ŠPELA ČADEŽ

director, producer

Špela Čadež has been working as an independent animation director and producer since 2008. Her films have been screened worldwide. 

Boles (2013), a short puppet animation, has received 50 awards, distinctions and nominations including a Grand Prix at DOK Leipzig and Best Debut Award at Hiroshima Festival and was screened in competition at 150 festivals. Her latest film Nighthawk (2016) has received 22 awards and distinctions up to date with Grand Prixs at HAFF Festival Holland and Animafest Zagreb, and has been screened in selections at festivals such as Sundance, Clermont Ferrand and Annecy. Čadež graduated in Graphic Design in Ljubljana in 2002 and continued her studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany. She lives and works in Ljubljana.

Špela Čadež Slovenia’s master of pithy psychological dramas"
 Alex Dudok de Wit

Exhibitions

Locarno Film Festival
Animafest Zagreb
DOK Leipzig
Hiroshima Animation Festival
Hong Hong Film Festival
Japan Media Arts Festival
Krakow Film Festival
Ottawa Animation Festival
Seminici Valladolid Film Festival
ITFS Stuttgart Animation Festival
Tokyo Film Festival
VFF Documentary Producer Award
Zinebi Bilbao Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Guadalajara International Film Festival
Uppsala Short Film Festival
IndieLisboa
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 
SXSW
GLAS Animation Festival

Film Festivals / Awards

Annecy Animation Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Animafest Zagreb
DOK Leipzig
Hiroshima Animation Festival
Hong Hong Film Festival
Japan Media Arts Festival
Krakow Film Festival
Ottawa Animation Festival
Seminici Valladolid Film Festival
ITFS Stuttgart Animation Festival
Tokyo Film Festival
VFF Documentary Producer Award
Zinebi Bilbao Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Guadalajara International Film Festival
Uppsala Short Film Festival
IndieLisboa
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 
SXSW
GLAS Animation Festival

Selected press

9 Animated Shorts That Are Oscar Hopefuls For 2023 (23.08.2022)
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/10-animated-shorts-consider-oscars-season-220254.html


Telerama: Découvrez “Steakhouse”, le génial court métrage d’animation récompensé à Annecy (21.06.2022)
https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/decouvrez-steakhouse-le-genial-court-metrage-d-animation-recompense-a-annecy-7011006.php


Cartoonbrew: Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Špela Čadež (25.03.2022)

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/know-your-indie-filmmaker/know-your-indie-filmmaker-spela-cadez-214508.html


AWN: Vicious Places and Punished Faces: The Best Short Subject Annie Award Nominees (12.03.2022)

https://www.awn.com/animationworld/vicious-places-and-punished-faces-best-short-subject-annie-award-nominees


Talking Shorts: Steakhouse, words and meat (3.02.2022)

https://talkingshorts.com/films/steakhouse#foote