Heartstrings (2009)

Directed by

Rhiannon Evans

Genre

animation

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two stop-motion figures made of string fall in love and become connected by a red string at the heart. The short film follows their relationship from their first meeting onward.

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What happens

Heartstrings is a 2009 British animated short film directed by Rhiannon Evans at the University of Wales in Newport. It tells us the story of two stop-motion figures made from string, who fall in love; their love is represented by a red string that connects them at the heart. The film was made on a budget of £500 and took around four months to complete. In 2010 it was included on the Best of British Animation Awards Vol. 8 DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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