Watch Award-Winning Animation Away At Picture House At Home
Posted on 22 January 2021
Newly added to our Picture House at Home online programme! Away is about a boy travelling across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home. Along the way he makes a series of connections with different animals and reflects on the possible ways he ended up on the island. Part dream, part reality, Away explores our common, universal need to find a connection.
Newly listed! We’re delighted to be able to add the multiple award-winning film Away (U) to our Picture House at Home programme.
★★★★ “Dreamy, sublime… a breath-taker” TOTAL FILM
★★★★ “Wondrous and original” THE GUARDIAN
★★★★ “Simply extraordinary” METRO
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Dialogue Free | Animation/Fantasy/Adventure | 75 min
Away is about a boy travelling across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home. Along the way he makes a series of connections with different animals and reflects on the possible ways he ended up on the island. Part dream, part reality, Away explores our common, universal need to find a connection.
The multiple award-winning film took the prestigious Contrechamp Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019. Director and animator Gints Zilbalodis worked on the film for three and a half years, writing the fascinating story, creating the beautifully animated landscapes and characters, and composing and recording the enchanting music to this stunning dialogue-free film.