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Down the Road
17 minutes | 17 or older | 2007 | 
Denmark
Animations / Foreign / IndieFlix Official Selections / Thrillers
A dark thriller in animation.
SynopsisPriest Henry, who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker in the middle of the night. The hitchhiker claims to be psychic and it's revealed that he knows a lot about Henry's personal thoughts and secrets. What seems to be a coincident meeting evolves into a dangerous matter of life and death.
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Directed by
Rune Christensen -
Written by
Palle Schmidt
Rune Christensen
Anders Berthelsen -
Produced by
Anders Berthelsen
Kirstine Dollerup - Down the Road Website
Written by: Palle Schmidt
Rune Christensen
Anders Berthelsen
Produced by: Anders Berthelsen
Kirstine Dollerup
Cast
: Mark White: Peter Glaser
: Kirstine Dollerup
Crew
Music: Hans HansenCinematographer: Rune Christensen
Cinanima -- Best Short Animation (Won)
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival -- Honorable Mention (Won)
Nordisk Panorama -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Vendome Short Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Anima Mundi Animation Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Odense International Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Bradford Animation Festival -- Best Short Animation (Won)
Holland Animation Film Festival -- Special Jury Award (Won)
Traildance Film Festival -- Best Short Animation (Won)
Eugene Film Festival -- Best Short Animation (Won)
China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival -- Best Short (Won)
Aarhus Film Festival -- Best Short (Won)
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Director
Rune Christensen
A great work. The technical animation is beautiful; the character designs are excellent. The feel of the piece is quite unique. I highly recommend this.
The animation is great, but it is the calm foreboding of the script and music I most liked. The voices, too, were wonderful, particularly the hitchhiker's. Because the ending was obvious nearly from the start, the in-car claims of the hitchhiker weren't as intriguing as they might have been--I would have liked the writers to be a bit more creative in that single aspect.