Synopsis:
A charcoal animated documentary about an ex-homeless man, and the changes he has made as a recovering alcoholic.
- Director:
- Ruiting Ji
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Canada
- Running time:
- 3 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Ruiting Ji
- Animator:
- Ruiting Ji
- Script writer:
- Ruiting Ji
- Sound designer:
- Tim Horlor
- Editor:
- Ruiting Ji
- Production:
- Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
- School:
- Concordia University
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary, Making of
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Hope, Sad, Poetic, Transformation, Relationships
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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