30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

How Shammies Travelled (2020) -

Latvia | 2020 | 6 min.

With his eyes closed, Hankie imagines the table as a dragon’s cave, the stairs as snowy cliffs, and his bed drifting in a roaring sea.

CountryLatvia
Year2020
Duration6 min
Rating-
LanguageLatvian
SubtitleEnglish, simul. translation cz
Directed by Edmunds Jansons
Screenplay Inese Zandere
Director of Photography Reinis Pētersons
Music Jēkabs Nīmanis
Contact Atom Art

Biography

Edmunds Jansons is an animation film director, graphic designer, and children book illustrator. He is founder of animation film studio Atom Art in 2001. In 2012 Edmunds graduated animation directing at Estonian Academy of Art, masterclass of Priit Parn. He is the author of award winning animation shorts "International Father's Day" (2012), "Choir Tour" (2012), "Isle of Seals" (2014), and "Guard of Honour" (2021), director of pre-school series "Shammies" (2010-2020), Christmas special "Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness" (2017), and feature film "Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs" (2019).This film is a part of the set Little Snowman and Other Animations.