Her Dress for the Final
2D, stop motion
year: 2023
format: DCP, HD
duration: 8'45"
production: Kreativni sindikat
distribution: Bonobostudio
More About the Film
One day my granny dyed her wedding dress black. She wanted to be buried in it.
Script, direction, design, compositing: Martina Meštrović
Animation: Martina Meštrović, Marko Meštrović, Ivana Bošnjak
Director of photography: Jasenko Rasol
Sets and props: Nenad Laktašić, Suzana Andrlon Radojković, Martina Meštrović
Editing and sound design: Iva Kraljević
Sound mix: Hrvoje Nikšić
Music used: Drago Diklić "Još samo večeras", Mary May "Softest Tune"
Executive producers: Mia Bučević, Sara Jakupec, Marijana Veljović
Producer: Igor Grubić
Martina Meštrović (1974) graduated on a Sculpture department from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1998. She has held several solo and group exhibitions. In 2004, she joins the art collective Kreativni sindikat, working as a 2D and 3D set designer, animator and director. She lives and works in Zagreb.
Filmography:
Her Dress for the Final (2023), A Cat Is Always Female (2019), Peter's Forest (2016), Bla (2013)
Awards
- Special Mention in Croatian Competition, Animafest Zagreb 2023
- Special Mention, Anibar International Animation Festival 2023
Festivals
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (5/6-10/6/2023)
Annecy International Animation Festival (12/6-17/6/2023)
Mediterranean Film Festival Split (15/6-24/6/2023)
Tabor Film Festival (6/7-9/7/2023)
Anibar International Animation Festival (17/7-23/7/2023)
Guanajuato International Film Festival (20/7-31/7/2023)
Supertoon International Animation Festival (24/7-28/7/2023)
Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival (25/7-30/7/2023)
Drama International Short Film Festival (4/9-10/9/2023)
Fantoche International Animation Festival (5/9-10/9/2023)
Animanima International Animation Festival (19/9-23/9/2023)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (20/9-24/9/2023)
Viborg Animation Festival (25/9-1/10/2023)
LINOLEUM International Festival of Contemporary Animation and Media-art (4/10-8/10/2023)
CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival (5/10-22/10/2023)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations (11/10-14/10/2023)
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (13/11-19/11/2023)
