Synopsis:
For an indigenous Amazonian tribe, the forest is a place of life, death and rebirth, as a wilful young girl discovers. A lush and poetic fable, accompanied by haunting strains of Andean woodwinds.
- Director:
- Alois Di Leo
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Brazil
- Running time:
- 12 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, 2D Animation
- Original title:
- Caminho dos Gigantes
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Alois Di Leo, Lia Nunes, Bruno Di Leo, Maísa La Cava Mendonça
- Animators:
- Tiago Rovida, Henrique Lobato, Apolo Longhi, Livia Serri Francolo, Mariana Yovanovich, Juliana de Lucca, Roberto Zachow, Samuel Lobo, Ölekräm Yânda, Thais Uzan
- Script writer:
- Alois Di Leo
- Music composers:
- Tito La Rosa, Gustavo Monteiro
- Sound designers:
- Daniel Turini, Fernando Henna, Sérgio Abdalla, Ariel Henrique
- Production:
- Sinlogo Animation
- Tags:
- Nature, Hope, Poetic, Identity, Transformation, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 7+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Hiroshima International Animation Festival
- Awards:
- Best Short Film at Anima Mundi, Best Brazilian Short Film at Anima Mundi
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