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Cage

Emilia IZQUIERDO

Synopsis

The cruelty of confinement and the struggle for liberation contained within in hand-drawn animation and archival footage.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020

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Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 4 min 35 sec
Director: Emilia Izquierdo
Producer: Emilia Izquierdo
Editor: Emilia Izquierdo
Screenwriter: Emilia Izquierdo
Sound: Emilia Izquierdo
Animation: Emilia Izquierdo

Genre

Experimental Human Rights

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Emilia Izquierdo

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