The immortality of the crab

The Immortality of the crab is an experimental animated short film shot on super 8 film, made with in-camera editing and no post production. In this movie, the synaesthetic research between sound and image is accomplished by connecting the animations, made on 1125 cardboard frames, with an original soundtrack produced using only sounds sampled by handling pieces of cardboard.

  • Giacomo Manzotti
    Director
  • Mario Zorzi
    Camera and DOP
  • Fabio Sirna
    Sound design
  • Giacomo Maraboli
    Sound design
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 16, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Shooting Format:
    Super 8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Straight 8 - London Premiere - 2019
    London
    United Kingdom
    May 26, 2019
    World premiere
    Official Selection
  • Cartoon Brew Short Pick Of The Day
    Cartoonbrew.com
    United States
    September 5, 2019
  • Zed Fest - 2019
    North Hollywood, CA
    United States
    WINNER - OUTSTANDING SUPER 8 FILM
  • Rome Prisma Indipendent Film Awards - 2019
    Rome
    Italy
    Finalist
  • Experimental Superstars - 2019
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    Official Selection
  • Nanometri Festival -2019
    Fano
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Save the Archives Film Festival - 2019
    Milwaukee, WI
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Engauge Experimental Film Festival - 2019
    Seattle, WA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground - 2019
    Tigre
    Argentina
    Official Selection
  • Analogica 9
    Bolzano
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Eyemyth Media Arts Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Giacomo Manzotti

Giacomo Manzotti was born in Modena in 1986. He graduated in Multimedia Arts at NABA in Milan, and in Computer Graphics in Treviso. He began his work experience at RAI television and then collaborated with Cicciotun animation studio, working as an animator aquiring skills in several animation techniques. He worked as assistant director, editor and animator for Michel Fuzellier’s feature film "Iqbal - childrens without fear". He is a professor of Animation Techniques at NABA and MiMaster in Milan. He lives in Reggio Emilia and works as freelance director/animator and motion designer.

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