Soldier

David Peroš Bonnot

stop motion

year: 2006

format: Digital Betacam
duration: 4'30"

production: Kenges
distribution: Bonobostudio

A symbolic story about a product of society that gets out of control... ...only this time it is a statue of a soldier suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. How would a civil society react in such situation? Can that anomaly be left "alive"? What's more, is there some sinister plot behind all this?

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More About the Film

director, screenwriter, design, models, camera, puppet animation: David Peroš Bonnot
idea, additional set design: Sanja Šantak
lead animator: Saša Budimir
editor: Anita Jovanov
music: Vjeran Šalamon
sound design: Boris Wagner
compositing and SFX: Mario Kalogjera
supervision: Simon Bogojević Narath
producers: Ivan Ratković, Lado Skorin

Awards

  • Special Mention (I Castelli Animati 2006)
  • Special Mention (Animateka 2006)
  • Special Mention (Cortisonici 2007)
  • Best Animated Film Award (Mauvais Genre 2007)
  • Best short film in CEI section (Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival 2007)
  • Best Animated Film Award (Dokufest 2007)
  • Special Mention (Milano Film Festival 2007)

 

Festivals +

Days of Croatian Film 2006, Zagreb
Animafest 2006, Zagreb
Tabor Film Festival 2006, Desinic, Croatia
Anima Mundi 2006, Sao Paulo / Rio de Janeiro
KROK 2006, Kiev
Lucania Film Festival 2006, Pisticci / Matera
Interfilm Berlin 2006
CINANIMA 2006, Espinho
ANIMADRID 2006
Animateka 2006, Ljubljana
I Castelli Animati 2006, Genzano / Rome
Cortisonici 2007, Varese
Cortoons 2007, Rome
Cartoons on the Bay 2007, Salerno 
Mauvais Genre 2007, Tours / France
Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival 2007
Lens Politica Film and Media Festival, Helsinki
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2007
Australian International Animation Festival 2007
CasertAnimata 2007
Kratkofil, Banja Luka
Arcipelago - International Festival of Short Films and New Images
Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival 2007, Trieste
Imaginaria Film Festival 2007, Conversano
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival, Mexico
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche
London International Animation Festival 2007
Anonimoul International Independent Film Festival, Romania
Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren
International Short Film Festival In the Palace, Bulgaria
Ismailia International Film Festival
Milano Film Festival
ANIMA 07 - Cordoba International Animation Festival, Argentina
Girona Film Festival
Anim'est 2007, Bucharest
Curtocircuito 2007, Santiago de Compostela
Amiens International Film Festival 2007
Les Nuits Magiques 2007, Bordeaux
Festival Internacional de Filmets, Badalona
Cinem@tic 2007, Birmingham
Bradford Animation Festival 2007
L'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival 2007
Filmini International Short Film Festival, Sofia
Animated Dreams, Tallinn
FIKE - Evora International Short Film Festival 2007
Anilogue International Animation Festival 2007, Budapest
Spokane International Film Festival 2008, USA
Premiers Plans Film Festival 2008, Paris
International Film Festival Neum - NAFF 2008
AnimaBasauri International Animated Film Festival 2008, Bilbao
Tishman International Bulgarian Film Festival 2008, New York
South East European Film Festival 2008, Los Angeles
Tindirindis, Vilnius, 2008
Séquence International Short Film Festival 2008, Toulouse
Bolzano Short Film Festival 2008
Balkan Black Box, Berlin 2008
Chungmuro International Film Festival, Seoul, 2009
Multimedia Festival, Gvozd, Croatia, 2011

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