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When perfectionist illustrator Maya gets a burn-out, her greatest fear becomes reality: she can no longer be perfect. In this animation, she learns by trial and error that 'good enough' is okay too.
Maya is an illustrator. Her life is greatgreatgreat, but also busybusybusy. And she wants to do everything perfectly to boot. All is fine and dandy, until seemingly out of the blue she gets a panic attack. From one day to the next, she can no longer keep all the balls in the air, so she will have to work on herself. Director Dario van Vree based this animation on Maaike Hartjes' graphic novel Burn-out Dagboek from 2018.

Title: I’m Perfectly Fine: Burnout Diary
Year: 2023
Duration : 30 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 2023

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