Synopsis:
Power, control, manipulation, domination and unavoidable triumph of love.
- Director:
- Branko Farac
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Vinko Brešan
- Animator:
- Mislav Tomašinjak
- Script writer:
- Branko Farac
- Music composers:
- Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz, Miroslav Piškulić
- Editor:
- Krešimir Pernek
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Distribution:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Abstract, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sexuality, Relationships, Technology and society, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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