Una Lorenzen
Una Lorenzen is an Icelandic director who uses animation to create singular visual worlds within film, music and theater. She holds a degree in graphic design from the Icelandic Academy of Arts (2004) and an MFA in experimental animation from CalArts in California (2009). Lorenzen lived in Montreal for ten years, but now resides in Iceland. In recent years, she has worked on documentaries such as Yarn (2017) and Rebel Hearts (2021), which was presented at festivals such as Sundance and Hot Docs. Her latest short film, Chasing Birds (2022), won Best Icelandic Short Film at the 2022 Reykjavik International Film Festival.
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Chasing Birds
When the world turns upside down, we have a choice to firmly hang on to old ideas or embrace the new view. In _Chasing Birds_ we follow a little girl who playfully chases a bird throughout a chaotic and transformational period. An animated short inspired by the directors own anxiety and her daughter Sunneva.
Chasing Birds
When the world turns upside down, we have a choice to firmly hang on to old ideas or embrace the new view. In _Chasing Birds_ we follow a little girl who playfully chases a bird throughout a chaotic and transformational period. An animated short inspired by the directors own anxiety and her daughter Sunneva.
