Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Nothing Happens’ by Michelle and Uri Kranot

“It is freezing cold on the outskirts of town. Yet people gather. I watch them form a row across the horizon. We all wait for something to happen. However, nothing does… Nothing Happens offers a new way of looking. It is about spectatorship — about watching and being watched. It is about being present.”

Film by Michelle and Uri Kranot, Denmark/France, 2017.

Winner of best film at Kurzfilmfestival, Tofuzi, and Anibar, best international film at Odense, and best French short film (Prix André Martin) at Annecy, among other awards.

Technique: Drawn animation, paint on prints

Credits
Directors: Michelle and Uri Kranot
Producers: Marie Bro, Emmanuel Alain-Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Art director: Michelle Kranot
Music: Uri Kranot
Musical arrangements: Thomas Richard Christensen
Animation: Juliette Viger, Marine Duchet, Fabien Corre
Composite: Sara Aunbirk, Uri Kranot
Sound: Sofie Birch, Thomas Ahlmark
Produced by Dansk Tegnefilm and Marie Bro in co-production with Miyu Productions, with support from the Danish Film Institute, the West Danish Film Fund, CNC, and the Animation Workshop