Written/directed/animated by Kirill Chikalin (https://linktr.ee/kirillchikalin)
Sound design by L'attirail Studio (https://www.fiverr.com/lattirail)
imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12325884/
igtv: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJqd2dphCQS/?igshid=15o81vcxvox9w
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Synopsis:
Two adult desk lamps play chess. A young playful lamp tries to understand the rules of the game, but in its own way. The young lamp jumps onto a chessboard and scatters all chess pieces, and ruins the game. Will the adults accept the new rules?
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Awards:
🏆 Platinum Award // Best Animation Short // Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, USA // April 2020
🏆 Platinum Award // Best Children Short // Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, USA // April 2020
🥉 3rd // Best Super Short Film // Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Košice, Slovakia // June 2020
🥉 3rd // Best Director Super Short Film - Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Košice, Slovakia // June 2020
❤️ Honorable Mention // Best Sound Design // Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, USA // April 2020
❤️ Honorable Mention // Film Poster // Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Košice, Slovakia // June 2020
❤️ Honorable Mention // Best Animation Short // Prague International Indie Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic // 3rd quarter 2020
🎗 Finalist // Animation Short Film // Feel The Reel International Film Festival, Glasgow, United Kingdom // May 2020
🎗 Semi-Finalist // Animation Films // International Film and Video Festival «Catharsis», Russian Federation // 2020
🎗 Official Selection // Animation Shorts // Moscow Shorts, Moscow, Russia // April 2020
🎗 Official Selection // Independent Animation // Overmountain Animation Festival, East Tennessee State University // 2020
🎗 Official Selection // Short • Animation // Madrid Indie Film Festival, Madrid, Spain // May 2020
🎗 Official Selection // Amateur Short // SHORT to the Point, Bucharest, Romania // April 2020