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International Title: The Back Room
Director: Michael Kren, Mirjam Baker
Running time: 5:55
Country of production: Austria
Year of production: 2011
Production: Michael Kren, Mirjam Baker
Distribution: Michael Kren

Original title: The Back Room
International Title: The Back Room
Country of production: Austria
Type: Shortfilm
Category: Animation
Genre: Fantasy, Psychological Drama, other
Subject matter: Nightmare, Loneliness, Dream, other
Colour: Color

 

Black Screen. A door opens. Light from the inside illuminates the silhouette of a man. He enters an empty, run-down room with yellowed wallpaper. The view outside the single window reveals a sparse tree in front of a desolate city. Suddenly the door closes shut barring the only way out. This short film is the most ambitious work by Mirjam Baker and Michael Kren to date. It is a stop motion puppet animation telling a story about the attempt to come to terms with a situation and the liberation from it. The Back Room is the short film version of the music video to the song 'Galaxy' written by Ben Martin and performed by I AM CEREALS.


Director Michael Kren , Mirjam Baker
Producer Michael Kren , Mirjam Baker
Distribution Michael Kren
Script Michael Kren , Mirjam Baker
Animation Michael Kren , Mirjam Baker

Festivals

CinemaNext Filmnacht Vienna (Austria) 2011-12
Content Award 2011 Vienna (Austria) 2011-12 MMV Special Award
One Day Animation Festival Vienna (Austria) 2011-11
International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Stuttgart (Germany) 2012-05
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2012 Melbourne (Australia) 2012-06
Annecy International Animated Film Festival Annecy (France) 2012-06
Tricky Women 2012 Vienna (Austria) 2012-03 Hubert Sielecky Special Award