Duel

At birth, a child is placed on an assembly line that symbolizes the passage of time. Objects representing knowledge- books, magazines and printed materials, videocassettes and compact discs- twirl around him. Suddenly, two hands fasten a funnel on his head. From now on, all the information that reaches him will be sorted, grated or shredded. The child grows up, and his thirst for knowledge annoys the censors. They want to make him a model citizen, like the others who come off the assembly line. Outraged, the young man begins an unrelenting duel with the censors. Attacked by an army of cutting tools, he counterattacks by bombarding the enemy with huge quantities of information. The army of scissors beats a retreat. Ecstatic, the young man has won the first battle in his struggle for freedom of expression. But crouching in their corner, the scissors are still a threat...

Child

A film without words for 12- to 17-year-olds.

Jury Award, with a cash prize of $25, Expo of Short Film and Video, New York, 1998.
Chris Award, Arts and Culture, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1998.
Best Film for Children, with a cash prize of $500, Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, 1998.
Special Apple Award, National Educational Media Network Competition, Oakland, California, 1998.
Second Prize, Animation Film or Video, International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, 1997.
Giffoni Film Festival Award, for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinema, Film Festival, Giffoni, Italy, 1997