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the Deceased

The Deceased is a stop motion animation musical. The short film accompanies Haim, an elderly man lying on his deathbed, as his family members gather to say goodbye to him on his last journey, each in their own absurd way.

המנוח

מחזמר באנימציית בובות המתאר את יומו האחרון של חיים - קשיש השוכב על ערש דווי בבית החולים. בני משפחתו של חיים באים כדי להיפרד ממנו, כל אחד בדרכו האבסורדית שלו

“The Deceased” - Avishai Simchovitch and Keren Or Zelingher, November 2020, Language: Hebrew, Arabic, 07:09
 

Produced at the The department of Screen based Arts
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.


With the support of
Israel Cinema Project–The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, The Cultural Administration
The Israel Film Council.

The film was produced with the support of
The Jerusalem Film &Television Fund
At the Jerusalem Development Authority

Awards:

ASIF 2021, Best Student Film Award

CRAFT International Animation Festival 2021, Best Student Film Award

Zabut Festival 2021, Best Original Soundtrack Award

Burien Film Festival 2021, Best Sound Award

Sardinia Film Festival 2021, Pino Zac Award for the most innovative and brave film

BALKANIMA - European Animated Film Festival 2021, Honorable Mention

Canlandıranlar Film Festival 2021, Finalist

Link International Film Festival 2021, Finalist

LAFF Longwood Animation Film Festival 2022, Best Stop Motion

Official Selection:

Ottawa International Animation Festival 2021, Ottawa, Canada

Anifilm 2021, Liberec, Czech Republic

Węgiel Film Festival 2021, Katowice, Poland

Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival 2021, San Diego, California, USA

ANIMART 2021, Athens, Greece

Supertoon 2021, Šibenik , Croatia

Jerusalem film festival 2021, Jerusalem, Israel

Indie Anifest 2021, Seoul, South Korea

Carmel International Film Festival 2021, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel

Warsaw Animation Film Festival 2021, Warsaw, Poland

Festival Stop Motion Montreal 2021, Montreal, Canada

Cortoons Festival Gandia 2021, Gandia, Spain

Animanima International Animation Festival 2021. Čačak, Serbia

Jewish International Film Festival 2021, Australia

Manchester Animation Festival 2021, Manchester, United Kingdom

Macau International Film Festival, 2021, Macau

Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival 2021, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Anima 2022, Brussels, Belgium

Capri Hollywood 2021, Capri, Italy

ANIMAC 2022, Lleida, Spain

MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2022, Lisbon, Portugal

Jewish Film Festival 2022, Brussels, Belgium

ULSAN international film festival

Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2022 , Vienna, Austria

MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering 2022, Győr, Hungary

Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival 2022, Chania, Greece

Cinema Shabloolim 2022, Gvulot, Israel

the film took part in the exhibition "Twenty Four Frames Per Seconds" in Tel Aviv museum of art.

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