# animate! › Films › Winter Trees by Sarah Downes › tools & processes

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, collage animation, live action and animation, fertility, nature, regeneration, poetry film, filmmaker

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**Winter Trees** a film by Sarah Downes

1993, 6 min 51 sec

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Computer aided collage juxtaposes live action with animation to create a surreal and beautiful landscape where femininity and fertility are explored.

**Winter Trees** film, stills and other materials © Sarah Downes 1993