Synopsis:
A girl is stuck in a loop of opressive hair-combing. Her rage is growing until it finally breaks through and she escapes her passivity. But whereto? One breakout leads to another and she changes into different stages of herself. Will she reach her freedom? Drawn animation meets claymation meets live action.
- Director:
- Alma W. Bär, Alma Weber
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Stop Motion Animation, Mixed media, 2D Animation, Claymation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Kunsthochschule Kassel, Alma Weber
- Animator:
- Alma W. Bär
- Script writers:
- Alma W. Bär, Gertrude Stein, Alma Weber
- Sound designer:
- Alma W. Bär
- Editor:
- Alma W. Bär
- Production:
- Kunsthochschule Kassel
- Distributions:
- Kunsthochschule Kassel, Vimeo
- School:
- KhK – Kunsthochschule Kassel
- Genres:
- Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Feminism, Body Image, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Identity, Mental health, Transformation, Poetic, Trauma
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Special Mention at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, None
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