February 27, 2025No Comments

Simply Divine – Special Jury Prize at Ismailia Film Festival in Egypt!

Thank you Ismailia International Film Festival! Now that we are back home with the Jury Prize we would like to thank the Festival President, Mrs. Hala Galal, the Short Film Competition Director, Mrs. Maggie Morgan, the Short Film Jury President, Mrs. Solange Poulet and the Festival Coordinator, Mrs. Amira Abdel-Fadil for the invitation to Ismailia, Egypt and the joy of the prize!
Thank you for your friendship and congratulations to Sylvie Ballyot and Fida Bizri, the grand prize winners with their movie Green Line!
Last but not least, thanks to the volunteers! You're the best

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

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