"Elegant yet bombastic. A constantly bold piece of work that sings, both literally and figuratively." - CINEUROPA

"Raw intensity from the first second." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE

"Stunningly Beautiful" - ANIMATION FOR ADULTS

"Oozes the soft chaos that unfolds." - NEAT FILMS

"Almost unbelievably cool." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE

"A visionary immersion in the world of theatre, its archetypes, and its cruelties." - MILANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"One of the best animated shorts we've seen all year." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE

"Elegant yet bombastic. A constantly bold piece of work that sings, both literally and figuratively." - CINEUROPA "Raw intensity from the first second." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE "Stunningly Beautiful" - ANIMATION FOR ADULTS "Oozes the soft chaos that unfolds." - NEAT FILMS "Almost unbelievably cool." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE "A visionary immersion in the world of theatre, its archetypes, and its cruelties." - MILANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "One of the best animated shorts we've seen all year." - ANIMATION OBSESSIVE

The antagonist of a strange opera becomes increasingly unsettled, following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.

 

SOUND DESIGN

Niall Delahan, Stephen Hennessy, Cathal Hughes

SOUND EDITING & MIXING

Karima Dillon El-Touky

MUSIC

Samantha Sack, Alex Voytenko

CAST

Sean McManus, Ava Farrell, Eoin O’Sullivan, Jack McHugh, Aisling Smith, Anna Lawlor, Conor McNally

THANKS TO

Teemu Auersalo, Gary Blatchford, Damien Byrne, Michael Connerty, Keith Foran, Eimhin McNamera, Daniel McNicholl, Ronan O’Muirthile, Sherra Murphy, Jack O’Shea, Geoffrey Perrin, David Quinn, Iobhar Stokes, Rodriguez, Annette Vella, Laura Venables, Steve Woods.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Our Family & Friends

 
 

AWARDS

Venice International Film Festival // European Film Award Nominee

Mladá kamera // Best Animation U30

Tirana International Film Festival // Best Student Film

BALKANIMA // Best Student Film

Milano Film Festival // Jury Special Mention

Cork International Film Festival // Grand Prix Irish Short Special Mention

CINANIMA // Grand Prize for Student Film

GIRAF // Honourable Mention for Best International Short Film

Los Angeles Animation Festival // Best Student Design

Dublin Animation Film Festival // Best Student Film

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival // Jury Special Mention

Rabat International Film Festival // Best Animated Short Film

Animation Dingle // Best Irish Short

IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022 // Best Animated Short

Student Royal Television Awards Ireland 2022 // Animation Winner

MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival // Best Student Film

Martovski Film Festival // Best Animation

European Science Fiction Society // Irish Chysalis Award

Fastnet Film Festival // Best Animation

FEST – New Directors New Films Festival // Animation Special Mention

Flickers' Rhode Island Intl Film Festival // Animation Grand Prize

BANG Animation Awards // Best University Film

FICBUEU // Special Mention for Student Film

Silk Road International Film Festival // Best Animation

Flipbook Film Festival // Jury Special Mention

 

SCREENINGS

10/09/21 - Venice International Film Fesitval - Venice, IT

17/09/21 - Mladá kamera - Uničov, CZ

22/09/21 - Animasyros - Syros, GR

24/09/21 - Nottingham International Film Festival - Nottingham, UK

24/09/21 - Tirana International Film Festival - Tirana, ALB

27/09/21 - Viborg Animation Festival - Viborg, DK

29/09/21 - Bolton International Film Festival - Bolton, UK

29/09/21 - Woodstock International Film Festival - Woodstock, USA

01/10/21 - Vancouever International Film Festival - Vancouever, CA

05/10/21 - BALKANIMA - Belgrade, SRB

08/10/21 - Taichung Animation Festival - Taichung, TW

08/10/21 - Milano Film Festival - Milan, IT

09/10/21 - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus - Limassol, CY

18/10/21 - Canlandıranlar Film Festival - Canlandıranlar, TR

21/10/21 - TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest - Torino, IT

23/10/21 - SCAD Savannah International Film Festival - Savannah, USA

23/10/21 - Montecatini International Short Film Festival - Montecatini, IT

24/10/21 - Kuandu International Animation Festival - Taipei, TW

28/10/21 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival (EFA) - Uppsala, SE

28/10/21 - International Film Festival Film Front - Vojvodina, CS

01/11/21 - Braunschweig International Film Festival - Braunschweig, DE

02/11/21 - Aesthetica Film Festival - York, UK

03/11/21 - Denver International Film Festival - Denver, USA

13/11/21 - European Film Forum SCANORAMA (EFA) - Vilnius, LT

05/11/21 - Edinburgh Short Film Festival - Edinburgh, UK

05/11/21 - Seville European Film Festival (EFA) - Seville, ESP

07/11/21 - Cork International Film Festival - Cork, IE

07/11/21 - Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival - Ravenna, IT

08/11/21 - CINANIMA - Aveiro, PT

09/11/21 - Girona International Film Festival - Girona, ESP

09/11/21 - Belfast Film Festival - Belfast, IE

12/11/21 - PÖFF - Black Nights Film Festival (EFA) - Tallin, EE

14/11/21 - Cyprus International Film Festival - Nicosia, CY

15/11/21 - Prague Independent Film Festival - Prague, CZ

19/11/21 - GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation - Calgary, CA

19/11/21 - Shorts That Are Not Pants - Toronto, CA

20/11/21 - Cornwall Film Festival - Cornwall, UK

21/11/21 - İzmir International Short Film Festival - Izmir, TR

28/11/21 - Catania Film Fest - Sicily, IT

03/12/21 - Leuven Short Film Fest - Leuven, BE

04/12/21 - Los Angeles Animation Festival - Los Angeles, USA

11/12/21 - Dublin Animation Film Festival - Dublin, IE

16/12/21 - Rabat International Film Festival - Rabat, MR

11/01/22 - Minimalen Short Film Festival (EFA) - Trondheim, NO

14/01/22 - Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - Chilliwack, CA

01/02/22 - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand, FR

02/02/22 - Dam Short Film Festival - Nevada, USA

05/02/22 - Manipulate Festival - Edinburgh, UK

26/02/22 - Cinematheque Passion (EFA) - Macao, MO

25/02/22 - Brussels International Animation Film Festival - Brussels, BE

11/03/22 - Animation Dingle - Dingle, IE

12/03/22 - First Cut! Film Festival (CIFF Programme) - Cork, IE

16/03/22 - MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival - Lisbon, PT

23/03/22 - REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival - Quebec, CA

28/03/22 - KABOOM Animation Festival - Amsterdam, NL

29/03/22 - Martovski Film Festival - Belgrade, SB

01/04/22 - Go Short International Short Film Festival - Nijmegen, NL

05/04/22 - Filmfest Dresden - Dresden, DE

06/04/22 - GLAS Animation - California, USA

14/04/22 - Seattle International Film Festival - Washington, USA

15/04/22 - Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille - Lille, FR

20/04/22 - Brussels Short Film Festival - Brussels, BE

21/04/22 - Atlanta International Film Festival - Georgia, USA

29/04/22 - Martovski Film Festival - Belgrade, PL

30/04/22 - Short Film Festival Oberhausen - Oberhausen, DE

06/05/22 - Olhares Frontais - Viana do Castelo, PT

10/05/22 - ANIFILM Liberec - Liberec, CZ

19/05/22 - Animatricks International Animation Festival - Helsinki, FI

21/05/22 - Night of the Museums - Casa das Imagens, Setúbal, PT

25/05/22 - Fastnet Film Festival - Schull, IE

31/05/22 - IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - Pernik, BG

31/05/22 - Mieres Under-60' Film Festival - Mieres, ESP

01/06/22 - Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival - Athens, GR

01/06/22 - Vícios à Mesa - Maus Hábitos, Porto, PT

08/06/22 - Kortfilmfestivalen - Grimstad, NO

12/06/22 - VIENNA SHORTS (EFA) - Vienna, AT

16/06/22 - Mediterranean Film Festival (EFA) - Split, HR

21/06/22 - Palm Springs Shorfest - Palm Springs, USA

21/06/22 - FEST – New Directors New Films Festival - Espino, PT

09/07/22 - Curtas Vila do Conde (EFA) - Porto, PT

12/07/22 - Cartoon Club - Rimini, IT

20/07/22 - OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival - Lugano, CH

20/07/22 - Supertoon Animation and Comics Festival - Šibenik, HR

29/07/22 - ASIFA South Animation Festival - Georgia, USA

30/07/22 - IBIZACINEFEST (EFA) - Ibiza, ES

05/08/22 - DokuFest - Prizren, XK

09/08/22 - ALPINALE Short Film Festival - Bludenz, AT

08/08/22 - Flickers' Rhode Island Intl Film Festival - Rhode Island, USA

11/08/22 - HollyShorts Film Festival - California, USA

17/08/22 - Animist Tallinn - Tallinn, EE

20/08/22 - Museu da Imagem em Movimento - Leiria, PT

21/08/22 - Concorto Film Festival - Piacenza, IT

26/08/22 - IDSFFK - Kerala, IN

26/08/22 - BANG Awards Festival - Lisbon, PT

29/08/22 - OFF Odense International Film Festival (EFA) - Odense, DK

01/09/22 - International Animation Film Festival Nikozi - Nikozi, GA

02/09/22 - HACKfest - Dublin, IE

02/09/22 - OFF-COURTS TROUVILLE - Trouville, FR

07/09/22 - LINOLEUM - Kyiv, UA

11/09/22 - FICBUEU - Bueu, ESP

23/09/22 - MANIFEST - Mafra Animation Film Festival - Mafra, PT

29/09/22 - Nashville Film Festival - Nashville, USA

29/09/22 - Animation Volda Festival - Volda, NO

30/09/22 - Festival of Animation Berlin - Berlin, DE

02/10/22 - Cork Indie Film Festival - Cork, IE

02/10/22 - Kilkenny Animated - Kilkenny, IE

12/10/22 - OFFline Film Festival - Birr, IE

30/09/22 - Galway Cartoon Festival - Galway, IE

14/10/22 - BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá, CO

25/10/22 - Centro de Artes e Espectáculo de Portalegre - Portalegre, PT

29/10/22 - REX Animation Festival - Stockholm, SE

04/11/22 - Festival Shorts in Big - Multiple Cities, CL

12/11/22 - Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione - Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IT

14/11/22 - YARN Storytelling Festival - Bray, IE

11/12/22 - Short Movie Sunday - Amsterdam, NL

20/12/22 - Silk Road International Film Festival - Dublin, IE

19/01/23 - British Shorts Film Festival - Berlin, DE

20/01/23 - London Short Film Festival - London, UK

23/02/23 - ANIMAC - Lleida, ESP

15/03/23 - Bergamo Film Meet - Bergamo, IT

25/06/23 - Long Beach Opera - California, USA

10/08/23 - Flipbook Film Festival - Skopje, MK

24/05/24 - Irish Film Berlin - Berlin, DE

31/10/24 - Cardiff Animation Nights - Cardiff, UK

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