Synopsis:
Little Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even though she is always hungry and eats what little food they can buy. Her pension is the only thing keeping her and her father alive. To what extremes will they go to once granny is no more? Based on a story by Nina Kouletakis.
- Director:
- Effie Pappa
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Miranda Ballesteros
- Animators:
- Effie Pappa, John Zhonga, Frida Zhonga
- Script writers:
- Nina Coudetakis, Effie Pappa, Miranda Ballesteros, Melissa Iqbal, Nina Kouletakis based on the text of Effie Pappa
- Music composers:
- David Pearce, Jonas Almeida, Felipe Olid, Rob Rankin
- Sound designer:
- Marton Kristof
- Editors:
- Sibila Estruch, Ram K. Tripathi Samaveda
- Production:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Distribution:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Trauma, Identity, Death, Time, Hope, Sad, Relationships, Love, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Slow, Non-violent, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Cannes Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival
- Awards:
- Cannes Film Festival - Cinefondation Selection, British Animation Awards - Best Student Film
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