98th Academy Awards® shortlisted-Best Animated Short Film
World premiered at the Settimana Internazionale della Critica – SIC@SIC section, as part of the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
7 years in the making for 9 minutes of stopmotion animation.

Watch HERE THE MAKING OF

a Studio Croma production
in co-production with AUTOUR DE MINUIT
in association with ONIRA

An Italy / France co-production between Studio Croma and Autour de Minuit with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region through the Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, MIC Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, CNC Center National Du Cinema Et De l’Image Animèe.

directed by MATTEO BURANI 
written by  MATTEO BURANI & GIANMARCO VALENTINO  
animated by ARIANNA GHELLER  
producer ARIANNA GHELLER 
co.producer NICOLAS SCHMERKIN 
executive producer RODOLFO L. MASEDARI & FILIPPO SCHIAFFINO
executive producer KIM MAGNUSSON
director of photography GUGLIELMO TRAUTVETTER  
music by PIER DANIO FORNI  
sound designer QUENTIN ROBERTNI  
sound recorded and mixed at PISTE ROUGE
production assistant FRANCESCA D’AGNANO   
puppet making SOLE PICCININNO  
sfx make-up CHIARA ZIVERI  
edited by MATTEO BURANI & GIANMARCO VALENTINO

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