Synopsis:
It’s a normal day in a communal apartment. Someone is reading, someone else is ironing. A child runs down the corridor. Then suddenly the room quakes; everything changes and life is turned upside down.
- Director:
- Xenia Smirnov
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- Paint On Glass Animation, Stop Motion Animation, Other
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Uli Kunz
- Animators:
- Xenia Smirnov, Anna Levinson
- Script writer:
- Xenia Smirnov
- Music composer:
- Matija Strnisa
- Sound designers:
- Leo Aderhold, Nicolas Voss, Peter Sandmann
- Editors:
- Franziska Wulschke, Xenia Smirnov
- Production:
- Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
- Distributions:
- Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Cristina Marx
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Dresden International Short Film Festival, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Best Animation - Filmfest Dresden
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