''Luminaris'' is a 2011

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella, which uses the

pixilation Pixilation is a stop motion technique in which live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor beco ...

technique to blend real actors with animated objects. The film won awards at 324 international film festivals, including the

Woodstock Film Festival The Woodstock Film Festival is an American film festival that was launched in 2000 by filmmakers Meira Blaustein and Laurent Rejto with the goal to bring high quality independent film to the Hudson Valley region. The festival takes place each fa ...

and

Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J ...

. It won the FIPRESCI prize and made the shortlist for the

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1 ...

. The film incorporates several styles, such as art deco, tango, surrealism, and neorealism. The production of the film took more than 2 years and a half, due to the difficult of combining pixilation with the natural sunlight moving.

Plot

Set in

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, ''Luminaris'' is the fantastical story of a man who works in a factory making light bulbs, but yearns for something more.

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* * 2011 films 2011 short films Films shot in Buenos Aires Films set in Buenos Aires Argentine animated short films Argentine short films {{short-film-stub