In the dead of night, a hungry creature searches for food — until something breaks the cycle.
Belgium/Brazil/
Finland/Portugal
2024
In Portuguese and English with English subtitles
Graphic violence
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Credits & Director
Screenwriter
Clara Trevisan
ANIM
Clara Trevisan
Editor
Clara Trevisan
Original Music
Pedro Cassel, Vini Albernaz
Clara Trevisan
Clara Trevisan is Brazilian multimedia visual artist whose work focuses mainly on animation and illustration, primarily within the realms of fantasy and the imaginary. In 2024, Trevisan finished a master’s degree in the Re:Anima Joint Master program, resulting in the stop-motion short film Mãe da Manhã (Mother of Dawn). The short film was produced with a small budget using objects and puppets built by the director from found and reused materials, including the main character, a giant puppet as big as a human torso.
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