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Snow White Cologne

Snow White Cologne is a visual poem, post-rationalising the struggle and recovery of my younger sister's drug addiction. There's love and loss, good and bad.

  • Amanda Eliasson
    Director
  • Amanda Eliasson
    Writer
  • Royal College of Art
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Amanda Eliasson

Amanda Eliasson (b.1990) is a Swedish animation director who recently graduated with an MA in animation from the Royal College of Art, London. Now she’s working as a freelance animation director in the UK.

I’ve always loved art, never knowing it could actually be a career. I was going to study to be an air traffic controller as I secretly applied to a foundation year at Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm, and got accepted. At Beckmans I discovered animation and realised it was much more interesting for me to be able to make my illustrations and paintings move. Since then I’ve developed a deep interest in making flat images transport the viewer into a three dimensional space.

I would say my style is playful and naive in contrast to the difficult social subjects I address in my films.

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Director Statement

Snow White Cologne, my graduation film from the Royal College of Art 2017, is made out of 3047 hand painted frames. The film is based on a true story about my sister who used to be a drug addict. I wanted to tell her story in a non judgemental way, which is why the film tackles the difficult subject 'drug addiction' in a poetic and emotional manner rather than giving the viewer straight facts about the problematics of the disease.