RED HANDS
The animation film «Red Hands» is a real startup – innovative for its target (young/adult,) its dramaturgy, aesthetics, and even its mixed techniques (stop-motion, 2D pictorial, digital painting.) As required by the best startup mythology, it was born in a creative workshop (Studio Mistral of Francesco Filippi, director and associated producer of the film), and became a real industrial production thanks to the contribution of Michele Fasano (Sattva Films srl), who made it possible to gain the support of important institutional partners: Creative Europe – Media Development, Paul Thiltges Distribution, RAI Ragazzi, MiBAC, Apulia Film Commission, Emilia Romagna Film Commission, Amopix and Strasbourg Film Fund, up to the private investor Exprivia spa. Research and technological innovation are at the origin of all other innovations that have derived from it. A few years ago, John Craney (now responsible for puppets at Laika Studios – Portland) led a group of workers to create puppets that were so flexible to exploit the stop-motion technique. Once entrusted to a skillful animator, these puppets could not only express a good sensory-motor action, but even the characters’ emotions. It was the beginning of an adventure that promises to continue in the upcoming feature film SHINKU (provisional title), that is already in development. «Red Hands» is a love story between teenagers that allows a young audience to rediscover imagination as a path to become adults, rather than as a place to remain children; at the same time, it allows adults to perceive and capture the emotions of youngsters that often they can’t grasp, in order to understand that adolescence is not a condition of the individual, but the result of a relationship that needs attention and care.
Credits
Written and directed by: Francesco Filippi
Art direction: Mauro Dal Bo
Character design: Pierpaolo Rovero
Puppet making supervisor: John Craney
Story board: Francesco Filippi, Mario Addis, Michel Fuzellier
Voices: Martina Felli, Lucia Gadolini, Ivano Marescotti
Photography: Francesco Filippi
Stop motion animazione: Francesco Filippi
2D animations: Mehdi Aouichaoui, Jose Antonio Cerro, Alizée Cholat,
Chiara Finotello, Sandra Gaudi, Silvano Mezzatesta, Marco Zanoni
Music: Andrea Rizzi
Sound design: Riccardo Nanni
Executive producer: Michele Fasano
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Festivals
FESTIVALS IN ITALY
2018:
Alice nella città, Roma – Spoleto in corto, Spoleto – Fabrique du Cinema, Roma – Romanima, Roma
2019:
Future Film Festival, Bologna – La Lanterna, Genova – Sottodiciotto, Torino – Pordenone Film Festival, Pordenone – YoungAbout, Bologna – Biennale del cortometraggio, Roma – Lo Spiraglio, Roma – Cartoons on the Bay, Torino – La Settima Arte, Rimini – Human Right Nights, Bologna – Euganea Film Festival, Monselice – La città incantata, Santa Severa – Vertigo Film Festival, Milano – Sardinia Film Festival, Bosa – Maremetraggio, Trieste – Fantasmagorie, Benevento – Innuendo Film Festival, Milano – Social World Film Festival, Vico Equense – Oniros Award, Aosta – Militello Indipendent Film Festival, Militello – Video Hackers Film Festival, Ovada – I Castelli Animati, Roma – Sedicicorto Film Festival, Forlì – Visioni Fantastiche, Ravenna – Lucca Comics, Lucca – Corti Sonanti, Napoli – Biennale del cortometraggio, Vicenza; ShorTS International Film Festival, Trieste – Under the stars, Bari – ViewFest, Torino – Tychetainìa Festival 2019, Taranto – Mediterrante 2019, Bari – Brianza Film Corto 2019, Sovico – Festival del cinema di Porretta Terme 2019, Porretta Terme – Inventa un film 2019 (various cities)
2020:
Pollino Film Festival, Castrovillari – La Guarimba Film Festival, Amantea
AWARDS IN ITALY
Best Italian Short Film – Fabrique du cinema 2018 (Roma)
Special Award of Children Jury – YoungAbout 2018 (Bologna)
Best Animation –Vertigo Film Festival 2019 (Milano)
Best Screenplay – Vertigo Film Festival 2019 (Milano)
Best Soundtrack – Vertigo Film Festival 2019 (Milano)
Best screenplay –Fantasmagorie 2019 (Benevento)
Best Animation –Innuendo International Film Festival 2019 (Milano)
Best Short Film 12+ [Children Jury] – Visioni Fantastiche 2019 (Ravenna)
Best Animation – Video Hacker Film Festival 2019 (Ovada)
Best Italian Short Film – ViewFest 2019 (Torino)
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
2019:
Indian World Film Festival, Hyderabad (India) – Global India International Film Festival, Pune (India) – Athenes Animefest, Athens (Greece) – Libertas Artis, Alcobendas (Spain) – RedLine International Film Festival, Toronto (Canada) – Dumbo Film Festival, New York (USA) – South East European Film Festival, Los Angeles (USA) – Balkan Can Kino Film Festival, Athens (Greece) – Southern Cone International Film Festival, Valparaìso (Chile) – Street Art Movie Fest, Grenoble (France) – Madrid Indipendent Film Festival, Madrid (Spain) – Bangalore Short Film Festival, Greater Noida (India) – The Buddha International Film Festival, Pune (India) – Open World Animation Festival, Allen Town (USA) – Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival (India) – Sea & Beach Film Festival, Santa Pola, Alicante (Spain) – Divercine Festival International de Cine para Ninos y Jovenes, Montevideo (Uruguay) – Festival of Cinema NYC, New York (USA) – Open Air Welterstadt (Germany) – Human Rights Colombia (several cities) – Aryan International Children Film Festival, Jaipur (India) – Ravenheart International Film Festival, Oslo (Norway) – FAN CHILE, Audiovisual Festival For Kids, Santiago (Chile) – Chaniartoon International comic & animation Festival, Chania (Greece) – Adelaide International Youth Film Festival, Adelaide (Australia) – Münster Film Festival (Germany) – Great Message International Film Festival, Pune (India) – Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana (Albania) – Arte Non Stop Film Festival, Caba (Argentina) – Rozafa A-Film Fest, Tirana (Albania) – Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (Perù) – Kinenova International Film Festival, Skopje (Macedonia) – European Film Festival Mainstream & Underground, Moscow (Russia) – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz (Germany) – Prince of Prestige Academy Award, Land ‘o Lakes (USA) – Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – Calibélula Festival International de Cine infantile y Juvenil, Calì (Colombia) – Catacumba Film Festival, Godella (Spain) – Filem’on International Film Festival for Young Audience, Brussels (Belgium) – Children’s Rights Festival, Lebanese American University – Beirut (Lebanon) – La Cabina International Medium Length Film Festival, Valencia (Spain) – International Kino Duel Film Festival, Minsk (Bielorussia) – Lubin International Film Festival, Lublin (Poland) – European Cinematography Award, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – Arte Non Stop Festival, Buenos Aires (Argentina) – ANDIMOTION International Animation Film Festival, Bogotà (Colombia) – Red Rock Film Festival 2019, Cedar City (USA) – Zaragoza Film Festival 2019, Zaragoza (Spain) – Foyle Film Festival 2019, Derry (UK) – Sierra International Film Weekend 2019, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Spain)
2020:
New Delhi Film Festival 2020, New Delhi (India) –Bayamon International Film Festival 2020, Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Best animation film – Indian World Film Festival 2019 (Hyderabad, India)
Best message – Global India Film Festival 2019 (Pune, India)
Best short film – Libertas Artis 2019 (Arcobendas, Spain)
Best production design – RedLine International Film Festival 2019 (Toronto, Canada)
Best animation film – Southern Cone International Film Festival 2019 (Valparaìso, Chile)
Best animation film – Bangalore Short Film Festival 2019 (Greater Noida, India)
Best animation / Special award of Jury – Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 2019 (India)
Best Animation – Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2019 (India)
Best film in Show – Open World Animation Festival 2019 (Allen Town, USA)
Best medium film – Sea & Beach Film Festival, Santa Pola 2019 (Alicante, Spain)
Best short animation – Aryan International Children Film Festival 2019 (Jaipur, India)
Best short film – Ravenheart International Film Festival 2019 (Oslo, Norway)
Best film – Chaniartoon International comic & animation Festival 2019 (Chania, Greece)
Best screenplay – Great Message International Film Festival 2019 (Pune, India)
Best Animation Cinematography – European Cinematography Awards 2019 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Best Animated Medium-length Film – Arte Non Stop Festival 2019 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Best Stop-motion Short Film – Catacumba Underground Film Festival 2019 (Valencia, Spain)
Best International Short Film – ANDIMOTION International Animation Film Festival 2019 (Bogotà, Colombia)
Grand Jury Prize, Best Fiction Featurette – Red Rock Film 2019 Festival (Cedar City, USA)
Best Animation Short – Red Rock Film Festival 2019 (Cedar City, USA)
Best Animated Short Film – Festival Internacional de Cine de Bayamón 2020 (Puerto Rico)