BOLES
Short Puppet Animation by Špela Čadež
Slovenia / Germany | 2013 | 12 min
Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood. He dreams of writer’s glory and luxurious lifestyle in a more prosperous part of town. One day Filip gets a knock on the door. His neighbour Tereza, an older prostitute that Filip tries to avoid by all means, asks him to write a letter for her fiancé. Filip agrees. And it would all end up fine if a week later Tereza would not show up at his doorstep again, asking him to write an answer to the previous letter.
screenwriters: Gregor Zorc, Špela Čadež
assistant director, animation supervisor, main animator: Oliver Throm animator: Leon Vidmar
puppets, set, props: Žiga Lebar, Mateja Rojc
costume designer: Gordana Bobojević
director of photography: Michael Jörg
editor: Thomas Schmidl
postproduction: Markus Bledowski
voices: Katja Levstik, Gregor Zorc
music: Tomaž Grom s
sound: Johanna Herr
producers: Špela Čadež
co-producers: Martin Roelly, Erik Winker, Andreas Bauer
funding: SFC – Slovenian Film Centre, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW
- Special Mention in category animation, FIC International Short Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- BEST CHARACTER – TEREZA from “BOLES” Cartoon on the Bay, Venice, Italy
- Special Jury Mention, Animocije, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Štigličev pogled za izjemno režijo, Nagrada Društva slovenskih režiserjev
- MENÇÕES HONROSAS, Mostra Mumia, Brasil
- Best German Short Film, Interfilm Berlin
- Nominne for Cartoon D’or Award, Tolouse, France
- Dubut Prise, Hiroshima Int. Animation Festival, Japan
- Best Regional Short Film, Kratkofil, Banja Luka
- Best Stop Motion Animation, Neum Festival of Animated Film
- Canal+ award, Valencia Int. Film Festival Cinema Jove
- Audience Award, World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, Croatia
- BEST ANIMATION, International Short Film Festival Tabor, Croatia
- Filmfest Dresden, International Film Festival:
- ARTE Short Film Prize
- Golden Horseman Animated Film
- GRAD PRIX, Monstra International Animation Festival Lisbon
- Audience Award, ANIMA Int. Animation Festival Brussels
- Best Short Film Award, Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste
- ANIMATEKA Inter. Animation Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia:
- Audience Award andSpecial Jury Mention
- III Brazil Stop Motion International Film Festival:
- Best Stop Motion Film, Best Screenplay, Special Prize of the Jury – Best Animation
- Audience Award, 12th Sommets du cinéma d’animation in Montreal
- JOSÉ ABEL AWARD – BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATION, CINANIMA 2013, Espinio, Portugal
- Most Outstanding Animation, Animae Caribe 2013 Animation Festival
- Golden Dove for Animated Films and Videos, 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
- PRIX de la LIEBERTE, Le Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France
- Best Short Animated Film Award, “Cyber Sousa” of Xiamen International Animation Festival, China
- GOLDEN SPIKE for BEST SHORT FILM, SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival
- Special Mention for Best Slavic Stop Motion Animation on 3rd StopTrik International Film Festival
- PolandJury Mention at PRIMANIMA World Festival of First Animations, Hungary
- Independent Film Competition Winner, Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival, Canada
- Best Professional Film, Se-Ma-For International Animation Festival, Lodz, Poland
- Anim’est Trophy – GRAD PRIX, Anim’est International Animation Festival, Bucharest, Romania
- Award for the Best Film of South Eastern Europe, BALKANIMA International Animation Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
- Special mention, ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival, Greece
- Special mention, 9th World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria
- VESNA ZA NAJBOLJŠI KRATKI FILM, Festival slovenskega filma, Portorož
- AUDIENCE AWARD, ANIMANIMA Festival of Animated Film, Čačak, Serbia
- Special mention, ANIBAR International Animation Festival, Kosovo
- BEST ANIMATION FILM, 12th Countryside Animafest Cyprus
Špela Čadež is the animation director and co-founder of Finta Studio in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her films have received 100+ awards at festivals worldwide and were screened in competition selections such as the Sundance Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand and Annecy. A passionate advocate for analogue, Čadež has impressed with films in puppet and cut-out animation techniques.
Ottawa International Animation Festival (21/9-25/9/2016)
DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (31/10-6/11/2016)
Sundance Film Festival (19/1-29/1/2017)
Göteborg Film Festival (27/1-5/2/2017)
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival (3/2-11/2/2017)
ANIMA – Brussels Animation Festival (24/2 – 5/3/2017)
GLAS Animation Festival (2/3-5/3/2017)
Holland Animation Film Festival (22/3-26/3/2017)
Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival (4/4-9/4/2017)
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films (2/5-7/5/2017)
Vienna Independent Shorts (1/6-6/6/2017)
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (5/6-10/6/2017)
Annecy International Animation Festival (12/6-17/6/2017)
Animator International Animated Film Festival (7/7-13/7/2017)
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (18/7-30/7/2017)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (5/9-10/9/2017)
Ars Electronica Animation Festival (7/9-11/9/2017)
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (19/9-24/9/2017)
Milano Film Festival (28/9-8/10/2017)
Bucheon International Animation Festival (20/10-24/10/2017)
Hiroshima International Animation Festival (23/8-27/8/2018)
Ottawa International Animation Festival (21/9-25/9/2016)
DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (31/10-6/11/2016)
Sundance Film Festival (19/1-29/1/2017)
Göteborg Film Festival (27/1-5/2/2017)
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival (3/2-11/2/2017)
ANIMA – Brussels Animation Festival (24/2 – 5/3/2017)
GLAS Animation Festival (2/3-5/3/2017)
Holland Animation Film Festival (22/3-26/3/2017)
Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival (4/4-9/4/2017)
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films (2/5-7/5/2017)
Vienna Independent Shorts (1/6-6/6/2017)
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (5/6-10/6/2017)
Annecy International Animation Festival (12/6-17/6/2017)
Animator International Animated Film Festival (7/7-13/7/2017)
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (18/7-30/7/2017)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (5/9-10/9/2017)
Ars Electronica Animation Festival (7/9-11/9/2017)
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (19/9-24/9/2017)
Milano Film Festival (28/9-8/10/2017)
Bucheon International Animation Festival (20/10-24/10/2017)
Hiroshima International Animation Festival (23/8-27/8/2018)