Own Drum (Trailer)

From Kai Stänicke

OWN DRUM is a Stop-Motion short, that tells a story about self-determination.

It's the story of Barbie, who falls in love with a mysterious, red haired woman but she is too insecure to react to her feelings. Instead she does what people expect her to do: She goes with Ken and an unkind, but socially accepted, relationship. Doing the one thing she is good at, Barbie suppresses her own desires. But she is haunted by the thought of what could have been and keeps losing control of her emotions. Realising that she wasted her only chance to live a happy and fulfilled life Barbie tries to find someone to blame. And succeeds.

OWN DRUM is an appeal to accept who you are and to live your life the way you want it. How knows it better than Barbie? She has been pressured for all her life: To look perfect, to behave and act nice, to have a perfect relationship, a perfect career. But what if Barbie is totally different? What if society, so all of us, forced Barbie into being like this with our expectations?

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