# animate! › Films › Stressed by Karen Kelly

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, hand-drawn animation, pencil animation, stress, urban life, compassion, narrative short, filmmaker

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**Stressed** a film by Karen Kelly

[Karen Kelly](https://karenkellyanimator.com)

1994, 6 min 30 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/43lFxHeWYi0)

![Stressed, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/stressed02.jpg)

### a film by Karen Kelly

### animate! synopsis

Soft bodies, hard landings. Tenement times and the living ain’t easy. Drawing our own conclusions about the city.

### key credits

**director**
Karen Kelly

**editor**
Tony Fish

**music**
Chris Draper

**sound designer**
Dave Kendall
Nigel Heath

**Stressed** film, stills and other materials © Karen Kelly 1994