Synopsis:
An old man is torn between the lingering presence of his dead wife, a fish in a jar and the reality of his lonely existence.
- Director:
- Anna Eijsbouts
- Year:
- 2012
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Anna Eijsbouts
- Animator:
- Anna Eijsbouts
- Script writer:
- Anna Eijsbouts
- Music composer:
- Maurico D’Orey
- Sound designers:
- Maurico D’Orey, Mauricio D’Orey, Mike Wyeld
- Editors:
- Lot Rossmark, Anna Eijsbouts
- Production:
- Royal College of Art
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- School:
- Royal College of Art London
- Tags:
- Sad, Death, Relationships, Poetic, Slow, Transformation, Identity
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Royal College of Art Graduate Show 2012, StopTrik International Film Festival
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