Straying Home
a film essay with urban animals
Non-human animals have always been around us, shaping and being shaped by our shared worlds. Yet in the modern city, their presence is increasingly cast as a problem, and their ways of living as disruptions.
By following their traces, this film essay points toward a different picture that questions the narratives we take for granted. Through more-than-human encounters filmed locally in Romania, and a critical detour from the official discourse, other ways of living begin to surface. Perhaps there’s more we can do to unmake the anthropocentric landscape. What would it take to coexist more justly with urban animals? This film strays with this question and its possible answers.
I created a series of rotoscope animations, using frame-by-frame drawings, which appear in the segments featuring the song written by M. and the musical composition by Teo Retegan.
🐀 Credits
Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, and Narrator - Aron Nor
Art Director, Illustrator, and Rotoscoping Animator - Mina Mimosa
Lyrics Writer and Script Editor - M. Martelli
Compozitor și solist – Teo Retegan
Muzică de final – „Organic Shelter” de Andrea Penso / Edițiile Invisibilia
This film includes other musical fragments from Andrea Penso’s compositions, to whom we’re very thankful.
The other music and SFX used were acquired from Envato. Background sounds were recorded during the filming process.
Produced by just wondering...