Butterfly & Mouse
Animation, Drama, Adventure
SYNOPSIS
People often say, “This one has a lion’s heart, and that one – a rabbit’s”.
Some hide lions in their chests, other ones – rabbits, yet others – mice. There are also those who wouldn’t dare face their inner spirit animal. What could happen to someone so very afraid of seeing what he carries within.
A short jazzy film about the fears that obstruct man’s way to himself and to others.
Film Participations Awards
Sofia International Film Festival – Jameson Shorts Competition (Sofia, Bulgaria/ March 13, 2019, World Premiere)– Official Selection
DaKINO International Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)– Official Selection
Athens Animfest 2019 (Athens, Greece)– Official Selection
DADASAHEB PHALKE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD 2019 (Mumbai, India)– Official Selection
Global India International Film Festival
Pune (India/ March 23, 2019)- Best Animated Short Film Award
Ismailia International Film Festival (Giza, Egypt)– Official Selection
Lisbon Film Rendezvous (Lisbon, Portugal) -Official Selection
Newlyn Film Festival (Bristol, United Kingdom) -Best Animation Award
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN KUKER – SOFIA (Sofia, Bulgaria)- Special Prize Proyko Proykov for Best Animation Film
London X4 – Seasonal Short Film Festival (London, United Kingdom)- Special Mention
Rome Prisma Independent Film Festival (Rome, Italy)– Official Selection
Prokuplje Film Festival ProFiFest (Prokuplje, Serbia)– Official Selection
Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest (Roma, Italy)– Official Selection
Cefalù film festival (Palermo, Italy)– Official Selection
Azores Fringe Festival (Azores, Portugal)– Official Selection
Kinolikbez (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)– Official Selection
Dumbo Film Festival (New York, United States)– Official Selection
ANIMANIMA Festival (Cacak, Serbia)- non competitive program
MINIKINO FILM WEEK, Bali IFF (Bali, Indonesia)- Official Selection
Corto e a capo – Daena anima e immagine (Venticano, Italy)- Official Selection
Cartoon Club (Rimini, Italy) Official Selection
World Festival of Animated Film Varna (Varna, Bulgaria)- Official Selection
Chania Film Festival and Chania Film Festival Edu (Chania, Greece)– Official Selection
Cinemaway (Lviv, Ukraine) Official Selection
Madrid Film Festival FCM – PNR (Madrid, Spain, section “New International Filmmakers”)- Official Selection
SHORTS MEXICO International Shorts Film Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)- Official Selection
Linz International Short Film Festival (Linz, Austria)– Official Selection
VILLAMMARE Film Festival (Salerno, Italy)– Official Selection
Corti in Cortile, il cinema in breve (Catania, Italy)– Official Selection
Athens Marathon Film Festival (Athens, Greece)– Official Selection
Les Nuits Magiques 29ème Festival International du Film d’Animation (Bègles, France)– Official Selection
TINDIRINDIS International Animation Film Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)– Official Selection
EXGROUND Film Festival (Wiesbaden, Germany)– Official Selection
BANJALUKA International Animated Film Festival (Banjaluka, Serbia)– Official Selection
Lublin Film Festival (Lublin, Poland)– Official Selection
CORTODINO Film Festival Dino de Laurentis (Napoli, Italy)– Official Selection
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria)– Special Mention for Best National Film
The Animattikon Project (Paphos, Cyprus)- Official Selection
Panama Animation Festival (Panama)– Official Selection
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival (Targu-Mures, Romania)– Official Selection
MUMIA Underground World Animation Festival (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)- Official Selection
PSIAF Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo (Palm Springs, United States)– Official Selection
Animation Marathon (Athens, Greece)– Official Selection
ANDIMOTION Bogota International Animation Film Festival (Bogotá, Colombia)– Official Selection
ANIMATEKA International Animated Film Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia)– Non-Competitive Programme
Strasburg Film Festival (Strasburg, )United States
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival (Querétaro, Mexico)-Official Selection
Lobo Fest – International Film Festival (Brazilia, Brazil)-Official Selection
VERSI DI LUCE (Modica, Italy)-Official Selection
Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival (Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India)– Best Director Award
Kinofilm 16th Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival (Manchester, United Kingdom)-Official Selection
ICONA 2019 Animation Festival (Corfu, Greece)-Official Selection
International Film Festival of Larissa (Larissa, Greece)-Official Selection
GOLDEN RHYTON Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Film Festival (Plovdiv, Bulgaria/ December 1, 2019)-Official Selection
The BeBop Channel Content Festival (New York, United States)-Official Selection
EUROPANORAMA 2020 – EUROPEAN FILM DAYS (Ljubljana, Slovenia)-Official Selection
Chennai International Short Film Festival (Chennai, India)-Official Selection
Arch1 Festival of Film (London, United Kingdom)-Official Selection
Vertigo Film Festival (Milan, Italy)-Best Animation Film
Vertigo Film Festival (Milan, Italy)-Best Screenplay
Spectral Film Festival (Stevens Point, United States)– Official Selection
Asia South East-Short Film Festival (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)– Special Mention
Festival of Nations (Lenzing, Austria)– Official Selection
Tlanchana Fest – Digital Art and Film Festival (Valle de Bravo, Mexico)– Official Selection
MEDIAWAVE – On The Road Film Festival (Győr, Hungary)– Award of Merit: Best On The Road Animation
MovieScreenPro Film Festival-Fan Award for Best Animation
Indie For You Film Festival-Best Experimental Animation
FLICKFAIR (Los Angeles, California, United States)-Official Selection
Near Nazareth Festival (Afula, Israel)-Official Selection
EMAP 2020: Ewha Media Art Presentation (서울특별시,Republic of Korea)-Official Selection
Flipbook Film Festival (Skopje, North Macedonia)-Official Selection
Cut & Clap – Indie Short Fest-Official Selection
XIX Macabro Horror Film Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)-Official Selection
Sax International Film Festival (Alicante, Spain)-Official Selection
International Short Film Festival Cine a la Calle (Barranquilla, Colombia)-Official Selection
Cheongju International Short Film Festival (Cheongju, Republic of Korea)– Official Selection
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities (Huntingdon, United States)-Official Selection
Guayaquil International Film Festival (Guayaquil, Ecuador)-Silver Iguana for Best Animated Film
Animation Volda Festival (Volda, Norway)-Official Selection
KURSAAL FILM FESTIVAL SAN SEBASTIÁN (San Sebastián, Spain)-Official Selection
CineLibri International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria)-2nd Prize in Short Film Category
Canlandıranlar Film Festival (İstanbul, Turkey)-Official Selection
AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)-Official Selection
Pugnant Film Series (Athens, Greece)-Official Selection
ANIMAEVKA (Mogilev, Belarus)-Official Selection
PREMIS’20 Animalcoi Awards (Alcoy, Spain)-Official Selection
13th CINETORO EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Toro, Colombia)-Official Selection
Dramatica Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)-Best Animation Award
STAR Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)-Best Animation Drama
SEE Film Festival Online Edition (Paris, France)-Best Animation Film
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (Cefalù, Italy)-Official Selection
Dark Story Festival (Bilbao, Spain)-Official Selection
Shortcutz Viseu (Viseu, Portugal/ March 1, 2021)-Official Selection
T-Short Animated Film Online Festival (Germany)-Special Diploma
Dorset Indie Film Festival (Dorset, United Kingdom/ June 6, 2021)-Official Selection
VIP Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)-Official Selection
Best Director Award (London, United Kingdom/ April 30, 2021)-Official Selection
EL GRITO DE LOS SIN VOZ (Logroño, Spain/ April 30, 2021)-Official Selection
Happy Valley Animation Festival (State College, PA, United States/ April 29, 2021)– Official Selection
Durban International Film Festival (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa/ July 22, 2021)– Official Selection
International Animated Film Festival Animator (Poznan, Poland/ July 9, 2021)– Official Selection
Best Istanbul Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey/ May 31, 2021)-Best Short Animation
Animation Film Festival STRIPED TALE (Los Angeles, United States)-Official Selection
Forum Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)-Official Selection
Noble International Film Festival And Awards (Bengaluru, India/September 1, 2021)– Official Selection
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival (Pristina, Kosovo/November 4, 2021) Official Selection
Directed by
Mira Yankova
Country of Origin
Bulgaria
Production
Bulgaria
Runtime
14 min