Rocks in My Pockets
Rocks in My Pockets...presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history.
Rocks in My Pockets
In the new animated gem Rocks in My Pockets, Latvian-born artist and filmmaker Signe Baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her family and their battles with madness. With boundless imagination and a twisted sense of humor, she has created daring stories of art, romance, marriage, nature, business, and Eastern European upheaval—all in the fight for her own sanity.
Employing a unique, beautifully textured combination of papier-mâché stop-motion and classic hand-drawn animation (with inspiration from Jan Svankmajer and Bill Plympton), Baumane has produced a poignant and often hilarious tale of mystery, mental health, redemption and survival.
Employing a unique, beautifully textured combination of papier-mâché stop-motion and classic hand-drawn animation (with inspiration from Jan Svankmajer and Bill Plympton), Baumane has produced a poignant and often hilarious tale of mystery, mental health, redemption and survival.
Genre
Animated,
Bio-pic,
Comedy,
Drama
Runtime
88
Language
English
Director
Signe Baumane
Awards:
Winner, Award of Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Nominee, Crystal Globe ~ Best Film, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Ella Taylor, NPR
In Rocks In My Pockets, a lively animated documentary billed (a touch reductively) as "a funny film about depression," Latvian-American Signe Baumane describes in detail one of her several attempts to commit suicide after she turned 18. The minutiae of her planning are more graphic than you might ...
Played at
Royal 9.12.14 - 9.18.14
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