November 23, 2024No Comments

Special Mention @ IDFA!

😍Special Mention of the IDFA 2024 jury for our sweet candy of short film "Simply Divine" / "Simply Divine" / "Quelque chose de divin", the animated documentary short film, made over the last ten years with Mélody Boulissière!


Speechless! First of all, IDFA is the biggest documentary film festival in the world! Two, our film was chosen, along with 11 other short films, out of 250 FILMS entered in the Youth Film 13+ section. And three, lo and behold, we also got them a Special Mention!


🙏 Thanks to the section programmer, Niki Padidar, for the immense joy and opportunity. Thanks to Wiesje Kuijpers for the friendship. Thanks to our producers, Marc Faye - Novanima Productions, Mathieu Rolin - Studio_amopix, Mihai Mitrică (Mitrix) - Safe Frame. Thanks to Pierre Oberkampf for the magical music. Thanks to the team, all the talented people who brought their creativity to the project. Thanks to the partners who provided the funds, thanks to all the friends and donors who helped us make the movie happen. And thank you to our dear families.

November 3, 2024No Comments

Simply Divine – the mephisto 97,6 Award at DOK Leipzig!

⭐ I haven't gotten a prize since elementary school!!

That is until yesterday, when at the @dokleipzig festival, their partner @mephisto976 (radio station) gave the "mephisto 97.6 Audience Award" for best animated short film to our movie "Simply Divine"! Bravo, Melo, you did it, again! ❤

Thank you to the jury: Colin Schröder, Victoria Schütze and Moritz Willner for this recognition!

We had an unforgettable week at DOK Leipzig, surrounded by amazing people and creative energy. Our heartfelt thanks to @frankasachse, André Eckardt, Jana Kraft and the whole festival team for this chance!🙏

@novanima @studio_amopix @safeframevfx @pobkf

October 14, 2024No Comments

SIMPLY DIVINE – Official selection for the 2024 Émile Reynaud Prize

One after another!
🎉"Simply divine" is an OFFICIAL SELECTION for the 2024 Émile Reynaud Prize ! 🎉
This prize, awarded by the members of AFCA (Association française du cinéma d'animation), recognizes innovation, inventiveness and ingenuity in animation works.
A huge thank you to the AFCA team, this selection is a wonderful recognition.
Among the 7 short films in competition, you can vote for your favorite if you are an AFCA member until October 27!
📅 The awards ceremony will take place on October 28 at the cinema Le Méliès in Montreuil. All films in competition will be screened in the movie theater and members in attendance will be able to vote directly on the spot.
Thank you for your support and see you soon! 🎬

October 14, 2024No Comments

Simply Divine – opening screening for public at DOK Leipzig

✨ Simply Divine will be opening the public screenings at the upcoming DOK Leipzig, followed by Adelina Borets' feature film Flowers of Ukraine! 🙌🇺🇦

We are delighted to announce that the film will be in the International Animation Competition and is nominated for the Mephisto 97.6 Award! 🏆

🎉 DOK Leipzig is the oldest documentary film festival in the world, founded in 1955. We are super happy to participate in this edition!!!

🎟️ Our movie screening dates are:
Monday 28 Oct 2024 | 20:30 - Simply Divine + Flowers from Ukraine
Wednesday 30 Oct 2024 | 21h00 - Simply Divine + Flowers from Ukraine
Thursday 31 Oct 2024 | 14h30 - International Animation Film Competition
Sun 3 Nov. 2024 | 18h00 - Simply Divine + Flowers from Ukraine

🙏 Many thanks to DOK Leipzig for selecting our movie and Franka Sachse for her description:

"Inspired by Romanian photographer Costică Acsinte's archive of 5,000 glass plate negatives from the 1930s-1950s that have long survived undiscovered, a touching love story is offered to the audience. In 1939, Anna Florea meets the young soldier Jean Mihail in her native village in Bucovina. A moonlit kiss seals their affection. But all too soon, Jean is ordered to the front. His passionate letters keep the bond alive. But when Anna has to flee the war, contact is severed.

Their great love is fragile, damaged by war and time - just like the old studio and everyday photographs this animated documentary uses to illustrate optimism and impending loss. Anna Florea herself narrates the movie: in retrospect, at the age of 91. Her warm and gentle voice reanimates the memories seemingly stored in these photographs. Those "frozen" on the photographic plates begin to move, are made to glow in oil paintings on glass, blossom and carry us with them into the past."

A movie produced by Novanima Productions, Studio_amopix and Safe Frame.

October 4, 2024No Comments

Simply Divine – October festivals

🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 "Pur și simplu divin", scurtmetrajul de animație realizat împreună cu Mélody, își începe voiajul european!

🇨🇭 Începem în weekend, pe 6 octombrie, la Geneva, în cadrul Animatou Genève!

🇷🇴 Săptămâna viitoare, pe 9 octombrie, filmul va fi proiectat la București, în cadrul Animest!

🇫🇷Tot pe 9 octombrie, "filmul cu bunica" ajunge la Ajaccio, Corsica, Franța, la CORSICADOC!

🇫🇷 Pe 20 octombrie, rulăm la Cinéopen Festival de Pontarlierîn Franța

🇫🇷 Pe 21 octombrie strălucim pe ecranul Festival du Film d'Animation pour la Jeunesse de Bourg-en-Bresse

🇵🇱 Pe 22 octombrie, ne întoarcem în Europa de est, la Cracovia, în Polonia, la Etiuda&Anima!

🇹🇷 Iar între 19 și 24 octombrie ne regăsim pe malul Bosforului, la festivalul de animație Canlandıranlar din Istanbul, Turcia

👵🏼Mulțumim întregii echipe, partenerilor și donatorilor !

🌞Producători : Novanima Productions, Studio_amopix, Safe Frame

📺Teledifuzori : @biptv.tv, COM TV Grand-Est, @canal_32 , @moselle.tv , @vosgestv télévision

🎞️Cu participarea : le CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, ALCA, la NEF Animation - Nouvelles Ecritures pour le Film d'Animation - Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Lauréat du Fifib Workout Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Région Grand-Est, l’Eurométropole Strasbourg, Procirep Angoa, lauréat de la Bourse Brouillon d’un rêve de @lascamefrance , Centrul National al Cinematografiei / Romanian Film Centre, sélectionné à la séance de pitchs du festival de l’Association Française du Cinéma d’Animation de Rennes, Corto, Le bruit qui court et Tv paint

Muzică originală de Pierre Oberkampf @pobkf compusă și înregistrată cu sprijinul Sacem

September 24, 2024No Comments

Pur și simplu divin la IDFA 2024

✨"Pur și simplu divin" - "Simply Divine" cunoscut și ca "filmul cu bunica", realizat în ultimii zece ani alături de Mélody Boulissière, va fi difuzat toamna aceasta la poate cel mai mare festival de film documentar din lume: IDFA Amsterdam, ce va avea loc între 14 și 24 Noiembrie, 2024. Mândri peste poate!

Mulțumim Novanima Productions, Studio_amopix și Safe Frame, tuturor partenerilor, echipei și donatorilor!

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