The Illustrated Woman

Spain2023animated8'Międzynarodowy konkurs krótkometrażowy (2024)

Ramia would like to be able to fly, Saadiya believes that the world would be a better place if women were the majority at the parliament, Shubhashree dreams of swapping her hard work for skiing or dancing and courageous Samira simply wants to decide herself about her own life. Women with different experiences and dreams who meet at a henna tattoo workshop run by Isabel. Their stories in combination with the technique of collage and live henna tattoo design make a documentary animation which screams loud and clear for freedom and equality.

directed by
Isabel Herguera, portret reżysera
Isabel Herguera

She graduated from the UPV/EHU in Bilbao, then continued her studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and obtained a master’s from CalArts LA. She directed the Animac festival in Lleida from 2003-2013, and was responsible for co-ordinating the Arteleku Laboratorio de Imagen en Movimiento in San Sebastián from 2005-2014. She is regarded as one of the pioneering women of independent animation in Spain. Director of "Sultana's Dream".

script
Isabel Herguera
animated by
Isabel Herguera
music
Gianmarco Serra, Diego Herguera
editing
Gianmarco Serra, Candela Carroceda García-Bobadilla
production
Diego Herguera (Sultana Films)
Photo
Kadr z filmu The Illustrated Woman
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