Synopsis:
Skin for Skin is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade.
- Director:
- Kevin D. A. Kurytnik, Carol Beecher
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Canada
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writers:
- William Dyer, Danielle Bazinet, Jon Jon Atienza, Nic Wassill, Lyndon Navalta, Ryder McLean
- Editor:
- Carol Beecher
- Production:
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distribution:
- National Film Board of Canada
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Fantasy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Political, Trauma, Death, Nature, Animals, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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