Synopsis:
A twenty-something Hungarian guy ponders over the sometimes unpleasant, sometimes funny, but undoubtedly determining experiences of his life so far.
- Director:
- Krisztián Király
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Hungary
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media, 2D Animation
- Original title:
- A körömágyszaggató
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Orsolya Sipos
- Animators:
- Balázs Rónyai, Soma Sebesvári, Gábor Márai, Szilveszter Váradi, Zoltán Koska, Tibor Huszák, Csaba Zabos, Bálint Gelley, Sebesvári Soma, Mariai Gábor, Váradi Szilveszter, Koska Zoltán, Huszák Tibor, Zabos Csaba, Gelley Bálint
- Script writers:
- Krisztián Király, Király Krisztián
- Music composers:
- Dávid Konsiczky, Konsiczky Dávid
- Sound designers:
- Tamás Beke, Beke Tamás
- Editors:
- Judit Czakó, Czakó Judit
- Production:
- MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Distribution:
- MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Mental health, Identity, Shame, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Technology and society, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Sad
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Best Hungarian Animation at KAFF
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