FRAMING THE SELF

 

"Framing the Self" is a multimedia platform for developing an aporetic dialogue between the two basic figures of a movie: the director and his character. They engage in a real conversation between the cinematic language and the animation, questioning the essence of individuality through a non-linear narration.

The rules of language slowly lose their validity, being substituted by the principle of doubt.

The character will see her individuality breaking apart, progressively exploding into an infinite multiplicity.

 

11 min 24 sec | Canada, Italy | 2016-2022

3D-CGI, digital cut-out/paperless, plasticine collage, iron powder and magnet stop-motion,

acrylic on microscope slide stop-motion, plasticine stratacut, felt and wool cut-out, markers stop-motion, sand stop-motion

 

written, directed and produced by Andrea Cristini
sound by Emiliano Frediani

voice over by Chiara Francese

 

 

FESTIVAL AWARDS

 

*Best Animated Short Film* International Motion Picture Awards (Canada/2023)

 

FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

 

Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada/2022)

Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada/2022)

Hamilton Film Festival (Canada/2022)

Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation (Canada/2023)

File Electronic Language International Festival (Brazil/2023)

Ibrida Festival delle Arti Intermediali (Italy/2023)

Bideodromo Internacional Experimantal Film and Video Festival (Spain/2023)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Autor (Mexico/2023)

Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest (USA/2023)

International Video Poetry Festival (Greece/2024)