Obvious Child, The
Obvious Child, The · dir. Stephen Irwin
United Kingdom 2013, 12’
Screenings
22 October, 13:30 · Kino Centrum
The complicated relationship between a rabbit and his troubled owner, a young girl. The rabbit worships the girl in a god-like way but he is confused by her actions. The girl is trying to send her dead parents to heaven. She is a violent, mixed-up individual with strange ideas regarding religion an how best to please God. The film explores childhood delusions and the confusion that religion can cause in a developing mind.
| Director: | Stephen Irwin |
| Screenplay: | Stephen Irwin |
| Editing: | Stephen Irwin |
| Animation: | Stephen Irwin |
| Production: | Stephen Irwin |
| Awards: | Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy / Krakow FF – Srebrny Smok: Najlepszy film animowany / Silver Dragon: Best Animated Film (2014); Go Short Festival – Nagroda NTR za najlepszy krótkometrażowy film animowany z Europy / NTR Award for Best European Short Animation (2014) |
Stephen Irwin is a graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. He has received commissions from the UK Film Council, BBC New Talent, Animate Projects/Arts Council England, and Channel 4. His films have been screened in competition at festivals all over the world, including Sundance, Annecy, Zagreb, Edinburgh, Ann Arbor and Clermont-Ferrand.
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