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10 YEARS BEFORE HAPPINESS

Genre

Animation, Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Murray Toews

Date: Oct 2017
Length: 00:09:58
Process: B&W, Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: Canon 5D, computer animation, HD
Sound Format: Dialogue, Music, Voice-Over

Synopsis

Haunted by strange nightmares, a man is compelled to travel into his own mind after the delivery of a mysterious black book and confront his demons.

Tags

2D animation, absurdism, Alethea Lahofer, animation, cartoon noir, Dante's Inferno, darkness, Guy Maddin, hand-drawn, John Paizs, keyframe animation, rotoscoping, self, surrealism, Terry Gilliam

Credits

Director
Murray Toews
Producer
Murray Toews
Production Company
Urbanstickman Productions
Writer
Murray Toews
Screenplay
Murray Toews
Based on a work by
Murray Toews
Camera
Jonathan Ferber
Cinematographer
Jonathan Ferber
Animation
Murray Toews
Editor
Lora Van Loewen
Music
Jay Taylor, Chris Bauer, Kevin Cockle, Murray Toews, Zlatan Banicevic, Stephen Falk, Susan Chafe, Slattern, Ghost Twin, Random Interference
Sound Design
Jim Van Dusen
Sound Editor
Lora Van Loewen, Jim Van Dusen
Sound Mix
Lora Van Loewen, Jim Van Dusen
Costume Designer
Candace Ross
Props
Candace Ross
Production Assistant
Candace Ross, Lora Van Loewen, Jim Van Dusen
Lighting
Lora Van Loewen
Narrator
Jim Van Dusen
Cast
Murray Toews, Jim Van Dusen, Socrates Papadopoulos, Lloyd Van Dusen, Candace Ross, Alson Richards, Dylan Smitzniuk

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