Project Detail

The Chimera of M.

Synopsis

Entering the unfamiliar space of a stereoscopic digital animation, viewers find themselves behind the eyes of an unseen and distinctly unreliable protagonist. Arriving where he had once lived, he moves through the old haunts seemingly attempting to re-engage with two abandoned relationships; one with a man, one with a woman.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
25 mins
Format
3D stereoscopic animation DCP
Director
Sebastian Buerkner
Producer
Sebastian Buerkner
Editor
Sebastian Buerkner
Screenwriter
Sebastian Buerkner, John Moseley
Director of Photography
Sebastian Buerkner
Sound
Gernot Fuhrmann
Principal cast
James French, Martina Schmücker, Micheal Grime
Additional Animation
Peter Caires, Timothy Divall, Natalie Rose Young
Motion Capture Performers
Nissa Nishikawa, Junya Ishii
Commissioned by
FLAMIN Productions through Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network with funding from Arts Council England.
Supported by
Elephant Trust, UK Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, Leicester, UK

Production Status

Production Company

Sebastian Buerkner

35 Adley Street
London
E5 0DY
Tel: +44 (0)7905754576

Sales Company

LUX

Shacklewell Studios
18 Shacklewell Lane
London
E8 2EZ
UK

http://lux.org.uk

Tel: +44 (0)20 7503 3980

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