Grown Up (film)
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Genre Animation, Short Duration Country United States | Screenplay Joanna Priestley Production Priestley Motion Pictures Writer Joanna Priestley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1993 People also search for Split Ends, Utopia Parkway, Pro and Con | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grown Up is a 1993 7 minute 16mm short animated film by Joanna Priestley, using drawings on paper, pixellated hands and object animation. The film was written by Barbara Carnegie and Joanna Priestley, and directed, produced, and animated by Priestley.
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Synopsis
Grown Up takes a humorous and poignant look at what it means to be turning 40 and growing older.
Release
The film was re-released on DVD in 2006 by Microcinema International. It was screened in a retrospective of Priestley's works in April 2009.
Reception
“In a time when everyone seems to be writing about aging, Priestley does a brilliant job of reclaiming 40 and her own process of middle aging with humor, optimism and an award winning animation style that just might make twenty-somethings wish they were older.” -Bill Foster, Northwest Film Center
Awards & recognition
Selected Festivals: New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Northwest Film and Video Festival:
References
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