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original title:

Break

directed by:

Riccardo Pavone

screenplay:

Riccardo Pavone

editing:

Riccardo Pavone

set design:

Riccardo Pavone

music:

Andrea Peraro

production:

Xiaowei Production

country:

Italy/China

year:

2018

film run:

2'45"

format:

HD - colour

aspect ratio:

16:9

status:

Ready (31/01/2018)

genre:

animation film

festivals & awards:

  • Alternative FF 2018: Best Animation
  • Corto Villese 2018
  • 281 Film Festival 2019: Third Prize
  • Corti a Ponte 2019: Prize Creative Commons
  • Videofestival di Imperia 2019: Best Animation
  • Trofeo la lanterna di Genova 2019: Best Fiction
  • International Film Festival IFF 2019: Best Animation, Best Music
  • Cortiamo Film Festival 2019: Best Animation
  • David di Donatello 2020: Preselection

In a smoky, Piranesian world, full of incomprehensible machinery and busy mechanical workers, a robot is passionately dedicated to music for the short time granted by the recharge of his jackhammer batteries.
Entirely made with free and Open Source software.