Filmmaker Alberto Mielgo wore multiple hats including director, screenwriter, editor, sound design and music for “The Windshield Wiper,” screening in the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The animated short follows a middle-aged man who asks himself and the audience, what is love?
Through vignettes, the man goes on a journey as he reaches a conclusion and answers the question. The Spanish-born director wanted to challenge traditional animation with an adult-themed approach and using an untraditional color palette inspired by David Lynch’s filmmaking style as he navigates love and relationship.
Andrew Calder, Anka Tiribeja, Cara Whitfield, Charlie Bean, Eboni Adams Fany Rosen, Jake Bercovici, John Duffin provide voices for the short.
Mark Ceryak, co-founder of Pastel along with Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski, explains why they came on board the project: “After seeing Alberto’s film ‘The Witness’ in 2019 we obsessively stalked him. When he shared ‘The Windshield Wiper’ with us,...
Through vignettes, the man goes on a journey as he reaches a conclusion and answers the question. The Spanish-born director wanted to challenge traditional animation with an adult-themed approach and using an untraditional color palette inspired by David Lynch’s filmmaking style as he navigates love and relationship.
Andrew Calder, Anka Tiribeja, Cara Whitfield, Charlie Bean, Eboni Adams Fany Rosen, Jake Bercovici, John Duffin provide voices for the short.
Mark Ceryak, co-founder of Pastel along with Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski, explains why they came on board the project: “After seeing Alberto’s film ‘The Witness’ in 2019 we obsessively stalked him. When he shared ‘The Windshield Wiper’ with us,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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