Boles
Short Puppet Animation by Špela Čadež | Slovenia / Germany | 2013 | 12 min
SYNOPSIS
Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood. He dreams of writer’s glory and luxurious lifestyle in a more prosperous part of town. One day Filip gets a knock on the door. His neighbour Tereza, an older prostitute that Filip tries to avoid by all means, asks him to write a letter for her fiancé. Filip agrees. And it would all end up fine if a week later Tereza would not show up at his doorstep again, asking him to write an answer to the previous letter.
Crew
based on the short story “Her Lover” by Maksim Gorky
screenwriters: Gregor Zorc, Špela Čadež
assistant director, animation supervisor, main animator: Oliver Throm
animator: Leon Vidmar
puppets, set, props: Žiga Lebar
costume designer: Gordana Bobojević
director of photography: Michael Jörg
editor: Thomas Schmidl
postproduction: Markus Bledowski
voices: Katja Levstik, Gregor Zorc
music: Tomaž Grom
sound: Johanna Herr
producers: Tina Smrekar, Špela Čadež
co-producers: Martin Roelly, Erik Winker, Andreas Bauer
production: No History – Contemporary Arts Institute
co-production: Hupefilm
co-funding: SFC – Slovenian Film Centre, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW
Awards
Special Mention in category animation, FIC International Short Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BEST CHARACTER – TEREZA from “BOLES” Cartoon on the Bay, Venice, Italy
Special Jury Mention, Animocije, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Štigličev pogled za izjemno režijo, Nagrada Društva slovenskih režiserjev
MENÇÕES HONROSAS, Mostra Mumia, Brasil
Best German Short Film, Interfilm Berlin
Nominne for Cartoon D’or Award, Tolouse, France
Dubut Prise, Hiroshima Int. Animation Festival, Japan
Best Regional Short Film, Kratkofil, Banja Luka
Best Stop Motion Animation, Neum Festival of Animated Film
Canal+ award, Valencia Int. Film Festival Cinema Jove
Audience Award, World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, Croatia
BEST ANIMATION, International Short Film Festival Tabor, Croatia
Filmfest Dresden, International Film Festival:
ARTE Short Film Prize
Golden Horseman Animated Film
GRAD PRIX, Monstra International Animation Festival Lisbon
Audience Award, ANIMA Int. Animation Festival Brussels
Best Short Film Award, Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste
ANIMATEKA Inter. Animation Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Audience Award andSpecial Jury Mention
III Brazil Stop Motion International Film Festival:
Best Stop Motion Film, Best Screenplay, Special Prize of the Jury – Best Animation
Audience Award, 12th Sommets du cinéma d’animation in Montreal
JOSÉ ABEL AWARD – BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATION, CINANIMA 2013, Espinio, Portugal
Most Outstanding Animation, Animae Caribe 2013 Animation Festival
Golden Dove for Animated Films and Videos, 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
PRIX de la LIEBERTE, Le Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France
Best Short Animated Film Award, “Cyber Sousa” of Xiamen International Animation Festival, China
GOLDEN SPIKE for BEST SHORT FILM, SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival
Special Mention for Best Slavic Stop Motion Animation on 3rd StopTrik International Film Festival
PolandJury Mention at PRIMANIMA World Festival of First Animations, Hungary
Independent Film Competition Winner, Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival, Canada
Best Professional Film, Se-Ma-For International Animation Festival, Lodz, Poland
Anim’est Trophy – GRAD PRIX, Anim’est International Animation Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Award for the Best Film of South Eastern Europe, BALKANIMA International Animation Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Special mention, ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival, Greece
Special mention, 9th World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria
VESNA ZA NAJBOLJŠI KRATKI FILM, Festival slovenskega filma, Portorož
AUDIENCE AWARD, ANIMANIMA Festival of Animated Film, Čačak, Serbia
Special mention, ANIBAR International Animation Festival, Kosovo
BEST ANIMATION FILM, 12th Countryside Animafest Cyprus
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