Synopsis:
Wooden knocks are echoing in a frozen landscape when a lonesome man is searching for a tongueling of his own.
- Director:
- Elli Vuorinen
- Year:
- 2010
- Country:
- Estonia
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, 2D Animation, Cut-Out Animation
- Original title:
- Kielitiettyni
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Eija Saarinen
- Animator:
- Elli Vuorinen
- Script writer:
- Elli Vuorinen
- Music composer:
- Jani Lehto
- Sound designers:
- Elli Vuorinen, Jani Lehto
- Editor:
- Elli Vuorinen
- Production:
- Turku Arts Academy
- Distribution:
- Some Like It Short
- School:
- Turku AMK – Arts Academy
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Relationships, Love, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Minimalist, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Tampere Film Festival
- Awards:
- Best Animation at Tampere Film Festival
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