Carrotica 

16-year-old Nadav is writing an explicit gay erotica and his mother Shari, a Fertility Botanist, is busy working and falling in love with a sexy carrot. 

Carrotica ambitiously tackles a triple narrative in 13 minutes: the sexual reawakening of a middle-aged single mother, the anxious adolescence of a horny but stunted queer teenager writing a gay erotic story, and his erotic story- a sex encounter at a public swimming pool. The viewer is asked to work a fair bit to tie the ends together, meanwhile being entertained (or distracted) through colour, fantasy, and comedy. Protagnists without eyebrows and dots for eyes become relatable puppets for projection. Carrotica will make you laugh, cry, aroused, or scratch your head.

“Without inhibitions and with unrelenting humour, this stunningly detailed stop-motion film tells of life in a fantasy and the longing for intimacy and sexual self-understanding. Above all, it manages to maintain a balance between the characters’ idiosyncrasies and humour, as well as their shame and insecurities without ever diluting the emotional worlds.“

~ Jury of National Competition, Filmfest Dresden 36.

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