Muto (Short)

original title:

Muto

directed by:

Blu

music:

Andrea Martignoni

production:

Mercurio Film

country:

Italy

year:

2008

film run:

format:

colour

status:

Ready (23/08/2008)

genre:

animation film

festivals & awards:

Braunschweig International Film Festival 2009: Shorts Competition
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2009: Compétition Labo: Grand Prix
Cork International Film Festival 2009: Best International Short Film
FIKE - Évora International Short Film Festival 2009: In Competition
FilmFest Dresden 2009: Golden Horseman Animated Film
Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival 2009: Special Guests
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2009: Grand Prix for Best Film
Lille International Short Film Festival 2009: Animation Competition
Madrid Italian Film Festival 2009: Short Competition
Split International Festival of New Film 2009: Jury’s special mentioning for creativity
Dok Leipzig 2008: In Competition
Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival 2008: In Competition
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2008: Short Competition
Tirana International Film Festival 2008: Animation Competition
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2008: Special Jury Award

A punky, funky animation on the walls of Baden and Buenos Aires. Blu comes out of the graffiti culture of transgressive art in public spaces. He takes abandoned city lots and brings them to teeming life with white paint and surrealist scratches. Luminous, with great sound.

Muto (Short)

by Blu