Shadowlands

Shadowlands

Shadowlands

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Shadowlands

2016

0h 15m

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Animation

Documentary

Overview

Shadowlands is an animated short film about darkness that won't let go. About the constant fear that something terrible might happen. It describes a journey into the inner world and psyche of a young person in distress, a world far from "normal".

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