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The Sleepwalker (2015)

The Sleepwalker poster
Original title
Sonámbulo
Directed by
Theodore Ushev
Genre
fantasy, animation, music
Country
Canada
Runtime
5 min
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman dreams in abstract shapes and patterns. The film brings Federico Garcia Lorca's poem to life through animation.

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What happens

The Sleepwalker (Spanish: Sonámbulo) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2015. Inspired by Federico García Lorca's poem "Romance Sonámbulo", the film depicts the dreams of a woman through the interplay of abstract shapes and patterns. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, and a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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