2020
8’45”
germany
Colour
animation
In this love letter to artists, their art and audiences, a filmmaker is confronted with rejection after rejection until finally a beautiful fig tree bears sweet fruit. Conversations with a Whale was created directly under the camera lens, using various analogue animation techniques.
Anna Samo (Moscow, 1980) studied animation in Moscow and Berlin. She was a Master’s student of Professor Gil Alkabetz. Her films have screened and won awards at highly acclaimed film festivals such as the Berlinale, Annecy, Sundance and Palm Springs.