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Red Shoes

2021 · 14 min

A short, hypnotic fable that pulls you into a dizzying dance, charming at first and quietly unsettling as control slips away.

Directed by
Anna Podskalská
Genres
Animation
Overview
An unknown stranger appears, inviting Róza to dance, giving her a pair of red shoes. Thanks to them, Róza starts to dance, wildly and with great passion, quickly becoming the center of attention. Soon after she realizes that she can't control the shoes, the shoes are controlling her…

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Directed by
Anna Podskalská
Genres
Animation
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • freedom
  • madness
  • betrayal
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Anna Podskalská
Written by
Anna Podskalská, Matěj Podskalský
Music
Václav Kopelec, Anežka Heinzlová
Runtime
14 min
Country
Czech Republic

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