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    An 11-year-old girl on what to do when a boy likes you, but you like someone else

    ‘Once there was this boy who fancied me…’

    1Minute Nature is a Dutch series of short vignettes in which children from the Netherlands reflect on how they experience nature. In this episode, 11-year-old Meike recounts how she snubbed a tiresome admirer in her class. Inventively pairing still photography with two-dimensional animation, Flirting packs a universal and somewhat heartbreaking punch into just over a minute.

    Directors: Katinka Baehr, Stef Visjager

    Animator: Kris Kobes

    Website: Radiomakers Desmet

    20 October 2017
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