Synopsis:
For some reason, little sparrow Chunko has her head always shaking. She doesn’t know why, and can’t stop it either. Except for that, she can move like other sparrows, and she wants to dance with them.
- Director:
- Yuriko Noda
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Japan
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Claymation, Mixed media, Puppet Animation
- Original title:
- Chunko no nande?
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Mitsuko Okamoto
- Music composers:
- Noritaka Kondo, Ryutaro Hirota, Katsura Shimizu
- Sound designers:
- Misaki Hasuo, Sachi Takahasi
- School:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Genres:
- Experimental, Musical, Comedy
- Tags:
- Animals, Humor, Surreal, Poetic, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 4+
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival
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