Synopsis:
Song of a Toad is the story about a stressed out human being who is carrying his unloved childhood right on his head – an old choleric toad. As a prisoner of his own grown-up situation, he tries to ignore this grumpy childhood talking from above, but one day he is confronted with something he almost forgot.
- Director:
- Kariem Saleh
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, Puppet Animation
- Original title:
- Ein Krötenlied
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Alexandra Stautmeister
- Animators:
- Svetlana Yuferova, Ringo Klapschinsky, Anna Habermehl
- Script writer:
- Robert Martin
- Music composer:
- John Gürtler
- Sound designers:
- Dominik Kostolnik, Denis Elmaci
- Editor:
- Martha Ewa Wojakowska
- School:
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Genres:
- Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Humor, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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