Synopsis:
Eight-year-old Matilda’s memories of her family take the form of surreal visions. They feature her grandmother – a circus member and ex-mermaid, her erotically overheated mother, and her missing father whose broken heart, anger, and jealousy manifest as a rhino. Present and past actions are in a constant state of metamorphosis.
- Director:
- Viktória Traub
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Hungary
- Running time:
- 16 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Sellők és Rinocéroszok
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Polett Dús, Diana Spah
- Animators:
- Dániel Bárány, Mirella Benes, Katalin Egely, Arnold Pál, Réka Farkas, Júlia Gács, Zoltán Koska, Anita Kühnel Szabó, Gábor Marjai, András Menráth, Tina Orosz, Erika Riha, Viktória Traub, Csaba Zabos, Katalin Égely, Júlia Gacs, Anita Szabó Kühnel, Gábor Mariai
- Script writers:
- Polett Dús, Dorka Gergely, Viktória Traub, Polett Dus
- Music composers:
- Chris Allan Too, Chris Allan Tod
- Sound designers:
- Zoltán Vadon, Rudolf Várhegyi
- Editors:
- Brigitta Bacskai, Lajos Polecsák
- Productions:
- DDK Group, DDK Produkció
- Distribution:
- Pi Production
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Best Animation at Hungarian Film Critics Award, Best Short Film at Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
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