Synopsis:
Which image is real: the one staring at us from the mirror or the one standing in front of it? In hallways filled with illusions, a simulacrum behind the looking glass, he is trying to find out if he is looking at a stranger or a hidden part of himself.
- Director:
- Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson, Ivana Bošnajk
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Vanja Andrijević
- Animators:
- Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson, Ivana Bošnajk
- Script writers:
- Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson, Ivana Bošnajk
- Music composer:
- Hrvoje Štefotić
- Sound designer:
- Hrvoje Štefotić
- Editor:
- Iva Kraljević
- Production:
- Bonobostudio
- Distribution:
- Bonobo Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Identity, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Slow, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, StopTrik International Film Festival
- Awards:
- Best Croatian Film at Animafest Zagreb 2014, Golden Octavian for Best Animated Film
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