This short film about life after the loss of a loved one deals with a difficult topic, using techniques of both live-action and animated film. Real experiences of the narrators are combined with animated sequences reconstructing painful situations, looking into the thoughts of three young people untimely exposed to death.

dir: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
script: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík
dop: Kryštof Melka
sound & music: Viera Marinová
editing: Lukáš Janičík
animation: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Magdalena Kvasničková
production: Karolína Davidová

FAMU – Filmtalent Zlín – Alkay studio
2018

AWARDS:
BAFTA Student Award FINALIST
IDFF Jihlava 2018 – Best Czech Experimental Documentary Film
MFFK Febiofest 2019: Bratislava, Slovakia – Special Mention
Anifilm 2019: Třeboň, Czech Republic – Special Mention
SICAF 2019: Seoul, South Korea – Jury’s Special Award
doxs! film festival 2019: Duisburg, Germany -GROSSE KLAPPE Award (best political documentary film for children and adolescents)
Winterthur 2019: Switzerland – Best Film in the Youth Programme 16+
Finále Plzeň 2018 – Best Student Film
Zlín Film Festival 2019 – Best Documentary Zlín Dog

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
IFF Rotterdam 2019 – Voices shorts: Rotterdam, Netherlands
BFI London Film Festival: London, UK
Annecy 2019: Annecy, France
KVIFF 2019: Karlova Vary, Czech Republic
Premiers Plans – Angers Film Festival 2019: Angers, France
GLAS 2019: Berkeley, California
Tricky Women 2019: Vienna, Austria
Go Short 2019: Nijmegen, Netherlands
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival – Varna, Bulgaria
Love & Anarchy 2019: Helsinki, Finland
Interfilm 2019: Berlin, Germany
Neisse Film Festival 2019: Germany
TIAF 2019: Taipei, Taiwan
London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2019): London, UK
Kaboom 2019: Amsterdam, Netherlands
PÖFF Shorts 2019: Tallinn, Estonia
ŻUBROFFKA 2019: Bialystok, Poland
REX Animation Film Festival 2019: Stockholm, Sweden
Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2020: Vilnius, Lithuania
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2019: Baltimore, Maryland
Primanima 2019: Budapest, Hungary
GIRAF – Festival of Independent Animation 2019: Calgary, Canada
Anibar 2019: Peja, Kosovo
this human world (International Human Rights FF) 2019: Vienna, Austria
Brno16: Brno, Czech Republic
Animateka 2019: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Factual Animation Film Festival 2019: London, UK
CINANIMA 2019: Espinho, Portugal
CutOut 2019: Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
33rd International Film Festival Braunschweig 2019: Germany
Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019: Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BEAST 2019: Porto, Portugal
Indie-Anifest 2019: Seoul, South Korea
Fest Anča 2019: Žilina, Slovakia
Lago Film Fest 2019: Revine Lago, Italy
European Film Festival of Palić 2019: Palić, Serbia
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2019: Weiterstadt, Germany
Animaphix 2019: Bagheria / Palermo, Sicily
International Encounters Traverse 2020: Toulouse, France
International Women’s Film Festival 2020: Cologne, Germany
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Nominated for Magnesia Prize for Best Student Film of 2018
CEE Animation Talents 2019