Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Manivald’ by Chintis Lundgren
“Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother and spends his days learning piano while she makes his coffee and washes his socks. It is an easy life, but not a good one. Their unhealthy co-dependence is about to collapse when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy and adventurous wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.”
Directed by Chintis Lundgren, Estonia/Croatia/Canada, 2017. Produced by Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio, Adriatic Animation, and National Film Board of Canada.
Screened at over 100 film festivals. Winner of best Croatian film (Animafest Zagreb), best European short (3D Wire), best script (Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival), best short film (Anifilm), audience award (Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival), and special international jury prize (Hiroshima Int’l Animation Festival), among 20 awards and special mentions.
Credits
Directed and animated by Chintis Lundgren
Written by Chintis Lundgren and Drasko Ivezic
Cast: Trevor Boris, France Castel, Drasko Ivezic, Tyron Benson, Chintis Lundgren
Picture editing: Chintis Lundgren, Drasko Ivezic, Jelena Popovic
Composer: Terence Dunn
Sound design: Pierre Yves Drapeau
Foley: Lise Wedlock
Voice recording: Geoffrey Mitchell
Sound engineer: Martin Hannah
Re-recording: Jean Paul Vialard
Producer: Chintis Lundgren, Drasko Ivezic, Jelena Popovic
Executive producer: Michael Fukushima
Supported by Estonian Film Institute (EFI), Cultural Endowment of Estonia, HAVC – Croatian Audiovisual Center and City of Zagreb