I'm OK / I'm OK
Elizabeth Hobbs
United Kingdom, Canada / 2019 / 6' 0''Projections
Synopsis
Following the end of a stormy love affair, Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka enlists in the First World War. After suffering serious injuries in battle, he experiences a series of memories and visions as medics transport him through the forests of the Russian front. Playful and imaginative, I’m OK explores the wounds of heartbreak and trauma.
Elizabeth Hobbs is an independent animator working in East London under the name Spellbound Animation. Her short films have been screened widely internationally and won many awards. They include The Emperor (2001), The Witches (2002), The True Story of Sawney Beane (2005) and The Old, Old, Very Old Man (2007). Elizabeth also runs animation workshops in museums and galleries and lectures at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
Director
Elizabeth Hobbs
Production
National Film Board of Canada, Animate Projects, Elizabeth Hobbs
Sound
Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing
Elizabeth Hobbs
Animation
Elizabeth Hobbs
categories
Animation and Fine Arts 5: Freshly Painted