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Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else is a touching story about a girl caught in the middle of a war. Through her eyes we observe a city marked by terror, violence and fear. But also hope.

Somewhere Else

About Somewhere Else

Age 7 - 13

Planes are flying over the city, the streets are empty and there is no food on the shelves. The school is closed and gunshots are heard nearby. As her environment gradually becomes intolerable, the girl’s only wish is to go somewhere else, away from the war’s atrocities.

This story about the absurdity of war is sensitively told through a child’s simple everyday life and is vividly translated through the inventive use of a school blackboard as a spinning immersive setting.

The show interweaves classic puppet animation with storytelling, live video projections and virtual drawings to amazing effect.

Image credit: Jaka Varmuz

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