When the Day Breaks

After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, Ruby seeks affirmation in the city around her and finds it in surprising places. An extraordinarily simple, yet powerful drama. This 10-minute animation won a Palme d´Or at Cannes last year and a recent Academy Award nomination. It contains all the elements of a finely crafted drama and shows how all this can be achieved with stunning and affecting simplicity. The technique is exquisite. Using pencil and paint on photocopies, the filmmakers achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel. In the film, the ordinary - a lemon, a toaster, a chance collision on a street corner - is endowed with a visceral power. You will never be able to dismiss animation again after watching this film.