Synopsis:
What about snowdrops? Mid-year project by a fourth-year student of Graphic Design and Animation.
- Director:
- Zuzana Čupová
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- Czech Republic
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Neznámí hrdinové
- Production type:
- Student
- Animator:
- Zuzana Čupová
- Production:
- Střední umělecká škola Ostrava
- Tags:
- Nature, Poetic, Educational
- Audience:
- All audiences
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