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It's Not Funny, It's Art
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It's Not Funny, It's Art

2008-01-01 · 3 min · Not rated

Animation

Short animated film about Blanca, who tries to fathom art. When a painting makes her laugh out loud, her father reprimands her: "It is not funny, it is Art", he says. Blanca feels it is quite complicated. So when is something art? How do you have to look at it? And is it allowed to touch art, for example? When she fails to figure it out, she decides to imitate museum visitors. With great consequences.

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Directors
Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins, Job Roggeveen
Production companies
Job, Joris & Marieke
Countries
Netherlands
Status
Released

Top Cast

Helge Bonset(voice)
Simon Shrimpton Smith(voice)

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