Focus

Dec 2, 2014

0h 1m

★ 6.1

Overview

A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Inspired by found sound of a shopper’s vlog, hand-drawn without a light table, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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0.0

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