Signe Baumane’s new animated feature, in competition at Annecy 2022, employs her raw, incredibly direct and soul baring storytelling in a film about a woman’s huger for love and acceptance, and how the power of biology is a force she must contend with.
New clip from Brooklyn-based independent animator’s follow-up to ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ features the Mythology Sirens, shape-shifting creatures who lure young women into fantasies of everlasting love and blissful marriage.
Brooklyn-based director of ‘Rock in My Pockets’ reacts to challenges of the new administration with her second animated feature.
Chris Robinson chats with the acclaimed Latvian animator and artist.
The New York indie animator riffs on her struggles with depression, film financing, gender bias and the challenges of making her first feature film.
Latvian Oscar committee lauds the film’s "international language, intimate story, and the director's courage to look at serious personal issues."
Animation Breakdown presents a free sneak preview of ‘Rocks in my Pockets’ followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Signe Baumane on Wednesday, September 10.
Marking the first time an animated feature has been selected for the official competition program, Signe Baumane's ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ will have its world premiere at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
