The Handmade Gift

The Handmade Gift

The Handmade Gift

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The Handmade Gift

2018

0h 2m

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Melancholy 90-second film which examines the effects of air pollution and implores us to consider the fact that around the globe, 5.5 million people die each year as a result of breathing heavily polluted air.

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Passion Animation Studios

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Directed by: Anna Mantzaris
Written by: Anna Mantzaris
Produced by: Sibylle Preuss
Belle Palmer

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