Round 8: Tossup 15

Matīss Kaža (“MAW-teese KAH-zhah”) drew on the techniques of haiku to co-write this film’s 35-page screenplay. Early in this film, the protagonist sleeps on a bed surrounded by spheres wrapped in rope. This film’s director created several videos as supplementary material, including one subtitled “Ok, this is the last one,” one subtitled “bleh,” and another set to the song “OIIA OIIA” by W&W. This film uses several rack focus shots in a sequence depicting two of its characters looking at water (*) droplets rising atop a pillar, before they themselves begin floating. The protagonist of this film by the director of Away has a vision of being encircled by a cyclone-like herd (10[1])of deer. This film’s post-credits (10[1])scene may indicate the survival of a cetacean its protagonists try to rescue. A French (10[1])crew helped Gints Zilbalodis (“ghints ZIL-buh-loh-diss”) create this (10[1])film’s characters, (-5[1])many of whom ride on a boat during a flood, (10[1])using (10[1])Blender. For 10 (10[1])points, the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature (10[1])went to what (10[1])Latvian film about a cat? (10[1])■END■

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