Any Exit

How does feel anxiety? And how can we deal with it?
The abstract animation "Any Exit" is inspired by the psychological work of Fritz Riemann and his theory about anxiety. With the most minimalistic visuals and sound an atmosphere of depression is created.
A dot and a line are telling a story about fighting and captivity. Running circles without any exit. To understand that the solution is somewhere else. The graduation film is the try to look underneath the surface to find the essence.

  • Irina Karelina
    Director
  • Jan Drees
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student, Other
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 29 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 2, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Pune, Maharashtra
    India
    December 25, 2016
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    January 11, 2017
  • unDependence Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    April 30, 2017
  • backup_festival
    Weimar
    Germany
    May 19, 2017
  • Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
    Flensburg
    Germany
    November 15, 2017
  • Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival
    Elche
    Spain
    May 18, 2018
Director Biography - Irina Karelina

Irina Karelina (*1986, Russia) grew up in Germany, Hamburg. In her early childhood she found the love for animation movies and art. She studied communication design at the university of applied sciences but found her way back to her roots by creating mostly short abstract stop motion animations. It would be her first time to join a film festival.

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