Synopsis:
While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
- Director:
- Marko Dješka
- Year:
- 2020
- Running time:
- 13 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Draško Ivezić
- Animators:
- Hana Tintor, Laura Martinović, David Lovrić, Marko Dješka, Draško Ivezić
- Script writer:
- Marko Dješka
- Music composers:
- Sofie Birch, Gustavo Lima
- Sound designer:
- Pedro Marinho
- Editor:
- Marko Dješka
- Production:
- Adriatic Animation
- Distribution:
- Bonobostudio
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tags:
- Identity, Sexuality, Transformation, Relationships
- Audience:
- Adults
- Language:
- Croatian
- Website:
- bonobostudio.hr
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Manchester Animation Festival
- Awards:
- Anibar International Animation Festival / 2020 / Best Film in Balkan Competition, Animafest Zagreb / 2020 / Special Mention in Croatian Competition, Mediterranean Film Festival Split / 2021 / Best Croatian Short Film, Image+Nation Queer Short Film Festival Montreal / 2021 / Best Film, Image+Nation Queer Short Film Festival Montreal / 2021 / Best Innovation, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival / 2021 / Flickers' Youth Film Jury First Prize for the Best LGBTQ Film, Festival MIX Milano - International Festival of LGBTQ+ Cinema and Queer Culture / 2021 / Special Mention, Linz International Film Festival / 2021 / Best Animation, Ottawa International Animation Festival / 2021 / Best Script, 3D Wire Fest / Weird International Animation Market and Festival / 2021 / Best European Short Film, Videomedeja International Video Festival / 2021 / Special Mention, International Film Festival of Lanzarote / 2021 / Special Mention, Spark Animation Festival/Women in Animation / 2021 / WIA Diversity Award, Big Cartoon Festival / 2021 / Special Jury Prize, Festival Cinéma et Droits Humains / Human Rights Film Festival Paris / 2021 / Special Mention, Exground filmfest / 2021 / Youth Jury Award for Best Short Film, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival / 2021 / Best International Short Film, Manchester Animation Festival / 2021 / Special Mention, SocialMed Mediterranean Human Rights Festival / 2021 / Best Short Film, Merlinka International Queer Film Festival / 2021 / Special Mention, Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival / 2022 / Special Mention in Monstrinha Generation M Competition, Animocje International Animated Film Festival / 2022 / Junior Jury Award, International Filmmaker Festival of New York / 2022 / Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Hiroshima Animation Season / 2022 / Jury's Personal Pick (Asako Fujioka), Animasivo International Animation Festival / 2022 / Best International Film, Tashkent International Animation Forum / 2023 / Best Animadoc Film
- Submitted by:
- Eszter Gajdos
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