted aesthetic.
- Director:
- Hajime Kimura
- Year:
- 2015
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- L'envol
- Production type:
- Professional
- Production:
- Les Valseurs
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Surreal, Poetic, Dreams, Sad, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
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Peripheria
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- Drama
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- Drama
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A music video - White Lies.
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