Academy Leader Variations

Academy Leader Variations

Academy Leader Variations

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Academy Leader Variations

1987

0h 6m

5.0(6 votes)

Animation

Overview

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

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Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Se-Ma-For

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