Synopsis
Elena is enjoying her life in clouds, until she meets a charming Red Crane and a seed starts growing inside her. Not ready for the changes and sacrifices that the seed brings to her life, Elena rips it out of her body. Soon she will realise the consequences of doing so.
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- Co-production : Tripode Productions
- Foreign production companies : Art Shot, Adriatic Animation
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : Biruté Sodeikaité
- Director of Photography : Simonas Glinskis
- Music Composer : Ruben De Gheselle
- Editor : Iva Kraljević
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Dozin
- Foreign producers : Agnė Adoméné, Draško Ivezić
- Co-producer : Delphine Schmit
- Production managers : Vaida Zidovainyté, Valentina Novati
- Sound Editor : Pierre Dozin
- Production Designers : Biruté Sodeikaité, Vaida Tamoseviciuté, Danielius Sodeika
- Animation : Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson
- Sound Mixer : Pierre Dozin
- Storyboard artist : Ieva Miškinytė
- Sound design : Gabriele Griciuté, Gailé Griciuté, Andrius Mackevicius
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama, Fantasy
- Themes : Fear, Encounters, Motherhood
- Production language : No dialogue
- Coproducer countries : Lithuania (63.0%), France (25.0%), Croatia (12.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Lithuania, France, Croatia)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 12 min 27 seconds
- Visa number : 153.577
- Visa issue date : 31/08/2021
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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