TIRED OF SWIMMING

Tired of Swimming is a film about solitude in which a man is torn between the lingering presence of his dead wife, a fish in a jar and the reality of his lonely existence.

​Directed, written and Animated by Anna Eijsbouts

Voices: Peter Caracciolo and Norma Cohen
Sound Design: Mauricio D'Orey
Sound Mix: Mike Wyeld
Additional Modelmaking: Jen Cardno, Josh Wedlake, Mirjam Baker, Phoebe Longley-Cook, Samantha Reidy, Marah Curran, Hollie Paxton
Additional Post-Production: Desmond Lo
Titles: Tiddo Muda
Colour Grading: Doychin Margoevski
Edited by: Lot Rossmark & Anna Eijsbouts

Graduation film Royal College of Art, London (2012)

Supported by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Huygens Talent Programme, Blink Ink, Nat Cohen Scholarship

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Tired of Swimming was awarded Vimeo Staff Picks, has won the Grand Prix at Early Melons Film Festival, Best Student Animation at Zwolle Animation Film Festival, 2nd place in the Video / Animation category of the East-West Art Awards and Best Experimental/Animation at the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival​