Synopsis:
After his plane crashes on a small uninhabited island, a young man and his dog must find a way home.
- Director:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- Latvia
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Animator:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Script writer:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Music composers:
- Bertrams Pauls Purvišķis, Bertrams Purvišķis
- Sound designer:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Editor:
- Gints Zilbalodis
- Production:
- JRRMV
- Tags:
- Hope, Nature, Animals, Poetic, Transformation, Friendships, Sad
- Audience:
- 7+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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