We’re excited to share with you this first installment in a series of ten animated essays we are currently developing with director Yasmin Rai of File Under Pictures Ltd. (Hong Kong), the Animaatiokopla collective (Finland), and a bunch of great artists, actors, and musicians. We are co-writing both the script and the music for the series, and in this first episode, we dissect the in-joke.
Ten Jokes, Explained — I. The In-Joke
Directed by Yasmin Rai
Written by Ilari Kaila & Tuomas Kaila
Music and sound by Ilari Kaila & Tuomas Kaila
Narrated by Sam Pleitgen
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