Ten Animated Films By Signe Baumane
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A monk searches for the meaning of life in a whimsical world of talking animals and flowers.
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A collection of ten animated shorts by Latvian Director Signe Baumane. From a monk searching for meaning of life, to enthusiastic dentists, talking animals and flowers, dragons hurt by innocent girls and vacuum cleaners willing to protect housewives.
"Signe Baumane is a Latvian director and artist whose work has been nominated and awarded at several international film festivals, including Berlin and the most important one in the animation industry, Annie -- she is also the director of the acclaimed animated feature 'Rockets in My Pockets'. Now, 'Ten Animated Films by Signe Baumane' is a collection of animated short films made by the director between 1991 and 2005, with her characteristic flat and childlike drawings, with adult themes ranging from feminism to psychoanalysis, to sex separation, love and dreams. An indispensable collection to find an animation figure that, undoubtedly, deserves greater recognition."