Bookstore

It’s raining on a small bookstore located between tall buildings. The water is rising and a flood is threatening. The old bookseller in the bookstore tries to save his books. He gets help from an old woman who seems to have plans on how to escape the forces of the weather...

  • Ofelia Giannini
    Director
  • Annika Giannini
    Director
  • Ofelia Giannini
    Writer
  • Annika Giannini
    Writer
  • Ofelia Giannini
    Music
  • Annika Giannini
    Storyboard, Animation
  • Annika Giannini
    Producer
  • Ofelia Giannini
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Drama, humor, feel good, culture, environment
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ofelia Giannini, Annika Giannini

ANNIKA GIANNINI
Born in 1962 in the north of Sweden she studied Art and Animation at universities in Sweden and in Florence. She is an art teacher and is working since 10 years as an animation teacher in a post-secondary school. She lives with her family in Jönköping, Sweden.
Her animated student film, “Intervallo” made in -99, was shown at Giffoni and Montecatini among other festivals. At a festival in Poland she won the price of the public.
Bookstore is her first film in 20 years and was made together with her daughter Ofelia.

OFELIA GIANNINI
Born in 2003, as a swedish and italian citizen, she lives in Jönköping, Sweden, with her mother and father. She has been studying piano, violin and painting since she was little. In her final year of high school she wanted to combine music and art in her degree project, and therefore asked her mother to collaborate with doing an animated film.

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PRODUCTION COMMENTS & TECNICAL SPEC
The film Bookstore began as a high school project by Ofelia, for her final year at “Per Brahe gymnasiet” in Jönköping. In collaboration with her mother it became a student-senior-film.
The film was made during free time on evenings, weekends and holidays with a production time of one year.
The software company TVpaint sponsored by lending its software for six months. TVpaint is used for drawing the animation frame by frame digitally. Other softwares used are Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. The music was produced in Studio One.