Synopsis
Age section 9-12 year
A short stop-motion film about a wooden mannequin—a figure you can put in different positions to use as a model for drawing or painting. An arm wobbles, toes stretch out, the head slowly turns upward: something (or someone?) is gradually coming to life.
Filmmaker Jonas Sars shows with beautiful simplicity how the figure increasingly becomes aware of its body, identity and possibilities to express itself. But with this awareness also comes insight into its limitations. Can you seek freedom, even if you’re “only” a wooden doll on a metal stick?
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Credits
2 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: No dialogue
Director
Jonas Sars
Jonas Sars
Production
Jonas Sars for Black Circle Productions
Jonas Sars for Black Circle Productions
Cinematography
Jonas Sars
Jonas Sars
Editing
Jonas Sars
Jonas Sars
Music
Justin Sars
Justin Sars
Screening copy
Black Circle Productions
Black Circle Productions
Stills
More from the program section IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
The IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary offers world-class films that challenge the definition of youth documentary. Selected titles are presented for two distinct age groups: 9- to 12-year-olds, and 13-year-olds all the way to adulthood.
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