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The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows (2022)
This 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
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This 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
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Genre:Animation
Directed By:Dina Velikovskaya, Jeanne Apergis, Gísli Darri Halldórsson, Piotr Milczarek, Frédéric Back, Geoffroy de Crécy, Gil Alkabetz, Jo Meuris, Patrick Smith, Maja Gehrig
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In Theaters:11/18/2022
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Runtime:88 minutes
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