
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
- Second place in the International Short Film Competition, Chilemonos International Animation Festival 2017
- Grand Prix, Animafest Zagreb 2017
- Best Editing Award, Revue Kratki na brzinu 2017
- Special Mention, Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2017
- Special Mention, Supertoon 2017
- Special Mention, Anibar International Animation Festival 2017
- Grand Prix, Animanima International Animation Festival 2017
- Best Animated Short Film, Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival 2017
- Special Mention, Animasyros International Animation Festival 2017
- Special Mention, Stoptrik International Film Festival 2017
- Grand Prix, Bucheon International Animation Festival 2017
- Prize of the Cultural Office of the State Capital of Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation 2017
- ASIFA Croatia Award for the Best Croatian Film 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)
- Ars Electronica Animation Festival (7/9-11/9/2017)
- World Festival of Animated Film, Varna (13/9-17/9/2017)
- Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (19/9-24/9/2017)
- Calgary International Film Festival (20/9-1/10/2017)
- Videomedeja International Video Festival (22/9-24/9/2017)
- Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (29/9-8/10/2017)
- Anim’est International Animation Film Festival (29/9-8/10/2017)
- Stoptrik International Film Festival (5/10-8/10/2017)
- Taichung International Animation Festival (5/10-14/10/2017)
- Animatou International Animation Film Festival (6/10-14/10/2017)
- Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation (26/10-29/10/2017)
- Big Cartoon Festival (26/10-6/11/2017)
- ReAnimania International Animation Festival (28/10-3/11/2017)
- 24fps International Short Film Festival (3/11-4/11/2017)
- Cinemaforum Short Film Festival (8/11-12/11/2017)
- CutOut Fest International Animation & Digital Arts Festival (9/11-12/11/2017)
- AFI FEST, Los Angeles (9/11-16/11/2017)
- Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival (23/11-10/12/2017)
- Animage International Animation Festival (24/11-3/12/2017)
- Animasivo Festival of Contemporary Animation (29/11-3/12/2017)
- K3 Film Festival, Villach (13/12-17/12/2017)
- Les Arcs European Film Festival (16/12-23/12/2017)
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