[S] (2024) - Trailer
[S] is an artwork that exposes the lifespan of infinity. The film delves into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entangled nature of life and art.
Directed by Mario Radev
2D Animation: Mario Radev
Stop Motion Animation: Pawel Walendowski and Mario Radev
Editor: Tommaso Di Paola
Original Score: Belle Chen
Sound Design: Toni Quiroga, Accept Productions
Compositing: Mario Radev
Compositing Assistant: Tatiana Eikosidyou
3D Modelling: Sam Roe
Colourist: Aiden Tobin
Re-recording Mixer: Marios Themistocleous
Orchestra recording by Budapest Art Orchestra
Stop Motion Animation at Studio Las Vioska
Colour Grade at Harbor
Screenings:
- Monstra Animation Festival 2024 (Lisbon, Portigal): World Premiere- Official Selection 8th of March
- Art FIlm Awards 2024 (Macedonia): WINNER of Best Experimental Film
- Athens Animfest 2024 (Online): Official Selection 29th of March
- Brighton International Animation Festival (Brighton, UK): Official Selection: Artist Film 7th of April
- Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Stuttgart, Germany): International Competition 25th and 26th of April
- Sundance Film Festival London 2024 (London, UK): 6th to 9th of June (7th and 9th)
- Annecy International Animation Festival 2024 (Annecy, France): WINNER of Jean-Luc Xiberras Award
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2024 (California, US): Official Selection
- Raindance Film Festival 2024 (London, UK): 19th to 28th of June, Nominated for Best Animated Short
- Palm Springs Animation Festival (California, US)
- Rooftop Films 2024 (NYC,US): Dark Toons
- Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & Video 2024 (Mexico City, Mexico): Official Selection 5th of July to 31st of August
- Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2024 (Žilina, Slovakia): Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation 25th to 30th of June
- Anibar Animation Festival (Peja, Kosova): 15th to 21st of July 2024
- Insomnia International Animation Film Festival (Kaluga and Moscow, Russia): 18th-22nd of July- WINNER of The Equilibristics Prize for the best non-narrative or experimental film
- Clube Objetivo Cinema (Penafiel, Portugal): 19th of July 2024
- Rooftop Films 2024 (NYC,US): 7th of August
- Palm Springs Animation Festival (California, US): Official Selection, 20th of June- 23rd of July
- Chroma Art Film Festival (Miami, US): Official Selection, 17th to 18th of August
- Imaginaria (Conversano, Italy): 18th to 24th of August
- Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (Portland, US): Nominated for Best Experimental Animation, 21st to 25th August
- Turku Animated Film Festival (Turku, Finland): international Competition 21st to 25th of August
- Bolton Film Festival (Bolton, UK): 2nd to 6th of Oct + 9th to 20th- online
- Centro Artes Espetáculo Portalegre (Portugal) 23rd Oct
- Cinema on the Washing Line (Lisbon, Portugal): Official Selection, 13th-14th and 20th-21st of September
- 26th Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival (BIAF2024) (Bucheon, South Korea): Official Competition, 25th to 29th of October
- 21th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis 2024 (Vilnius, Lithuania): 25th Nov to 1st Dec
- 14th StopTrik IFF (Maribor,Slovenia; Łódź, Poland): Official Selection Borderlands, Maribor (Slovenia) on Sept. 25th–29th; Łódź (Poland) on Dec. 5th-8th
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2024 (York, UK): Official Selection, 6th to 10th of November.
- 24th edition of the European Short Film Festival of Nice, Un Festival C'est Trop Court! (Nice, France): October 4th to 11th 2024
- Primanima Festival (Budaörs, Hungary): 16th to 19th of October
- Blue Danube Film Festival (Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Esztergom): Official Selection, 1st to 5th of October