“I think it’s the first documentary that’s a Danish entry, so it makes me extremely proud and just to represent my country, it does mean something special,” Rasmussen says. “I can tell that people here are really rooting for me and the film, which is a nice feeling.”also earned a spot on the Documentary Feature shortlist .
“With the animation, we could make him anonymous,” Rasmussen says. “Because his story, it’s hard for him to talk about.”“This is my first animation project, so I had to understand the craft and the process of making it,” Rasmussen says. “In the beginning it was just the animators showing me a lot of different stuff and me pointing, ‘Okay, I like this, I like this, I like this.’ And then we did some tests but the first concepts we did, they became a little too ‘cartoon-y’.
“You can get the exact shots you want,” he says. “You can get a shot of some birds flying by [for instance]. There’s so many opportunities and you can be very precise in your storytelling. I hadn’t experienced that before, actually.” That moment created a bit of a filmmaking dilemma, however. Apparently, you can’t just have Jean-Claude Van Damme wink at will, even in the form of an animated character.
It may or may not be nominated, but it definitely won’t win Best Animated Feature: Disney owns that award.
This pic was good. But not THAT good. HOWEVER, ticks all the Woke boxes (something we predicted at the screening we attended last year), so this prediction is probably right on. Best to the filmmakers. Hope they are as recognized as possible for a job well done -- REGARDLESS. 🙄
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