Caged birds cannot fly

Four vignettes - clay/model animation.
An hilarious series of short stories take us right inside caged bird society.

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Credits

creator

Luis Briceno

Duration

00:03:25:00

Production places

France

Production dates

2000

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1002893

Language

No spoken word

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - France

Animation → Clay animation

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

SP Betacam; Master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

MOV file H264; Mediatheque VoD full version

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France, 2000

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