Synopsis
One morning in the pandemic of 2020, a woman runs through her fears of loneliness.
Our Review
Distancing and reduced social contact were the most effective measures during the early covid pandemic. But socially lonely individuals developed emotional loneliness over time. This animated film reflects the mind set of individuald at that point of time. The art design and animation are a wonderful display on the dilemma of existence in the pandemic period of time.
Director Biography - Claudia Marcela Ruiz
Director of "El Molinete Animaciones", a production company specialising in stop motion in the littoral region. Teacher of Visual Arts "Escuela Profesor Juan Mantovani", Graduate in Design in Visual Communication, Scholarship Holder of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Scientist-Scholar of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, since 1997 she gives workshops for children and young people in private workshops, festivals, formal and informal education. Since 1997 she has been giving workshops for children and young people in private workshops, festivals, formal and non-formal education (Taller El Pibe, Taller el Solar, Festival Nueva Mirada, Buenos Aires; Festival la Matatena, Mexico; Festival Ojo de Pescado, Chile; MICE, Valencia). She teaches at the Escuela ¨Provincial de Artes Viisuales Juan Mantovani (Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Arts) and at the Instituo Superior de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Professor in Audiovisual Arts and Technicature in Cinema and Audiovisual Arts). She is a member of RAMA (Red Argentina de Mujeres de la Animación) and MUA Santa Fe (Mujeres Audiovisuales de Santa Fe).
Director Statement
The three women who took on this project, with different ages and personal situations, had been chatting via zoom about all these feelings that were going through us. The three of us went through the crudest moment in our homes, reinventing ourselves with what was around us, missing the hugs and the ties. Wondering about the future, feeling a deep nostalgia for what is human and sensitive.
We want to talk about what is silenced, about what emerges in our eyes, because the masks are covering our gestures, and this also as a concern for what is happening behind those masks, and others.
Coming together was also a way of saving us, of accompanying us, of breaking those silences and voids, and we believe that it will also be a way for others who encounter this gaze, or at least wonder about it.
Credits
Claudia Marcela Ruiz Director
Claudia Marcela Ruiz Writer
María Laura Mó Producer
Malena Martinez Animator
Claudia Marcela Ruiz Animator
Alejandra Bonfanti Art Design
Mario Daniel Martinez Sound
Marcos Gabriel Martinez Director Photografh
Specifications
Project Type: Animation
Runtime: 1 minute 52 seconds
Completion Date: January 2, 2022
Production Budget: 2,500 USD
Country of Origin: Argentina
Country of Filming: Argentina
Language: Spanish
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color: Color
First-time Filmmaker: No
Student Project: No
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