The film is based on true events involving the women of my family, including myself, and our battles with madness. Rocks in my pockets mary riepma ross media arts center. Moon rock pack you will receive a colorful original artwork by signe, painted on a wooden board from one of rocks in my pockets stop motion sets, ready to stand on a table for your enjoyment. Rocks in my pockets marc harshman, bonnie collins, toni goffe on. I met signe baumane in a crowded midtown cafe to discuss her new film rocks in my pockets. The film is indeed a surrealistic swirl of images and. Baumanes almost musically accented voiceover, this handdrawn debut feature is based upon the mental struggles of her latvian grandmother and other relatives. But though the films historicalpolitical background provides texture and interesting parallels since depression could be seen as an undesired subjugation of the mind rocks in my pockets. Latvian film rocks in my pockets explores hereditary.
With boundless imagination and a twisted sense of humor, she has created daring stories of art, romance, marriage, nature, business, and eastern european upheavalall in the fight for her own sanity. The gift of hearing the film makers voice throughout the movie reminds you that there is, indeed, living hope. With rocks in my pockets, latvian animator signe baumane confronts the challenges she faces with. The thin line between genius and madness has become a cliche, but that doesnt make creativity and mental illness any less linked. In rocks in my pockets, baumane continues with her personal and uncompromising examination of life as she explores the nature of her struggle with depression and that of her family. Signe baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness. Rocks in my pockets the animated documentary follows filmmaker signe baumanes family as she traces its history of women gifted in. Oct 30, 2014 in the featurelength animated film rocks in my pockets, the macabre and the whimsical collide when latvianborn filmmaker signe baumane tries to track the history of her psychological turmoil, and that of five other women in her family. The animation works on many levels, but at the end of the day, its about how art helps signe. Rocks in my pockets 2014 movie online streaming in hd. The film is based on true events about five women of the filmmakers family, including herself, and their battles with depression and suicide. Sep 03, 2014 with rocks in my pockets, signe baumane presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history. In the new animated gem rocks in my pockets, latvianborn artist and filmmaker signe baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her.
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It was originally created in english and a latvian version was thereafter translated and produced. Sep 16, 2014 signe baumanes animated film delves into a familys history of depression latvia has nominated signe baumanes rocks in my pockets in the best foreignlanguage category at the oscars the. Latvianborn artist and filmmaker signe baumane will present and discuss a special screening of her new animated feature, which she describes as a funny film about depression. Watch rocks in my pockets online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Winner of the international film critics fipresci prize karlovy vary international film festival in the new animated gem rocks in my pockets, latvianborn artist and filmmaker signe baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in. Dec 17, 2014 600 people attended the latvian premiere of rocks in my pockets, and 60 of them were baumanes relatives. In the new animated gem rocks in my pockets, latvianborn artist and filmmaker. Rocks in my pockets is a sad but very insightful film that can help social workers develop understanding and empathy for some of their clients. October 1726, 2014 riga international film festival, 2annas website. In new york she continued to work in the field of animation and made twelve more awardwinning animated shorts. Rocks in my pockets is a film directed by signe baumane with animation. In a brand new film by writerdirector signe baumane, we follow the true story of her familiar heritage, specifically with undiagnosed bouts of severe depression.
In rocks in my pockets, a lively animated documentary billed a touch reductively as a funny film about depression, latvianamerican signe baumane describes in detail one of her several attempts to commit suicide after she turned 18. Mar 04, 2020 the 2014 film rocks in my pockets opens with a twodimensional animated womanthe avatar of latvian writerdirectoranimator signe baumanepushing a threedimensional papiermache rock up a. This afternoon at the palm springs international film festival i saw this. In the new animated gem rocks in my pockets, latvianborn artist and filmmaker signe baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her family and their battles with madness. Beginning by telling the story of her grandmother in latvia who grimly dealt with war, occupation and a difficult family life the film sees baumane discover.
With rocks in my pockets, signe baumane presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history. Baumane opens with her illustrated avatar rolling a large rock up a mountain. One of the few films i am looking forward to purchasing and handing down to the next generation. In the new animated gem rocks in my pockets, latvianborn artist and filmmaker signe baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in. Akmeni manas kabatas is a 2014 animated film written, produced, directed and animated by signe baumane. A story of mystery and redemption, rocks in my pockets is based on true events about five women of the filmmakers family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness. It raises questions of how much family genetics determine who we are and if it is possible to outsmart ones own dna. Her films have screened at sundance, berlin, annecy, venice, tribeca and hundreds of other film festivals around the world.
The film also shows all of these things in multigenerational context. I told her i had no idea and she explained there are only so many sounds humans can make, we end up repeating the same sounds. Signe baumane making a funny animated feature while. Rocks in my pockets is her first feature film project. Directed by signe baumane latvia 2014 88 min animation, drama english. Rocks in my pockets vostfr 2014 streaming vf complet en.
About rocks in my pockets an animated feature film rocks in my pockets tells a 100 year history of a familys madness with the help of humor, art and animation. Sep 04, 2014 s igne baumanes rocks in my pockets, an inventive animated feature about depression and familial roots, suggests nprs the moth storytelling series by way of persepolis, mixing mesmerizing memoir monologue with whimsical animation. Ihren ersten langspielfilm rocks in my pockets finanzierte sie mit. Created in an animation of mixed media forms, rocks in my pockets is a visually stunning masterpiece. Rocks in my pockets, an animated feature film, is a personal story about mental illness afflicting women in signes family and her own encounters with suicide and depression.
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