Hoofs on skates / Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Lithuania, 12', 2024
age recommendation: 4+
original language: No Dialogue
In a winter wonderland two friends are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them. Now they must learn how to deal with the other kind, not letting the fear and preconceptions rule.
Ignas Meilūnas
Born in 1985, grew up interested in Maths, graduated from VGTU (Vilnius) with a BA degree in Engineering and IT. After that, he has been working as a 3D animator, and created sound and visual design for theatre and film productions. With a main interest in stop-motion, he started working as an animator and then as director, releasing his first short film, Woods, in 2015 and winning the National Award for Best Short Film. Now he has his own stop-motion studio in Vilnius.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Ignas Meilūnas
- screenplay: Titas Laucius
- cinematography: Simonas Glinskis
- editing: Ignas Meilūnas
- animation: Anni Oja, Matthew Krasucki, Ignas Meilūnas
- music: Marius Meilūnas
- sound: Julius Grigelionis
- producers: Justė Beniušytė, Ignas Meilūnas
- production company: Kadrų Skyrius
Filmography
- Matilda and the Spare Head (2020)
- Mr. Night Has A Day Off (2016)
- Woods (2015)
English 
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