Synopsis:
A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters, her dad wrote to her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said, blaming her father for the family´s break-up but also trying to understand him.
- Director:
- Diana Cam Van Nguyen
- Year:
- 2021
- Country:
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Running time:
- 13 min.
- Technique:
- Rotoscope Animation, Cut-Out Animation, Other, Mixed media
- Original title:
- Milý tati
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Karolína Davidová
- Animators:
- Barbora Halířová, Vojtěch Domlátil, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Dávid Štumpf, Bára Anna Stejskalová
- Script writers:
- Lukáš Janičík, Diana Cam Van Nguyen
- Music composer:
- Viera Marinová
- Sound designer:
- Viera Marinová
- Editor:
- Lukáš Janičík
- Productions:
- 13ka, NUT Produkcia
- Distribution:
- Miyu Distribution
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
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