A cut-out animation about ice and fire, the victory of the sun's life-giving warmth over icy nothingness.
Practical Effects
Hand-cut glass animation — every frame is fragile magic.
Direction
Kalju Kivi turns temperature into character.
Director
Kalju Kivi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Estonian animator Kalju Kivi made this during Soviet-era censorship, when abstract narratives slipped past ideological watchdogs.
The 'cluster game' refers to how glass pieces were physically clustered and rephotographed — each movement required rebuilding the entire frame by hand.
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