Christiane Cegavske
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Biography
Christiane Cegavske (born October 29, 1971) is an American artist and stop motion animator. She is primarily known for her animated film Blood Tea and Red String and for having done the animated segments to the film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things. She has also made a short film Blood and Sunflowers and has done animation for the TV series X-Chromosome. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christiane Cegavske, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their hearts' desire.
Blood Tea and Red String
Animation about blood, flowers and stuff.
Blood and Sunflowers
People in costumes do funny stuff.
The Doll Maker
A small white creature travels across a sea of sand in a boat made of a discarded map after dreaming of an island shrine. He is carrying a precious white cloth pod sewn up with red stitching. On his journey, he meets a trio of gem-mining island-dwellers who are keen to have the pod for themselves. As he makes his escape from them, he encounters a ferocious blue sea monster that intends to drag him down under the sand to its lair. The island-dwellers remain in hot pursuit, crowded into a teacup, rowing with a silver spoon.
Seed in the Sand
The stork delivers a baby 5 times the size of its parents.
A Smaller World "Big Baby"
A self-obsessed corporate executive, plagued by past sexual humiliation, walks a blood-stained path of sacrilege to ultimately face his demons in the flesh.
Civet
A Dream of Dolls Dancing is a new short film by Christiane Cegavske, the creator of Blood Tea and Red String. In the dead forest, The One dreams. In his dream he hears the siren call of the dolls dancing on a far away island. He must answer their call no matter the risk. In a paper boat on a liquid sea he sails for the island where they dance. Will he find salvation or despair?