Plasticat

Simon Bogojević Narath

3D animation

year: 2003

format: Beta SP
duration: 9'50"

production: Kenges
distribution: Bonobostudio

Night. City. A pocket full of money. A beggar in a busy street. Adds up to trouble, doesn't it? See how a casual walk down the street can turn a life upside down. Or downside up.

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More about the film

script, director, design: Simon Bogojević Narath
lead animator: Saša Budimir
animator: Boris Goreta
additional animation: Elvis Popović
additional modeling: David Peroš Bonnot
music and sound design: Hrvoje Štefotić
producers: Ivan Ratković, Lado Skorin

selected festivals:

2003: Anima Mundi; DOK Leipzig;  Bradford Animation Festival; Cinanima, Espinho

2004: Future Film Festival, Bologna; International Animated Film Festival, Annecy; Animafest, Zagreb; Melbourne International Animation Festival; London International Animation Festival; Sarajevo Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Aarhus Filmfestival; Bitfilm Festival, Hamburg; Darklight Digital Film Festival; FIKE, Portugal; SITGES, Spain; Animadrid; Paris Tout Court; Ottawa International Animation Festival

2005: International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand; Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film; Bimini International Festival of Animation Films; Anifest, Trebon; Taiwan International Animation Festival; Motovun Film Festival; ANIMA Cordoba, Argentina

awards:

  • Oktavijan Award for the Best Animated Film (Days of Croatian Film 2003)
  • Special Jury Award for Contribution in Animation (Days of Croatian Film 2003)
  • Best Short in Video – Audience Award (Anima Mundi 2003)
  • Special Award for the First Animated Production, second place (Anima Mundi 2003)
  • Award for animated film (ASIFA Croatia, Day of Croatian Animation 2003)
  • Best Future Short Film - Audience Award (Future Film Festival 2004)
  • Best Computer Film (London International Animation Festival 2004)
  • Audience Award (Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film 2005)
  • Diploma for creating a surprising and rich world in 3D computer animation (Bimini International Festival of Animation Films 2005)


Simon Bogojevic Narath
(1968) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department in Zagreb. He first started working on experimental films and video-installations and since 1993 is involved in 2D and 3D computer animation. His short animated and experimental films were screened and awarded at numerous international festivals. Since 2004 he teaches animation at the Arts Academy in Split, Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka and Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb (Animation Department).

Filmography

Flower of Battle (2011), Morana (2008), Leviathan (2006), Plasticat (2003), Bardo Thodol (2000), Hand of the Master (1995)

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