Nighthawk
a short animated film by Špela Čadež
Slovenia / Croatia | Sep 2016 | 8:45 min
SYNOPSIS
Attempting to remove an unresponsive badger from a dark road, a police patrol soon realizes that the animal is not dead but rather dead drunk. Things take an even stranger turn when the creature wakes up.
Awards
- Best Animated Film Award, Festival of Slovenian Film 2016
- Honorary Mention, DOK Leipzig 2016
- Very Special Jury Prize, Animated Dreams 2016
- Silver Jabberwocky, Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival 2016
- Special Mention, Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2016
- Audience Award, Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2016
- Best Narrative Short, GLAS Animation Festival 2017
- Special Jury Prize, ANIMAKOM Bilbao 2017
- Grand Prix Short Narrative, Holland Animation Film Festival 2017
- Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 2017
Crew
Director: Špela Čadež
Scriptwriters: Gregor Zorc, Špela Čadež
Animators: Zarja Menart, Matej Lavrenčič, Špela Čadež
Editor: Iva Kraljević
Post-production: Mario Kalogjera
Voices: Andrej Nahtigal, Karin Komljanec, Gregor Zorc
Music: Tomaž Grom
Sound design: Johanna Wienert
Producers: Tina Smrekar, Špela Čadež / Finta Film
Co-producer: Vanja Andrijević / Bonobostudio
Co-producer: RTV Slovenija
Finacal Support: Slovenian Film Center, Croatian Audiovisual Center
Festivals
- Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorož (13/9-18/9/2016)
- Ottawa International Animation Festival (21/9-25/9/2016)
- DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (31/10-6/11/2016)
- New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (3/11-6/11/2016)
- Ljubljana International Film Festival (9/11-20/11/2016)
- Animated Dreams International Animation Film Festival (16/11-20/11/2016)
- Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival (22/11-27/11/2016)
- Anilogue International Animation festival (23/11-27/11/2016)
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival (5/12-11/12/2016)
- Sundance Film Festival (19/1-29/1/2017)
- Göteborg Film Festival (27/1-5/2/2017)
- Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival (3/2-11/2/2017)
- ANIMA – Brussels Animation Festival (24/2 – 5/3/2017)
- International Women’s Film Festival, Créteil (10/3-19/3/2017)
- Monstra – Lisbon Animated Film Festival (16/3-26/3/2017)
- GLAS Int. Animation Festival (2/3- 5/3/2017)
- Vilnius International Film Festival (23/3-6/4/2017)
- Corfu Int. Animation Festival (29/3 – 2/4/2017)
- Stuttgart Int. Animation Festival (2/5 -7/5/2017)
- Anifilm International Festival of Animated Film (2/5-7/5/2017)
- Chilemonos International Animation Festival (9/5-14/5/2017)
- NW Animation Festival (10/5-14/5/2017)
- Vienna Independent Shorts (1/6-6/6/2017)
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (5/6-10/6/2017)
- Kratki na brzinu – Revue of Croatian Short Films (6/6-11/6/2017)
- Annecy International Animation Festival (12/6-17/6/2017)
- Days of Croatian Film (16/6-21/6/2017)
- Countryside Animafest Cyprus (24/6-30/6/2017)
- Fest Anca International Animation Festival (29/6-2/7/2017)
- Windy City International Film Festival (30/6-2/7/2017)
- Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (18/7-30/7/2017)
Making of
