Synopsis:
A robot works at a factory repeating the same operation every day. One day an unexpected visitor arrives and changes his routine.
- Director:
- Kei Sato
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Japan
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, Cut-Out Animation, Other
- Original title:
- That's why they were made
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Hiromitsu Murakami
- Animator:
- Kei Sato
- Music composer:
- Daisuke Kawashima
- Sound designer:
- Hinako Matsumoto
- Editor:
- Kei Sato
- Distribution:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- School:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Relationships, Friendships, Technology and society, Poetic, Sad, Hope, Minimalist
- Audience:
- 7+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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