Research and Mood boards
We borrowed an old Volvo car for reference pictures and videos.
Then we researched different camera angles and began drawing storyboard thumbnails:
Art and Concept
With character and environment designs by co-director Lee Dror, we developed comprehensive color boards to explore how shifting palettes influence the emotional arc and atmospheric depth of each scene
Animation process - References | Sketches | WIP
For the world outside the car, we made a decision to use live footage for efficiency purposes.
Awards and Honors
Winner | Best Animation Short – Student Cuts, Slovenia (2016)
Winner | Best Short Film – Sorsicorti Festival di Cortometraggi, Italy (2016)
Special Mention | STIFF Student International Film Festival, Croatia (2016)
Special Mention | Promofest Short of the Year, Madrid (2016)
Festival Screenings
2018
Fantoche Filmbus, Switzerland
Israeli Short Film Festival, Beer Sheva
2017
File Festival, Brazil
Cardiff Animation Festival, UK
Manchester Animation Film Festival, UK
2016
ITFS Stuttgart Trickfilm Animation Festival, Germany
Anifilm, Czech Republic
Krok Animation Festival, Russia
Next 10th International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Sehsüchte 45th International Student Film Festival, Germany
Cortocircuito - Savigliano Film Festival, Italy
Toronto Animation Film Festival, Canada
GSF Global Short Film Awards, New York, USA
Miami Jewish Film Festival, USA
NUFF - Nordic International Film Festival, Norway
8th CMS International Children’s Film Festival, Lucknow, India
Porto7, Portugal
Womanimation, Providence, USA
OpenEyes Marburg, Germany
ARS Independent, Poland
Cebu Film Festival, Philippines
Euganea Film Festival, Italy
8 Picknic Film Festival, Spain
Fear No Film, Utah, USA
Insomnia, Russia
Eurocinema Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
2015
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel
Asif Animation Festival, Tel Aviv
Balkanima - Belgrade Animation Festival, Serbia
International Jewish Film Festival, Jerusalem
Singapore World Film Festival, Singapore
International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films, Warsaw, Poland
Delhi Short International Film Festival, India
AS Film Festival, Rome, Italy
Seville Animalada Animation Festival, Spain
