Synopsis:
A badger lies motionless on a local road. A police patrol approaches the body in the dark. They soon realise that the animal is not dead; the badger is dead drunk! When the police attempt to drag the creature off the road, he wakes up and things take a strange turn.
- Director:
- Špela Čadež
- Year:
- 2016
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- Cut-Out Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Nočna ptica
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Tina Smrekar
- Animators:
- Zarja Menart, Matej Lavrenčič, Špela Čadež
- Script writers:
- Gregor Zorc, Špela Čadež
- Music composer:
- Tomaž Grom
- Sound designer:
- Johanna Wienert
- Editor:
- Iva Kraljević
- Productions:
- Finta Film, RTV Slovenija, Bonobostudio
- Distribution:
- Bonobo Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental
- Tags:
- Animals, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Poetic, Sad, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival
- Awards:
- Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb, Best Animated Short at various festivals
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