Told entirely using projected animation onto real, polystyrene film sets, Mamoon is a fascinating and brilliantly conceived film. It follows the story of a mother and child, whose lives descend into darkness when the moon, and then their entire city, are engulfed by shadows. Fleeing the calamity, they discover a strange red light that may prove to be their salvation.
Director: Ben Steer
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There is something really quite sinister and sorrowful about the start of this touching animation as a mother and her baby are slowly engulfed in a darkness descending from the sky over their almost biblical looking town. Is it something menacingly oppressive, or is it just the s…
