Synopsis:
Unwanted desires’ is a compilation of short scenes having one thing in common: an ‘inappropriate’ behavior. It’s my personal diary – notebook with collection of never realized ‘bad thoughts’ or ‘bad impulses’.
- Director:
- Ola Szmida
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Ola Szmida
- Animator:
- Ola Szmida
- Script writer:
- Ola Szmida
- Music composer:
- Xabier Erkizia
- Sound designer:
- Xabier Erkizia
- Editor:
- Ola Szmida
- Production:
- Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Feminism, Body Image, Surreal, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sexuality, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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