Synopsis:
The story of two brothers struggling with the care of their elderly mother.
- Director:
- Daisy Jacobs
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 7 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Chris Hees
- Animators:
- Daisy Jacobs, Chris Wilder, Christopher Wilder
- Script writers:
- Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
- Music composer:
- Huw Bunford
- Sound designer:
- Jonas Andreas Jensen
- Editor:
- Vera Simmonds
- Production:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Distribution:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Sad, Surreal, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Cannes Film Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation, Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film
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