Synopsis

Story of a puppet, from his ‘birth’ to the uncertain choice to follow the example of his father/creator, through discovering  humanity that scares him, and of which he will have to be part.

Roberto Catani

Roberto Catani (Jesi, Italy, 1965) graduated in 1986 in Animated Drawing  from the State Institute of Art Scuola del libro in Urbino and since 1988/89 he has been a laboratory teacher of Art of Animated Drawing at the same institute. He collaborates with the magazine The Stranger directed by Goffredo Fofi, and creates illustrations for FATATRAC editions and ZOOLibri. His animated films, La sagra (1998) and La Funambola (2002), have been awarded at  major national and international animation festivals, including Espinho, New York, Zagreb, Annecy, Hiroshima. In 2002, earned a nomination for the Cartoon d'Or.