The Standing Bar
Stop-Motion Animation, 2 min, 2023

Logline

In Hanoi’s Old Quarter, a woman searching for a friend in a crowded bar is confronted by a stranger demanding a dance.

Credits

Director: Lê Lan Mi
Illustrator/Editor: Maja Bühler 
Music: Anton Mück, Hakim Rashad Azmi, Guillermo Daniel Valdivia Monsálvez
Sounddesign: Johann Niegl 

For the Swing Dance Community in Hà Nội.  








“A special animated film with a clear story, a distinctive aesthetic, and powerful colors that nonverbally conveys intuitive feelings of harmony and disharmony between two people...”


“The Standing Bar radiates the cozy, warm charm of the ‘analog’ and stands out far above a sea of fast, digital mass productions with its handmade, rough, and lovingly executed stop-motion technique.”


- Jury Hanau Youth Film Festival, 2023