Awkward

A day full of socially awkward moments. In this film I wanted to feature social awkwardness that people experience in everyday life, with a touch of embarrassment and absurdity. 2020, USA, 4 min production: independent direction, animation: Nata Metlukh sound, music: Daruma Audio story : Usually my films begin from a bunch of unconnected episodes that later form a story. For a long time I had a list of awkward moments, but couldn’t come up with a solid plot. I thought it could work without a unifying idea, if there is a narrative structure. For that, I set 3 rules: Everything happens during one day, and events in the film go from early morning to midnight. There are the same two characters in the beginning, the middle and the very end, progressing in their awkwardness. In the climatic shot at the birthday party all the characters gather together. All awkward moments in the film are based on a real life, with added absurd twists. The story of the car covered with post-it notes parked on a disabled