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Grown Up (1993)

Grown Up poster
Directed by
Joanna Priestley
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman reflects on her childhood and the process of becoming an adult. The film uses hand-drawn animation and mixed techniques to show small moments of growing up.

whimsicalintrospectiveplayfulnostalgicexperimentalpoeticshort

What happens

Grown Up is a 1993 7 minute 16mm short animated film by Joanna Priestley, using drawings on paper, pixellated hands and object animation. The film was written by Barbara Carnegie and Joanna Priestley, and directed, produced, and animated by Priestley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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