How to Draw Sad Animals or Notebook of All the Living and Dead Things That I Imagined the Night You Went Away Forever

How to Draw Sad Animals or Notebook of All the Living and Dead Things That I Imagined the Night You Went Away Forever

2009 · 5 min · ★ 2.0

A project that plays at being a bestiary, but also a diary, but also a tragic tale. Film made by manipulating Super8mm footage, Cinexin tapes and drawings without fate nor destiny.

Directed by Pere Ginard

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