Rest in Piece

Name: Rest in Piece
Director: Antoine Antabi

R.I.P. – Rest in Piece (Working title)

Short Film | 2020-2022 | Animation, Experimental, Fantasy, Migration, Stop Motion, War | France, Germany

Main data

Director	Antoine Antabi
Written by	Simon Thummet, Antoine Antabi
Production	Reynard Films, Tiresias Films [fr]
Distributor	Manifest [fr]

Shooting data

Number of shooting days	56

Project data

Film financing	Doha Film Institute [qa] BKM [de] - production funding: 30.000 EUR Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony [de] - production funding: 25.000 EUR Sächs. Landesanst. für priv. Rundf. & neue Medien [de] - production funding: 9.000 EUR
Length of movie	9min

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Brief synopsis

Midyan is on the run from his war-torn country. His unbearable hunger forces him to start eating his beloved possessions. The side effects are monstrous but keep him going.

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Director of photography	Antoine Antabi
Motion control dop	Jörg Weidner
Director	Antoine Antabi
Editor	Maximilian Raible
Editor	Antoine Antabi
Gaffer	Petar Manov
Composer	Erik Wiesbaum
Producer	Jasper Wiedhöft
Production designer	Antonia Kamp
Production designer	Elise Richter
Production designer	Anna Brotankova
Assistant production designer	Julia Sgraja
Prop maker	Ulrich Jakob
Production manager	Jasper Wiedhöft
Screenwriter	Antoine Antabi
Screenwriter	Simon Thummet
Sound re-recording mixer	Erik Wiesbaum
Sound designer	Erik Wiesbaum
Sound editor	Erik Wiesbaum
Foley artist	Erik Wiesbaum
Puppets maker	Ulrich Jakob
Stop motion animator	Jonatan Schwenk
Stop motion animator	Albert Radl
Stop motion animator	Valentin Felder

Production companies

Company	Comment
Reynard Films
Tiresias Films [fr]

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Manifest [fr]

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Antoine Antabi	2022	Biberach Film Festival [de] Short Film Beaver - Best Short Feature Film	Short Film Beaver - Best Short Feature Film	Nominated
Antoine Antabi	2022	Schlingel - Int. Film Festival for Children & Young Audience [de] Short movie	Short movie	Nominated

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2023	Bulgaria	In The Palace - Int. Short Film Festival
2023	Germany	Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
2023	Germany	Kurzsuechtig Kurzfilmfestival Wettbewerb Animation	Wettbewerb Animation
2023	USA	Atlanta International Film Festival Winner Jury Award Best Animated Short	Winner Jury Award Best Animated Short
2023	Germany	Goldener Spatz - Deutsches Kinder-Medienfestival
2022	Germany	Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern
2022	Germany	Schlingel - Int. Filmfestival für Kinder & junges Publikum German premiere	German premiere
2022	Albania	Tirana International Film Festival
2022	Taiwan	Taichung International Animation Festival
2022	USA	ShortFest, Palm Springs Int'l Filmfestival North American Premiere	North American Premiere
2022	Japan	Short Shorts, Film Festival & Asia Program War and the Power to Live	Program War and the Power to Live

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Rest in Piece

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