Synopsis
A digital avatar learns to move, walk, and talk. Inspirational quotes found on the Internet make him progress and his creators capture the process in an improvised documentary.
Credits
Director (1)
Actor (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Miyu Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miyu Distribution
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
- Screenwriter : Nikita Diakur
- Directors of Photography : Nikita Diakur, Gerhard Funk, María Anaya Alderete
- Music Composer : David Kamp
- Editor : Nikita Diakur
- Sound Recordist : David Kamp
- Foreign Producer : Nikita Diakur
- Production manager : Karsten Matern
- Sound Editor : David Kamp
- Production Designers : Nikita Diakur, Leonhard Gläser
- Animation : Nikita Diakur
- Special Effects : Nikita Diakur, Mario Von Rickenbach, Christopher Dorstewitz
- Sound Mixer : David Kamp
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental, Animated film, Fiction
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Pixilation
- Themes : Painting, Photography
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Germany (69.83%), France (30.17%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 12 min 15 seconds
- Visa number : 155.244
- Visa issue date : 16/05/2022
- Production formats : Digital video - Rotoscoping
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.00
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (6)
Selections (30)
Awards (4)
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Canada, 2022
Prix de la meilleure animation Les Nouveaux alchimistes
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