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.

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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
Grand Prix, Animafest Zagreb 2017
Best Editing Award, Revue Kratki na brzinu 2017
Special Mention, Countryside Animafest Cyprus 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)
Eye on Film – International Film Festival for Children and Youth (3/5-9/5/2017)
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)
Tabor Film Festival (6/7-9/7/2017)
Animator International Animated Film Festival (7/7-13/7/2017)
Insomnia Festival (13/7-17/7/2017)
Pula Film Festival (15/7-22/7/2017)
Supertoon International Animation Festival (16/7-21/7/2017)
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (18/7-30/7/2017)
Animix – Tel Aviv Animation Festival (8/8-12/8/2017)
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival (22/8-26/8/2017)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (5/9-10/9/2017)