A trailer for the short animation film
Sad Beauty (2020)
Short Film Award
Best Animation Award
Save the Earth! - Minister's Award
Nominated for Best Animation
Best Animated Eco Film
Opening film
Best Animation Award
Best Animation Award
+ 3 nominations
Best Short Film January
Best Animation Short January
Best Animation Short December
Animation of the Month December
Best Animation of November
2nd Place winner Best film
Best Animation Film
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Nominated Best Animation Short
Nominated Best Short Film
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BNP Paribas Green Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
Transilvania Shorts, Cluj, Romania
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany
Musoc Asturias, Gijon, Spain
Film Maudit 2.0, Los Angeles, USA
Animaze, Montreal, Canada
Int. Nature & Environment Film Festival, Grenoble, France
Tindirindis, Int. Animated Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Animation Marathon, Chalandri, Greece
Giraf Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada
Athens Int. Children’s Film Festival, Athens, Greece
Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Slow Film Fest, Rome, Italy
FICEE, Ciudad Rodrgo, Spain
Arlington International Film Festival, Arlington, USA
Suncine: Environmental Film Fest, Barcelona, Spain
Filmambiente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, several cities worldwide
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
Canlandiranlar Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Kerry International Film Festival, Killarney, Ireland
All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, Panchgani, India
Cardiff Mini Film Festival, Cardiff, UK
Short Shorts - Autumn online program, Tokyo, Japan
Nottingham International Film Festival, Nottingham, UK
Independent Days International Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, USA
5th Chaniartoon - Int. Comic & Animation Fest, Chania, Greece
Ortometraggi Film Festival, Turin, Italy
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő, Budapest, Hungary
Fantoche, ‘Un Monde Fragile’, Baden, Switzerland
Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, USA
Torino Underground Cinefest, Turin, Italy
Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria
Portobello Film Festival, London, UK
Linoleum Animation Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Odense International Film Festival, Odense, Denmark
CineGlobe Film Festival, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Corto e a capo / Premio Mario Puzo festival, Venticano, Italy
Divercine, Montevideo, Uruguay
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Alpinale short film festival, Bludenz, Austria
La Guarimba, La Grotta dei Piccoli, Amantea, Italy
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in ACHI, Achi, Japan
Dieciminuti, Ceccano, Italy
Islantilla Cineforum, Bajo la Luna, Islantilla, Spain
Zabut Int. Animated Shortfilm Fest, Messina, Italy
MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
SiciliAmbiente Film Festival, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
NaturVision Filmfestival, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Cartoon Club, Rimini, Italy
Int. Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR, Poznan, Poland
Constantine’s Gold Coin, Nis, Serbia
ShorTS International Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
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ITFS, Stuttgart, Germany
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Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, USA
SF Indiefest - Livable Planet Film Festival, San Fransisco, USA
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ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France
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Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artfools international Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
AmDocs Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA
Athens AnimFest 2021, Athens, Greece
Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, USA
Animation Dingle, Dingle, Ireland
Mecal Pro, Barcelona, Spain
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Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India
Moscow Shorts - December edition, Moscow, Russia
TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, InFocus: Dutch Cinema, Los Angeles, USA
TAFIC Tapiales, Buenos aires, Argentina
KortFilm Festival Leuven, Belgium
Icona Contemporary Animation Festival, Kerkira, Greece
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada
Short to the Point - November Selection, Bucharest, Romania
RIFF Awards, Rome Independent Film Festival, Rome, Italy
Hidalgo Film Fest, Pachuca, Mexico
Animasivo, Mexico City, Mexico
Pixel Vienna Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria
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Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Palma, Spain
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, USA
TAF, Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia
Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
PEFF 2020, Patagonia Environmental FF, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Dutch Film Festival, Golden Calf competition, Utrecht, Netherlands
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK
Oldenburg International Film Festival, Oldenburg, Germany
Fantoche Int. Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
Sad Beauty
2020 - 9:50 min
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
Director, script, animation, music, editing
Arjan Brentjes
Voices:
Bart van der Schaaf
Anne-May de Lijser
Peter Baker
Script coaching:
Job, Joris & Marieke
Audio mix:
Bob Kommer Studios
This film was supported by
The Netherlands Film Fund
Festival distribution:
KLIK Distribution - Ursula van den Heuvel
ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
International sales:
SND Films - Sydney Neter
sndfilms.com
info@sndfilms.com