Official Selection

Norway 2019
Duration: 06:32
Directed by: Simone Hooymans
Screenplay: Simone Hooymans
Animation: Simone Hooymans
Technique: Hans Pulles
Music: Building Instrument and Jørgen Træen
Production/School: Turid Rogne, Aldeles AS
Dialogue language: No dialogue
Subtitles language: No dialogue

In this experimental animation made of hand-made ink drawings, artist Simone Hooymans explores the transforming powers of crisis. Landscapes, cityscapes and abstract shapes are moving slowly, while growing into an avalanche threatening to destroy everything in its way. Then the destruction is a fact, but from the rubble and chaos emerges a glimpse of a new beginning: Unknown and undefined, but maybe hopeful? The film is a symbolic exploration of current global challenges, yet also an inner journey exploring how a crisis can transform you.

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