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Just a Guy

2020 | 15 min.

JUST A GUY is an animated documentary short film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contact

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  • Director: Shoko Hara
  • Year: 2020
  • Country: DEU
  • Running time: 15
  • Animation technique: claymation, stop-motion
  • Title original: Just a Guy
  • Production company: Studio Seufz
  • Festival selection: ITFS Stuttgart 2020, Hot Docs Toronto 2020, Krakow 2020, Animafest Zagreb 2020, Annecy 2020, Message-to-Man St. Petersburg 2020, Ottawa 2020, Ghent 2020, Sapporo 2020, Uppsala 2020, PÖFF Shorts Tallinn 2020, Interfilm Berlin 2020, Torino 2020, Animateka Ljubljana 2020, Clermont-Ferrand 2021, St. Louis International Film Festival 2020, Guangzhou 2020, London Short Film Festival 2020
  • Festival awards: Golden Dragon Krakow 2020, Grand Prix Animafest Zagreb 2020, Golden Centaur Grand Prix Message-to-Man St. Petersburg 2020, Special Jury Award Sapporo 2020, Best Animated Documentary Reanima Bergen 2020, Special Jury Prize Torino 2020
  • Student film: No

Just a Guy

  • Director: Shoko Hara
  • Year: 2020
  • Country: DEU
  • Running time: 15
  • Animation technique: claymation, stop-motion
  • Title original: Just a Guy
  • Production company: Studio Seufz
  • Festival selection: ITFS Stuttgart 2020, Hot Docs Toronto 2020, Krakow 2020, Animafest Zagreb 2020, Annecy 2020, Message-to-Man St. Petersburg 2020, Ottawa 2020, Ghent 2020, Sapporo 2020, Uppsala 2020, PÖFF Shorts Tallinn 2020, Interfilm Berlin 2020, Torino 2020, Animateka Ljubljana 2020, Clermont-Ferrand 2021, St. Louis International Film Festival 2020, Guangzhou 2020, London Short Film Festival 2020
  • Festival awards: Golden Dragon Krakow 2020, Grand Prix Animafest Zagreb 2020, Golden Centaur Grand Prix Message-to-Man St. Petersburg 2020, Special Jury Award Sapporo 2020, Best Animated Documentary Reanima Bergen 2020, Special Jury Prize Torino 2020
  • Student film: No
  • Producer: Stefan Michel
  • Distribution: Miyu Distribution
  • Script: Simon Thummet, Shoko Hara
  • Animation: Eliott Deshusses
  • Music: Chiara Strickland
  • Sound: Marc Fragstein
  • Editing: Tobias Wilhelmer
  • Compositing: Shoko Hara
  • Target audience: adult
Synopsis:

JUST A GUY is an animated documentary short film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contacted after he was convicted in the 80s. Through their perspective, we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.

Just a Guy
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