Synopsis:
One day a boy encounters a street vendor who sells chicks. Even the boy knows these birds will die very soon. To his eyes, the man is selling none other than death itself.
- Director:
- Jinkyu Jeon
- Year:
- 2019
- Country:
- Japan, South Korea
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Koji Yamamura
- Music composer:
- Modanqing Zhu
- Sound designer:
- Chihiro Nagashima
- School:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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