WILD WOUNDED ANIMALS
To hold a newborn in your hands is to many parents, the first real encounter with the fear of death and the fear of losing.
When Jakob becomes a father, he is overcome by fierce anxiety attacks, which threatens his new little family, and forces him to figure out why he reacts so strongly to his new life.
To understand if the anxiety is a sickness running in the family bloodline, he seeks out his father, who is a hunter. To his quiet father, talking definitely feels more dangerous than taking lives - but surprisingly he enjoys to sing!
“Wild Wounded Animals” is a deeply personal story about fatherhood, anxiety and breaking vicious circles. It also serves as a visual meditation transferring the feelings of anxiety to the audience through expressive and suggestive images.
PROJECT
Title: Wild Wounded Animals
Director: Jakob Pagel Andersen
Producer: Jesper Jack
Editor: Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt & Jakob Pagel Andersen
Composer: Sofia Rønde Storck
Sounddesign: Sofia Rønde Storck og Teis Syvsig
Duration: 28
Formats: Documentary
Platforms: Cinematic short
Partners: The Danish Film Workshop, Dansk Metal, The Danish Director’s Guild and FAF.
Delivery: 2022
STATUS: Under post production
