Soldier

David Peroš Bonnot

clay puppets, stop-motion

year: 2006

format: Digital Betacam
duration: 4'30"

production: Kenges
distribution: Bonobostudio

A symbolic story about a product of society that gets out of control... ...only this time it is a statue of a soldier suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. How would a civil society react in such situation? Can that anomaly be left "alive"? What's more, is there some sinister plot behind all this?

More about the film

director, screenwriter, design, models, camera, puppet animation: David Peroš Bonnot
idea, additional set design: Sanja Šantak
lead animator: Saša Budimir
editor: Anita Jovanov
music: Vjeran Šalamon
sound design: Boris Wagner
compositing and SFX: Mario Kalogjera
supervision: Simon Bogojević Narath
producers: Ivan Ratković, Lado Skorin

selected festivals:

Animafest, Zagreb; Tabor Film Festival; Anima Mundi; KROK; Interfilm Berlin; Cinanima Espinho; AniMadrid; Animateka, Ljubljana; I Castelli Animati; Cortisonici; Cortoons; Cartoons on the Bay; Melbourne International Animation Festival; Maremetraggio, Trieste; London International Animation Festival; Expresion en Corto; ANIMA Cordoba; Milano Film Festival; Anim'est Bucharest; Amiens International Film Festival; Curtocircuito; Bradford Animation Festival; FIKE; Anilogue International Animation Festival; Premiers Plans Film Festival; Animabasauri; Bolzano International Short Film Festival...

awards:

  • Special Mention (I Castelli Animati 2006)
  • Special Mention (Animateka 2006)
  • Special Mention (Cortisonici 2007)
  • Best Animated Film Award (Mauvais Genre 2007)
  • Best short film in CEI section (Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival 2007)
  • Best Animated Film Award (Dokufest 2007)
  • Special Mention (Milano Film Festival 2007)

tv broadcast:

Canal+

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