[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
Awards:
- Annecy International Animation Festival 2024 (Annecy, France): WINNER of Jean-Luc Xiberras Award
- 26th Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival (BIAF2024) (Bucheon, South Korea): WINNER of Special Distinction Prize
- London International Animation Festival (London, UK): WINNER of Best Abstract Film
- Art FIlm Awards 2024 (Macedonia): WINNER of Best Experimental Film
- Insomnia International Animation Film Festival (Kaluga and Moscow, Russia): WINNER of The Equilibristics Prize for the best non-narrative or experimental film
Screenings:
- Monstra Animation Festival 2024 (Lisbon, Portigal): World Premiere- Official Selection 8th of March
- Art FIlm Awards 2024 (Macedonia): 2024
- Athens Animfest 2024 (Online): Official Selection 29th of March
- Brighton International Animation Festival (Brighton, UK): Official Selection: Artist Film 7th of April 2024
- Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Stuttgart, Germany): International Competition 25th and 26th of April 2024
- 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): 2024
- 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
- Clube Objetivo Cinema (Penafiel, Portugal): 19th of July 2024
- Palm Springs Animation Festival (California, US): Official Selection, 20th of June- 23rd of July 2024
- Chroma Art Film Festival (Miami, US): Official Selection, 17th to 18th of August 2024
- Imaginaria (Conversano, Italy): 18th to 24th of August 2024
- Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (Portland, US): Nominated for Best Experimental Animation, 21st to 25th August 2024
- Turku Animated Film Festival (Turku, Finland): international Competition 21st to 25th of August 2024
- Animadeba International Film Festival (Deba, Basque Country): Official Selection, 4th to 7th of September 2024
- Cinema on the Washing Line (Lisbon, Portugal): Official Selection, 13th-14th and 20th-21st of September2024
- 14th StopTrik IFF (Maribor,Slovenia; Łódź, Poland): Official Selection Borderlands, Maribor (Slovenia) on Sept. 25th–29th; Łódź (Poland) on Dec. 5th-8th
- Qld XR Festival (Brisbane, Australia): 27th of September 2024
- Blue Danube Film Festival (Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Esztergom): Official Selection, 1st to 5th of October 2024
- Bolton Film Festival (Bolton, UK): 2nd to 6th of October 2024
- 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 2024
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival (Baltimore, Maryland): International Competition 18th to 20th of October 2024
- Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia): 18th to 27th of October 2024
- ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan (Yerevan, Armenia): 20th to 26th of October 2024
- ANIMA 2024 | 31st IFF Etiuda&Anima 2024 (Krakow, Poland): Official Competition, 22nd to 27th of October 2024
- Centro Artes Espetáculo Portalegre (Portoalegre, Portugal) 23rd of October 2024
- Lobofest Festival Internacional de Filmes (Brasilia, Brazil): 23rd to 30th of October 2024
- 26th Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival (BIAF2024) (Bucheon, South Korea): 25th to 29th of October, WINNER of Special Distinction Prize
- Content Festival in Suncheon (CFS) (Sucheon, South Korea): 1st to 3rd of November 2024
- New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (New Chitose, Japan): Official Selection in competition: International, 1st to 5th of November
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2024 (York, UK): Official Selection, 6th to 10th of November
- Manchester Animation Festival (Manchester, UK): 10th to 14th of November 2024
- London International Animation Festival (London, UK): Official Competition, 22nd of November to 1st of December, WINNER of Best Abstract Film
- 21th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis 2024 (Vilnius, Lithuania): 25th Nov to 1st of December
- Clapham International Film Festival (London, UK): 27th to 30th November 2024
- ANIMATEKA (Ljubljana, Slovenia): 2nd to 8th of December 2024
- GIRAF 20 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada): 14th to17th of November 2024
- Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival (ICONA 2024) (Ionian Islands, Greece): 3rd Place Award by Jury for Professional Animation Short Film
- International Film Festival Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany): 2025
- 44th Anima Festival (Brussels, Belgium): 28 February to 9th of March 2025, International Professional Short Films
- Animac 2025 (Lleida, Spain): 19th to 23rd of February, Official Selection, Professional Short Films
- Wiesbaden International Animation Festival (Wiesbaden, Germany): 6th to 9th of November 2025
- Go Short (Nijmegen, Netherlands): European Competition, 1st to 6th of April 2025
- Ypsilanti Festival (Michigan, USA): Best of LIAF, 17th to 19th of April 2025
- TIAF - Tbilisi 8th International Animation Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia): Experimental and Abstract Animation Films Competition 2025
- World Festival of Animated Film Varna (Varna, Bulgaria): 3rd to 7th of September 2025, Official Selection
- NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Monthly Film Festival (LA, USA): 18th to 23rd of August 2025
- FICBUEU (Galicia, Spain): 5th to 20th of September, Official Selection, ‘Discoveries’ 2025
- Unthinkable Film Festival (Hull,UK): 1st to 12th of October 2025
- Bucharest Short Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania): 4th to 11th of November 2025
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