Father

2012

SYNOPSIS
“When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you?”

Format: 15 Minutes, HD, Color

In FATHER the reality of life is turned upside down to create an impossible dialogue – the dialogue between a child and a father that never happens.
Father is an animated-documentary based on five true stories.

CREDITS
Directors: Ivan Bogdanov, Moritz Mayerhofer, Asparuh Petrov, Rositsa Raleva, Veljko Popović, Dmitry Yagodin
Producers: Maria Stanisheva (Compote Collective) / Co-producers: Vanja Andrijević (Bonobostudio), Christian Müller (Eyecatch Productions)

AWARDS
Special Jury Mention – Croatian Animated Film Festival 2012; Best Animated Film Award – Days of Croatian Film 2012; Grand Prix – Golden Kuker 2012; Best Animated Film in National Competition – In the Palace 2012; Special Mention Balkan Competition – Anibar 2012; Bulgarian Filmmakers’ Union Award – Varna World Festival of Animated Film 2012; Best Short Film Award – Anim’est 2012; Best Director Award – Goldfish Children’s Animation Festival 2012; 2nd Prize – Expotoons International Animation Festival 2012; Audience Award – Banja Luka Animated Film Festival 2012; Golden Dove for Animated Film – DOK Leipzig 2012; 1st Prize – Animax Skopje Fest 2012; Best Animated Film – Golden Rhyton 2012; Best Animated Film – 0110 International Digital Film Festival 2013; Best Animation Award – Byron Bay International Film Festival 2013; CIFEJ Prize for the best film for children – Tehran International Animation Festival 2013; 3rd Prize – Athens Animfest 2013; Best Animated Film – European Film Festival Lille 2013; Audience Award – Be There! Corfu Animation Festival 2013; Special Mention – Gulf Film Festival 2013; Best Animated Short Film – Anifilm 2013; Best Short Film Award in Masterclass Competition – Giffoni International Film Festival 2013; Best Animated Film – Tashkent International Film Forum 2013; 1st Prize for Animated Documentary Film – Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2013; Grand Prix – Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival 2013; Best Animated Film – Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2013

FESTIVALS
Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria; Croatian Animated Film Festival, Croatia; Days of Croatian Film, Croatia; Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany; Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France; Golden Kuker International Animation Festival, Bulgaria; Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Slovakia; In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria; Tabor Film Festival, Croatia; Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosova; International Animation Festival Hiroshima, Japan; Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil; Concorto Film Festival, Italy; Animanima International Animation Festival, Serbia; Varna World Festival of Animated Film, Bulgaria; Milano Film Festival, Italy; Anifest Rozafa International Festival of Animated Film, Albania; Balkanima European Animated Film Festival, Serbia;
Anim’est International Animation Film Festival, Romania; DOCartoon International Animated Documentary Film Festival, Italy; 3D Wire Animation Market, Spain; London Film Festival, UK; Trick Film Festival, Italy; Cineast Film Festival, Luxemburg; Warsaw Film Festival, Poland; Goldfish International Children’s Animation Films Festival, Russia; Mostra CineBH International Film Festival, Brazil; MedFilm Festival, Italy; Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival, Lithuania; Un festival c’est trop court –Short Film Festival Nice, France; Expotoons International Animation Festival, Argentina; Banja Luka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina; London International Animation Festival, UK; DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany; ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival, Armenia; Alcine, Spain; Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (Panorama), Portugal; Wissembourg International Film Festival, France; Bradford Animation Festival, UK; Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany; Animated Dreams Animation Film Festival, Estonia; International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain; Sequence Short Film Festival, France; exground filmfest, Germany; Istanbul Animation Festival, Turkey; Animax Skopje Fest, Republic of Macedonia; SIGGRAPH Asia, Singapore; Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia; International Festival of Latin American Cinema, Cuba; Flickerfest International Film Festival, Australia; Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden; 0110 International Digital Film Festival, India; Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France; Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games, UK; Animac International Animated Film Festival, Spain; Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia; Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran; Athens Animfest, Greece; Roanne Animation Film Festival, France; European Film Festival of Lille, France; Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, Greece; Mecal International Short Film Festival, Spain; Gulf Film Festival, UAE; Future Film Festival, Italy; Cortoons International Short Animated Film Festival, Italy; AniFilm International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic; River Film Festival, Italy; Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands; Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia; Animix Animation Festival, Israel; Cinema Jove International Short Film Festival, Spain; Countryside Animafest Cyprus; Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy; Supertoon International Animation Festival, Croatia; Open Cinema International Short and Animation Festival, Russia; Anima Mundi, Brazil; Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria; Opuzen Film Festival, Croatia; Baranja Animation Festival, Croatia; KROK International Animated Film Festival, Ukraine; Festival Ars Electronica, Austria; Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland; Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil; Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy; ANIMA – Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina; Filmini International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria; Tashkent International Film Forum Golden Guepard, Uzbekistan; Granada International Short Film Festival, Spain; Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA; International Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia; Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spain; interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival, Germany; Best of Short Films Festival, France; Unlimited Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany; Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey; Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland; Olympia International Film Festival, Greece; Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany; VAFI International Children and Youth Festival, Croatia; International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Armenia; …