My Happy End

Credits

Writer, director and animator: Milen Vitanov

Technical director and compositing: Dennis Rettkowski

Stop-motion DOP: Nikolai Kanow

Music composed and orchestrated by: Stefan Maria Schneider

Conducter: Bernd Wefelmeyer

Music performed by: Filmorchester Babelsberg

Sounddesign: Thomas Bachmann

Re-recording mix: Alexej Asckenazi

Awards & Festivals

Awards:

Annecy 2008 Jury's special award for Graduation Films

Animafest 2008, Zagreb Croatia Best film for Children

Holland Animation Film Festival 2008, Utrecht “MovieSquad” Junior Award

Chicago Int. Children's Festival 2007, USA Children Jury Prize for Animation film

Hida Int. Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Japan Special prize of the Child Jury

Festival of Central & Eastern European Films 2008 Wiesbaden, Germany 2nd Prize for Animated and Experimental Film in the Students' Competition

Sprockets Toronto Int.Film Fest.For Children 2008, Canada Honourable Mention

Flip International Animation Festival 2008, Chile Special Mention

KLIK! International Animation Festival 2008, Amsterdam Holland Best student film

Student Film Festival «Beginning» 2007, St.Petersburg Award “For Kindness and Positivism”

San Joaquin Film Festival 2008, USA Best Animated Short Film

Golden Knight Film Festival 2008, Moskaw Russia Best student film

European Youth Film Festival in Antwerp and Bruges 2008, Belgium Best Short

Formula Mundi 2007, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany Best Animation, 2th Place

Barcelona International TV Festival 2007, Spain “Creative Prize”

Animago 2007, Karlsruhe, Germany The Jury Prize

”2D OR NOT 2D” Int. Animation Festival 2007, Everet USA “Golden Pencil Award”

Tricky Animation Film Festival 2007, Flensburg, Germany Audience Award

Cartoon Club 2007, Rimini, Italy First Prize

Anima Mundi 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia Best Debut

Hamburg Animation Award 2007, Germany First Prize and the Audience Award

Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2007,Czech Republic The Hermina Tyrlova Award

Trieste Film Festival 2009, Trieste Italy Audience Award (Bronze)

Proyecta University Competition of Audiovisual Creation, Valencia 2008 First Prize

Animatu International Digital Animation Festival 2008, Beja Portugal 2D Short Film Prize (Bronze) and RTP2-Onda Curta Award

iSorts Prag 2008, Czech Republic Audience Award

Cartoon on the Bay 2007, Italy Official Selection for the Pulcinella Award

AniFest Trebon 2007, Czech Republic Special Jury Mention

 

Festivals:

Cartoon on the Bay, Salerno, 2007, Italy

54th Sydney Film Festival 2007, Australia

Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2007, Czech Republic

Anima Mundi 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia

Annecy 2008, France

Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2007, USA

DOK Leipzig 2007, Germany

San Francisco International Film Festival 2008, USA

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2007, USA

SIGGRAPH 2008, Los Angeles, USA

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007, Scotland

Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival 2008, Canada

Spockets International Film Festival for Children 2008, Toronto, Canada

Odense Film Festival 2007, Denmark

Shnit Shortfilmfestival 2007, Berne, Switzerland

Giffoni Film Festival 2007, Italy

Milano Film Festival, Italy

PRIX EUROPA 2007, Berlin, Germany

Hong Kong International Film Festival 2008, Hong Kong

Animafest World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2008, Croatia

SICAF 2008, Seoul, South Korea

Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2008, Japan

Krok 2008, Ukraine

Holland Animation Film Festival

ANIMADRID 2007, Spain

Festival International de Curtas 2007, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

Halifax ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth 2008, Canada

Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival 2008, Norway

London Children's Film Festival, UK

Les Rencontres Henri Langlois POITIERS, France

World of Comedy - International Film Festival, Ontario

San Francisco Bay Area Intnl. Children's Film Festival, USA

Lucca Animation festival, Italien

Go East Int. Film Festival, Wiesbaden Germany

Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran

Int. Children & Teenagers Film Festival Ciné Junior, France

Trieste Film Festival, Italy

Int.Festival for Children - Hamedan City, Iran

Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards

Animateka Int. Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia

International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium

San Joaquin Children's Film Festival, USA

Tampre Film Festival, Finland

Frescoes of Northin Vologda, Russland

Filmz, Mainz

Festival du cinema int. en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, France

Just For Laughs Film Festival Montreal 2008, Canada

ANIMACOR Córdoba, Spain

MergingArts Short Story Film Festival, USA

Cork Film Festival, Ireland

FIA Inernational Animation Festival Stockholm, Sweden

VGIK International Student Film Festival, Moskau Russia

FILMINI International Short Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

Int. Animation Festival Expotoons Buenos Aires, Argentina

Filmfest Cottbus, Germany

Children's Film Festival Seattle, USA

REDCAT International Children’s Film, LA USA

Festival du Nouveau Cinema, France

Puchon International Student Animation Festival, South Korea

IMAGO Portugal, Spain

Carrousel International Festival du Film of Rimouski Canada

Matita Film Festival, Italy

Animatu, Romania

SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, Singapur

China Int. Animation and Digital Arts Festival, Changzhou China

Big cartoon Festival, Moscow Russia

Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany

Toofy Film Fest, USA

Mill Valley Film Festival, USA

Calgary International Film Festival, Canada

Bermuda Intl. Kids Children's Film Festival

Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia

FLIP 4th Festival Internacional de Animación Brazil

KLIK! Amsterdam Animatie Festival, Holland

Blue Plum Animation Festival, Lohnson City, TN USA

U.Frame Internacional Academic Film Festival, Portugal

MedFilm Festival, Rome Italy

Alpinale Filmfestival Nenzing, Austria

Waterfront Film Festival, Saugatuck MT USA

OpenEyes Kurzfilmfestival Marburg, Germany

Jackson Hole Film Festival, USA

CyBorg Film Festival, Anghiari Italy

Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival, Sheffield UK

Taipei Film Festival - Golden Lion, Taiwan

Plein la Bobine - Sancy Film Festival for Young People, France

Int. Student Film Festival Sehsüchte 2008, Potsdam Germany

Golden Knight, Moscaw Russia

IndieLisboa Int. Independent Film Festival, Lisbon Portugal

Int. Newport Beach Film Festival, CA USA

ANIMABASAURI Int Animated FF in Basauri, Bizkaia Spain

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Une Nuit Trop Courte in Grenoble, France

Schermi d'Amore Film Festival, Verona Italy

SarasotaFilmFestival KidsFest, FL USA

Cleveland International Film Festival, USA

48th Krakow Film Festival, Poland

Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids, Australia

Festival Internacional de cine para niños, Mexico City

Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany

Zoom Wales Int. Young People's Film Festival UK

Anima Folioscope Int. Film Festival, Brussels Belgium

Amiens International Film Festival, France

Bergen internasjonale filmfestival, Norway

Flensburg Film Festival, Germany

Kinofest Lünen, Germany

CINANIMA Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação, Espinho Portugal

Starz Denver Film Festival USA

Umeå International Film Festival, Sweden

Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany

ON/OFF Warszawa – European Film Week, Poland

Bunter Hund Film Festival, München Germany

Filmfestival Münster, Germany

Balchik Film Festival „In the Palace“, Bulgaria

Weiterstadt Film Festival, Germany

Int. Student Film Festival Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

LA Shorts Fest, USA

Interfilm 2007, Berlin, Germany

International Animation Festival Stuttgart 2009, Germany

9th International Best Of Short Films Festival 2010, Marseille

International Animation Festival Stuttgart 2009, Germany