"One night, I built my version of an editing machine and began animating on toilet paper. It was
my reaction to everything that was in the air – the uncertainty, the erratic human behavior and the
overwhelming feeling of being lost. I created my set of rules, which helped me imitate the process
of animating directly on film stock. One such rule was to not watch the animation in progress until
an entire roll of toilet paper was completely filled with images. I did not use a storyboard or follow
a specific idea; instead, I followed the feeling that I need to animate another roll of toilet paper,
and then another and another. As the animation progressed, a theme crept in: An artist tries to
play as a war rages somewhere – abstract at first, before it actually enters their realm."
Anna Samo
Despite the world’s disasters, an artist insists on playing. A story inspired by Bach’s immortal music and painted onto toilet paper rolls as a tribute to the tradition of painting directly on 35mm film.
Animated Short | Germany 2024 | 1:2.35 | 7.20 min | DCP | ProRes 422 HQ | H264 | Dolby Digital 5.1
SHORTLISTED FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM BY THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES AND SCIENCE
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Annecy International Animation Festival – Annecy, France
International competition, June 2024
Festival International du Cinéma d’Animation – Meknès, Morocco
International competition, May 2024
Guanajuato International Film Festival – July 2024, Mexico
Countryside Animafest Cyprus – August 2024, Cyprus
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival – Aug 2024, Italy
Drama International Short Film Festival – Sep 2024, Greece
ANIMADEBA International Animated Film Festival – September 2024, Basque Country
Animator Fest - European Youth Festival of Animated Film – September 2024, Serbia
VAF Viborg Animation Festival – September 2024, Denmark
Anim’est International Animation Film Festival – October 2024, Romania
Woodstock Film Festival – October 2024, USA
DOK Leipzig – October 2024, Germany
Big Cartoon Festival – October 2024, Russia
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival – November 2024, Japan
ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco – November 2024, Brasil
Interfilm - International Short Film Festival – Nov 2024, Germany
Manchester Animation Festival – panorama section – November, United Kingdom
TOFUZU International Animation Festival – Nov 2024, Georgia
Izmir International Short Film Festival – panorama section –November 2024, Turkey
Du Grain a Demoudre – November 2024, France
Short Film Festival Cologne – November 2024, Germany
ANIMATEKA International Animation Festival – Dec 2024, Slovenia
StopTrik International Film Festival – September 2024 in Slovenia and December 2024 in Poland
Les Nuit Magiques –December 2024, France
ANIMAC –February 2025, Spain
Anima Brussels – February/March 2025, Belgium