Suruaika
(2022, Worksheep Studio)
Kipu is a luxury chauffeur in a dark city, where the streets are full of cars and black cats. After he accidentally runs over the entire family of a little cat called Suruaika, Kipu adopts her and does all he can to keep her safe. As Kipu’s love for Suruaika grows, so does her body, and the streets become more and more crowded with black cats, new victims for countless little tragedies.
AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS
– Audience Award – Animest IAFF Bucharest, Romania, 2022
– Best Animation & Audience Award – Trame Indipendenti IFF, Pisa, Italia 2023
– Best Animation & Audience Award – Filmul de Piatra, Piatra-Neamț, Romania, 2023
– Special Prize – Alter-Native 31, Târgu Mureș, Romania, 2023
– Horizon Jury Award – PIAFF, Paris, France, 2024
– Winner – SFN Loutraki, Greece, 2023
– Winner – Buzduganul de Aur, Câmpulung IFF, Romania, 2023
SELECTIONS HIGHLIGHTS
– International Competition, Encounters, Bristol, UK 2022
– International Competition, Animax IFF Skopje, Macedonia, 2022
– International Competition, Minimalen SFF Trondheim, Norway, 2023
– International Competition, Tampere IFF, Finland, 2023
– International Competition, Turku AIFF, Finland, 2023
– International Competition, Monstra, Lisbon, Portugalia 2024
– International Competition, Athens Animfest, Greece, 2023
– International Competition, Oslo Film Festival, Norway 2023
– National Short Film Competition, Transilvania IFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2023
– 40th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), Iran, 2023
– International Competition, Leeds International Short Film Festival, UK, 2023
– International Competition, Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, 2023
Directed by: Vlad Ilicevici & Radu C. Pop
Animation & Visuals: Alex Minciună, Silviu Matei aka Dez, Doru Mărgărit, Raul Lile, Radu Popovici, Laura Comănescu, Alina Cavadia, Eduard Gheorghe, Matei Băcanu
Sound Design: Andrei “Coty” Cotârță
Music by: Orkid
with Micutzu Cosmin Nedelcu as the voice of Kipu