Butterfly
stop motion, 2D
year: 2024
format: DCP, HD
duration: 8'07"
production: Adriatic Animation, Late Love Production
distribution: Bonobostudio
Countries of production: Croatia, Denmark
More About the Film
A community of garden creatures all contribute to the flow of life, using water from a fountain. When a butterfly gets stuck in the fountain, they’re faced with an unfamiliar situation.
Director, scriptwriter: Sunčana Brkulj
Animation: Sunčana Brkulj, Claudia Munskgaard Palmqvist
Backgrounds and props design: Sunčana Brkulj, Sara Bernat
Music: Sofie Birch
Sound design: Alfred Bundgaard, Lukas Engelbreckt Jorgensen
Sound mix: Thomas Richard Christensen
Producer: Drasko Ivezić / Adriatic Animation
Co-producer: Lana Tankosa Nikolić / Late Love Production
Sunčana Brkulj (1997) earned her MA in animation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Her student films have been selected for screenings at prestigious festivals in Annecy, Ottawa, Zagreb, Stuttgart, and elsewhere, winning several awards. After graduating, Sunčana undertook a residency at Open Workshop in Viborg, where she made her first professional film, Butterfly.
Filmography
Butterfly (2024), Stinky in the Dark Forest (2022, graduation film), The Tower (2020, student film), I'm Not Feeling Very Well (2019, student film), The Sensitive Prince (2018, student film)
Awards
- Best Soundtrack, Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival 2024
- Children's Short Award Silver, Sapporo International Short Film Festival 2024
- Best Sound Design, Croatian Film Days 2024
- Special Mention, ASIFA Croatia 2024
- Special Mention, Bitbang International Animation, Videogames and Digital Art Festival 2024
- Family Shorts Special Award, Reggio Film Festival 2024
- Experimental Short Film Special Mention, CutOut Fest 2024
- Jury's Special Mention, Animakom Fest 2024
Festivals
Go Short International Short Film Festival (4/4-7/4/2024)
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival Curta Cinema (17/4-24/4/2024)
Melbourne International Animation Festival (5/5-12/5/2024)
IndieLisboa International Film Festival (23/5-2/6/2024)
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (3/6-8/6/2024)
Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad (12/6-16/6/2024)
Fest Anča International Animation Festival (25/6-30/6/2024)
ShorTS International Film Festival (29/6-6/7/2024)
Anibar International Animation Festival (15/7-21/7/2024)
Lago Film Festival (19/7-27/7/2024)
Supertoon International Animation Festival (22/7-26/7/2024)
Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival (23/7-28/7/2024)
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2/8-10/8/2024)
Vrboska Film Festival (6/8-8/8/2024)
La Guarimba International Film Festival (7/8-12/8/2024)
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival (18/8-24/8/2024)
FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival (19/8-24/8/2024)
Filmambiente International Environmental Film Festival (22/8-30/8/2024)
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (22/8-1/9/2024)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (3/9-8/9/2024)
Viborg Animation Festival (9/9-15/9/2024)
Minikino Film Week (13/9-20/9/2024)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (25/9-29/9/2024)
BEAST International Film Festival (25/9-29/9/2024)
StopTrik International Film Festival (25/9-29/9/2024)
Bolton International Film Festival (2/10-6/10/2024)
CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival (3/10-20/10/2024)
Corto e Fieno Rural Film Festival (4/10-6/10/2024)
Squeaky Wheel Animation Festival (4/10/2024)
Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival (10/10-12/10/2024)
Sapporo International Short Film Festival (11/10-14/10/2024)
Croatian Film Days (17/10-20/10/2024)
Taichung International Animation Festival (18/10-27/10/2024)
Kinotrip International Film Festival (19/10-21/10/2024)
KuanDu International Animation Festival (20/10-26/10/2024)
Uppsala Short Film Festival (21/10-27/10/2024)
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (24/10-27/10/2024)
Filmska runda (25/10-26/10/2024)
Bitbang International Animation, Videogames and Digital Art Festival (28/10-2/11/2024)
Leeds International Film Festival (1/11-7/11/2024)
KUKI Young Short Film Festival (3/11-10/11/2024)
Nordic Film Days Lübeck (6/11-10/11/2024)
24FRAMES Future Film Festival (6/11-10/11/2024)
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival (18/11-24/11/2024)
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival (21/11-24/11/2024)
Reggio Film Festival (24/11/2024)
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival (24/11-1/12/2024)
Corto Dorico Film Festival (30/11-8/12/2024)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (2/12-8/12/2024)
Animakom Fest - Bilbao International Animation Community Festival (9/12-15/12/2024)
Zinetxiki Zinemaldia - International Film Festival for Children and Youth (14/12-29/12/2024)
London Short Film Festival (17/1-26/1/2025)
