NOCNA PTICA

Nighthawk

(Nocna Ptica)

Year 2016
Runtime 8 mins
Language Slovenian
Subtitles English

This short film precedes the following film(s): Frame by Frame


A badger lies motionless on a road, and when a police patrol approaches, they soon realize that the animal is not dead; but dead drunk. A surreal cutout animation and multiple award-winner about the experience of drunk driving.

Countries

Croatia Slovenia
Awards
Animafest Zagreb, Grand Prix; Audience Award, Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2016; Best Animated Film Award, Festival of Slovenian Film 2016; Best Editing Award, Kratki na brzinu 2017; Best Narrative Short Prize, GLAS Animation Festival 2017; Holland Animation Film Festival, Grand Prix Short Narrative; Honorary Mention, DOK Leipzig 2016; Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 2017; Silver Jabberwocky, Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival 2016; Special Jury Mention, Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2016; Special Jury Prize, ANIMAKOM - Bilbao International Animation Community Festival 2017; Special Mention, Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2017; Very Special Jury Prize, Animated Dreams 2016
Festivals
Ottawa International Animation Festival; Clermont Ferrand; Sundance; Fantoche International Animation Film Festival; Anima Mundi International Animation Festival; Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films; Holland Animation Film Festival; Festival Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival; Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Invitational, Baltimore, USA (14/10/2016); Bit Bang Fest International Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina (21/10-23/10/2016); DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany (31/10-6/11/2016); New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan (3/11-6/11/2016); Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia (9/11-20/11/2016); Animated Dreams International Animation Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia (16/11-20/11/2016); Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland (22/11-27/11/2016); Anilogue International Animation festival, Budapest, Hungary (23/11-27/11/2016); Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia (5/12-11/12/2016); Piccolo festival dell’Animazione, Italy (12/12-29/12/2016); Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA (19/1-29/1/2017); Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden (27/1-5/2/2017); Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (3/2-11/2/2017); Cairo International Animation Forum, Egypt (16/2-23/2/2017); ANIMA - Brussels Animation Festival, Belgium (24/2-5/3/2017); GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley, USA (2/3-5/3/2017); Animac International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Lleida, Spain (2/3-5/3/2017); Omaha Film Festival, USA (7/3-12/3/2017); International Women's Film Festival, Créteil, France (10/3-19/3/2017); Festival Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (15/3-19/3/2017); ANIMAKOM - Bilbao International Animation Community Festival, Spain (15/3-19/3/2017); Monstra - Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal (16/3-26/3/2017); Athens Animfest, Greece (16/3-22/3/2017); Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknes, Morocco (17/3-22/3/2017); Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands (22/3-26/3/2017); Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (23/3-6/4/2017); Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, Greece (29/3-2/4/2017); Dallas International Film Festival, USA (30/3-9/4/2017); Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, UK (4/4-9/4/2017); Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Germany (4/4-9/4/2017); Georgetown University Film Festival, Washington, USA (6/4-7/4/2017); Animocje International Animation Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland (23/4-29/4/2017); Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon (1/5-4/5/2017); Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films, Germany (2/5-7/5/2017); Anifilm International Festival of Animated Film, Trebon, Czech Republic (2/5-7/5/2017); Eye on Film - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Ljubljana, Slovenia (3/5-9/5/2017); Chilemonos International Animation Festival, Santiago, Chile (9/5-14/5/2017); Northwest Animation Festival, Portland, USA (10/5-14/5/2017); VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Festival, Austria (1/6-6/6/2017); Animafest – World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia (5/6-10/6/2017); Kratki na brzinu – Revue of Croatian Short Films, Sv. Ivan Zelina, Croatia (6/6-11/6/2017); Annecy International Animation Festival, France (12/6-17/6/2017); Days of Croatian Film, Zagreb, Croatia (16/6-21/6/2017); Countryside Animafest Cyprus (24/6-30/6/2017); Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Zilina, Slovakia (29/6-2/7/2017); Windy City International Film Festival, Chicago, USA (30/6-2/7/2017); Tabor Film Festival, Veliki Tabor, Croatia (6/7-9/7/2017); Animator International Animated Film Festival, Poznan, Poland (7/7-13/7/2017); Insomnia Festival, Russia (13/7-17/7/2017); Pula Film Festival, Croatia (15/7-22/7/2017); Supertoon International Animation Festival, Sibenik, Croatia (16/7-21/7/2017); Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil (18/7-23/7/2017, 26/7-30/7/2017); Animix – Tel Aviv Animation Festival, Israel (8/8-12/8/2017); Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo (14/8-20/8/2017); Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival, Conversano, Italy (22/8-26/8/2017); Animanima International Animation Festival, Cacak, Serbia (5/9-9/9/2017); Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland (5/9-10/9/2017); Ars Electronica Animation Festival, Linz, Austria (7/9-11/9/2017); World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgaria (13/9-17/9/2017)
Director
Špela Cadež
Producer
Tina Smrekar, Špela Cadež
Screenwriter
Gregor Zorc, Špela Cadež
Editor
Iva Kraljevic
Music
Tomaž Grom
Cast
Andrej Nahtigal, Karin Komljanec, Gregor Zorc
Animation
Zarja Menart, Špela Cadež, Matej Lavrencic
Sound
Johanna Wienert