Synopsis:
It’s the start of the hunting season. The animals of the forest board a small bus and flee to safety. When hunters stop the bus in the middle of the night, its passengers reveal their true natures in fear for their lives.
- Director:
- Martin Snopek, Ivana Laučíková
- Year:
- 2011
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- Puppet Animation, Mixed media, Stop Motion Animation, Pixilation
- Original title:
- Posledný autobus
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Ivana Laučíková, Miroslav Janura
- Animator:
- Martin Snopek
- Script writers:
- Patrik Pašš ml., Martin Snopek, Patrik Pašš jr.
- Music composer:
- Jakub Ursíny
- Sound designer:
- Robert Barčák
- Editors:
- František Krähenbiel, Frantisek Krähenbiel
- Productions:
- AVI Studio, s.r.o., feel me film
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Trauma, Identity, Death, Animals, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animateka Ljubljana International Animated Film Festival 2012, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2012, Tampere Film Festival 2012, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2012, New Vision Key International Film Festival 2012, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival 2012, Message to Man International Film Festival Saint-Petersburg 2012, Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival 2013
- Awards:
- Grand Prix Animateka Ljubljana International Animated Film Festival 2012, Youth Jury Award Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2012, Grand Prix Tampere Film Festival 2012, Grand Prix Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2012, Grand Prix New Vision Key International Film Festival 2012, The Golden Octopus Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival 2012, Grand Prix Message to Man International Film Festival Saint-Petersburg 2012, Golden Horseman - Animated Film Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival 2013, Grand Prix Tampere, Youth Jury Award - Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Grand Prix Animateka Ljubljana, Grand Prix Stuttgart
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