ARGENTINA / 8:51 MINUTES / 2019 / ANIMATION (STOP MOTION) / DCP / 16:9 / STEREO / COLOR
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A beautiful and delicate flower grows in the asphalt jungle. A street rubbish bin witnesses the mistreatment of the Flower in the polluted public way. Concerned about her torment, the rubbish bin seeks a way to protect her.
Una bella y delicada Flor crece en medio de la gran ciudad. Un Tacho de basura callejero es testigo del maltrato que sufre Flor en la contaminada vía pública, y preocupado por ella, busca la manera de protegerla.
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Festivals & Awards
- Anima Cordoba (Argentina, 2019) – National premiere
- Certamen Internacional de cortos Roberto De Chiara (Argentina, 2019) – winner Best Animation
- Festival Internacional de Cine La Picasa (Argentina, 2020)
- Our Fest Stop Motion Film Festival (Argentina, 2020)
- FINCA (Argentina, 2020)
- Festival Luz del Desierto (Argentina, 2020)
- MAFICI (Argentina, 2020) – winner Audience Award
- PEFF 2020 – Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental de la Patagonia (Argentina, 2020)
- Tucumán Cine (Argentina, 2020)
- Festival de Cine Latinoamericano Cortala (Argentina, 2020) – Special Mention
- Festival Internacional de Cine Austral (Argentina, 2020)
- Bit Bang Festival Internacional de Animación y Arte Digital (Argentina, 2020)
- 9ª Muestra Internacional de Cine Animado Trelew (Argentina, 2020)
- Concurso Nacional de Cine Independiente Cipolletti (Argentina, 2020)
- Muestra de Cortos Buenos Aires París (Argentina, 2020)
- Festival Cinematográfico Visión Ribereña (Argentina, 2020)
- Festival Cine Tiza (Argentina, 2020)
- Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground (Argentina, 2020)
- Construir Cine (Argentina, 2021)
- Festival de Cine de Chascomús (Argentina, 2021) – winner Mejor Animación
- Semana Viva el Cine (Argentina, 2021)
- Festival Cartón (Argentina, 2021)
- Anima Latina Festival de Cine de Animación Latinoamericano (Argentina, 2021)
- Rolan International Film Festival for Children & Youth (Armenia, 2020)
- International Film Festival for Young Audiences – Filem’On (Belgium, 2020)
- Festival Internacional de Cine FENAVID (Bolivia, 2020)
- Festival Kolibri de Cine para la Infancia y Juventud (Bolivia, 2020)
- Banjaluka 2020 International Animated Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2020)
- Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil, 2020)
- MUMIA (Brazil, 2020)
- Baixada Animada (Brazil, 2020)
- FriCine – Festival Internacional de Cinema Socioambiental (Brazil, 2020)
- 16th Anim!Arte Film Festival (Brazil, 2021)
- Golden Kuker-Sofia International Animation Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2020)
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Canada, 2020)
- HECare Film Festival (Canada, 2020)
- Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski (Canada, 2021)
- FIC Valdivia (Chile, 2020)
- China International Green Film Week (China, 2020)
- Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia (Colombia, 2020) – winner Best Animation
- Festival de cine verde de Barichara (Colombia, 2020)
- Okolišni filmski festival (Croatia, 2021)
- EKO-Pan Film Festival (Croatia, 2021)
- Zlin Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2020)
- T-Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2020)
- Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Finland, 2020)
- Finland’s International Short Film Days 2020 (Finland, 2020)
- Les Nuits Magiques (France, 2020)
- Metz Film Festival de la Transition Écologique (France, 2020)
- Rencontres du cinéma sud-américain de Marseille (France, 2021)
- Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany, 2020)
- 25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience (Germany, 2020)
- Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (Germany, 2021)
- Athens Animfest (Greece, 2020)
- Chaniartoon Animation Film Festival (Greece, 2020)
- Thessaloniki Animation Film Festival (Greece, 2020)
- Ícaro Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica (Guatemala, 2020)
- International Kids Film Festival (India, 2020)
- CRAFT International Animation Festival (Indonesia, 2021)
- 2D & 3D Animation Festival (Italy, 2020)
- Figari Film Fest (Italy, 2020)
- Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- AS Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- Slow Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- Accordi@Disaccordi International Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2020)
- School Experience – Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2021)
- Lago Film Fest (Italy, 2021)
- Ariano Film Festival (Italy, 2021)
- Fabriano Film Fest (Italy, 2021)
- Dolomiti Film Festival (Italy, 2021) – winner Best Short Film
- Aprilia Film Festival (Italy, 2021)
- CORTeggiando Vimodrone (Italy, 2021)
- Japan Prize (Japan, 2020)
- Galichnik Film Festival (Macedonia, 2020)
- Festival de Cine de América (Mexico, 2020)
- SUNCINE MX (Mexico, 2020) – winner MIRADAS AWARD
- Stop Motion Mx (Mexico, 2020)
- Festival Internacional de Cine –Arte y Cultura– del Paraguay (Paraguay, 2020)
- Lublin Film Festival (Poland, 2020)
- Animafest Gdansk (Poland, 2020)
- Kids Kino Film Festival (Poland, 2021)
- Festival CineEco Seia (Portugal, 2020) – winner PRÉMIO CURTA-METRAGEM INTERNACIONAL, MENÇÃO HONROSA JÚRI DA JUVENTUDE CURTA-METRAGEM INTERNACIONAL
- Festival de Curtmetratges de Viladrau (Spain, 2020)
- Festival de Cine y TV del Reino de Castilla y León (Spain, 2020)
- MICE (Spain, 2020)
- SUNCINE Barcelona (Spain, 2020)
- FESCORA (Spain, 2020)
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain, 2021)
- Goya Rural (Spain, 2021)
- Göteborg Film Festival Prisma (Sweden, 2021)
- Festival International du Film Oriental de Geneve (Switzerland, 2020)
- FILMAR en América Latina (Switzerland, 2020)
- Black Movie, Geneva International Independent Film Festival (Switzerland, 2021)
- Linoleum Animation Festival (Ukraine, 2020)
- FUNN Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (UAE, 2020)
- Southampton Film Festival (UK, 2020)
- Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival (USA, 2020)
- Children’s Film Festival Seattle (USA, 2021)
- Palm Springs International Animation Festival & Expo (USA, 2020)
- Milwaukee Film Festival (USA, 2021)
- Divercine Festival de Cine para Niños (Uruguay, 2020)
Press & Reviews
- ‘una encantadora obra con mucho sentido del humor que se reserva para el final uno de esos ingeniosos desenlaces que le dejan a uno con la sonrisa puesta’ – Animación para Adultos
- ‘Tra le crepe si può insinuare il miracolo della vita’. – Ehabitat.it
- ‘Con una exquisita producción en stop motion, esta historia se desarrolla en un mundo fantástico y macabro, dentro de una realidad posible’. – GPS Audiovisual
- Review – Gulf Today
- Didactic activities by Mestre a Casa (Spain) – in Spanish
- Didactic guides by MICE Valencia (Spain)
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written by
Micaela Doll, Nicolás Conte
directed by Nicolás Conte
producer
Nicolás Conte
animation by
Nicolás Conte, Laura Estévez
film editor
Laura Estévez, Nicolás Conte
sound designer
Jerónimo Kohn
original music
Ciro Gargaglione, Rómulo Conte
distribution & world sales
ShortsFit
director's bio
Nicolás Conte was born in 1989 in Benito Juárez, Argentina, where he currently produces and directs stop motion animation content. As a Sound and Image Designer at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, his graduating short film was featured in more than 150 festivals and received over 30 awards. In 2015 he directed ‘La Tierra en mis manos’, a children's miniseries using the traditional cut-out technique, with support of the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA). He will debut ‘Entre baldosas’ his second stop motion short, in 2019.