THE MEATSELLER
2023
17'
Regia di/ directed by Margherita Giusti
con / with Selinna Ajamikoko
Produzione / Production Frenesy Film Company
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Awards and Special Mentions
David Di Donatello - Best Short Film
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Best Short Film Firebird Award
Nastri D’Argento - Best Animated Short Film
Annecy International Animation Film Festival - La prix de la Ville d’Annecy - Best Short Film in Perspectives Competition
Arthouse Award - Best Short Film
GLocal Film Festival - Best documentary Short Film
Fescaaal - African, Asian and America Latina Film Festival - Special Mention
Silver Frame Film Festival - Best Director and Best FIlm
Premio Carpine Visciano - Best Animation
Cartoons On the Bay - Unicef Award
Toko Film Fest - Best Short Film
Visioni Italiane - Special Mention
Molise Cinema Film Festival - Special Mention
Imaginaria - Special Mention
Corte de’ Corti - Best Animated Short Film
Nominations
Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti Section - Italy ||
Santa Barbara Film Festival - Short film competition - California USA ||
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Short film Competition - Hong Kong China
Fescaaal - African, Asian and America Latina Film Festival - Italy
In The Palace - Main Competition - Bulgaria
Annecy - Perspectives Competition - France
Visioni Italiane - Documentary Shortfilm Competition - Italy
Mannassat Film Festival - Morocco
GLocal - Doc shorts competition - Italy
Visioni Italiane - Documentary Short films - Italy
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione - Main competition - Italy
Imaxinaria Animated Film Festival - Main Competition - Spain
Kastellorizo FIlm Festival - Greece
Mannassat Film Festival - Marocco
Toko Film Festival - Italy
SIlver Frame Film Festival - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Molise Film Festival - Italy
Animaphix Animation Film Festival - Italian Competition - Italy
Imaginaria Animation Film Festival - Main Competition - Italy
Animasyros Animation Film Festival - Greece
ANIMAGE - Brasil
TIAF Taichung International Animation Film Festival - Taiwan
Molise Cinema Film Festival - Italy
Rising of Lusitania International Animated Documentary Film Festival - Poland
Corte de’ Corti - Italy
Out Of Competition
Animateka - Anidoc - Slovenia
Anima Film Festival - Women Perspectives - Belgium
Tricky Women tricky realities - Work Affair - Austria
Monstra Film Festival - Anidoc - Portugal
Cartoons on the bay - Panorama International - Italy
Turku Animation Film Festival - Documentary Panorama - Finland
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Credits
With Selinna Ajamikoko
Directed by: Margherita Giusti
Script: Margherita Giusti, Margherita D’Andrea
Production: Luca Guadagnino, Frenesy Film Company
Executive Producer: Lorenzo Giordano
Background - Visual Development: Elisabetta Bosco
Editing: Emanuele Bonomi
Sound Design and Music: Enrico Ascoli
Storyboard: Margherita Giusti
Character Design Elisa Bonandin Margherita Giusti Viola Mancini
Art Direction: Elisabetta Bosco Viola Mancini
Layout: Milena Tipaldo Carlotta Vacchetti
Animation Elisa Bonandin, Carlotta Vacchetti, Milena Tipaldo, Giulia Landi, Camilla Pannone, Estelle Bray, Margherita Giusti
Clean Up Artists Viola Mancini Tess Tagliaferro Giada Rizzi
Color Artists Elisabetta Bosco Silvia Gariglio Francesca Fanigliulo Margherita Giusti
Compositing: Margherita Giusti