In a world comprised of merged couples, Ren goes on a heroic quest to find love in hopes of becoming complete.
NFTS 2021
Director/Animator: LINA KALCHEVA
Producer: MICHELLE BRØNDUM
Writer: LAURA JAYNE TUNBRIDGE
Production Designer: EVA CALLAND-WALLER
Cinematographer: EBBA HULT
Editor: ALEJANDRO LIECHTY
Composer: OLIVER WEGMÜLER
Sound Design: ZOLTAN KADNAR
Lead Model Maker: MARA FRAMPTON
AWARDS
Sitges - Festival International de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (2021)
Anima't Award for Best Short Animation
Fancine: Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga (2021)
Audience Award for Best Short Animation
Festival Premier Plans d'Angers (2022)
Student Jury Award for Best European Student Film
Short Sounds Film Festival (2022)
Jury Award for Best Film
Student Award for Best Sound and Music
Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short Film and Animation Festival (2022)
Audience Award for Best Short Animation
Cardiff Animation Festival (2022)
Award for Best Student Film
In the Palace International Short Film Festival (2022)
Award for Best Student Animation
NOMINATIONS
Festival de Cannes (2021)
Cinefondation Award; Lights on Women Award
Sitges - Festival International de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (2021)
Melies d'Argent
Norwich Film Festival (2021)
Best Animation
Bolton International Film Festival (2021)
Best Animation
Splat! Film Festival (2021)
Melies d'Argent
Bucharest Film Awards (2022)
Best Animation
MPSE Golden Reel Awards (2022)
Verna Fields Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Student Film
British Animation Awards (2022)
Best Post-Graduate Film
Watersprite Film Festival (2022)
Mentorship Award
Colourist Awards (2021)
Best Colour Grading in an Animation
Underwire Film Festival (2021)
Best Animatior
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
Festival de Cannes (2021)
Chicago International Film Festival (2021)
Sitges - Festival International de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (2021)
Norwich Film Festival (2021)
Foyle Film Festival (2021)
Bolton International Film Festival (2021)
Piccolo Festival Animazione (2021)
Fancine: Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga (2021)
Splat! Film Festival (2021)
British Shorts: Lichtspielklub (2022)
Festival Premiers Plans Angers (2022)
Bucharest Film Awards (2022)
Watersprite Film Festival (2022)
British Animation Awards (2022)
On the Pulse Film Festival (2022)
Cardiff Animation Film Festival (2022)
Underwire Film Festival (2022)
In the Palace International Film Festival (2022)
Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short Film and Animation Festival (2022)
Fantaspoa - International Fantstic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (2022)
San Diego International Shorts Fest (2022)
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (2022)
MoPOP Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (2022)
PRESS & REVIEWS