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Body-Positive Annecy Player ‘Living Large’ Debuts Trailer: ‘You Must Accept Yourself First’ (EXCLUSIVE)


Director Kristina Dufková discusses the real-life influences that went into creating her Annecy Contrechamp competitor.

It’s all about a generous helping of self-love in Kristina Dufková ‘s stop-motion offering “ Living Large,” which screens in Annecy’s Contrechamp competition this week and debuts its trailer exclusively with Variety. Dufková isn’t afraid to draw inspiration from the people closest to her, she confessed — including her own children — or to occasionally show her characters in a not-so-flattering light. Ben’s mother is dismissive of his father’s new girlfriend, his grandmother hates the mere idea of dieting, and he doesn’t take kindly to rejection.

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