It is just before closing time at the supermarket. The last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter, trying their best to pretend the other customers are not there. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.
2024
Helsinki International Film Festival
StopTrik International Film Festival
Sitges Film Festival
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Manchester Animation Festival
43rd FILMSCHOOLFEST
Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione
Kyiv IFF “Molodist”
Bogociné 41
2025
Minimalen
Descubierto Film Festival
New York International Children’s Film Festival
Tricky Women Tricky Realities
Tampere Film Festival
Bref International Film Festival
O Anjo Exterminador - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico de Brasília
16th Animation Short Film Festival of Roanne (Cine court animé)
Riga International Short Film Festival 2Annas
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
ShorTS - International Film Festival Trieste
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
OFF Odense Film Festival
Les Nuits en Or (French Academy of Cinema)
2024
Best Animation, 43rd Filmschoolfest Munich
Special Mention in the International Student Film Competition, Kyiv IFF “Molodist”
Special Mention in Green Competition, Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione
2025
Winner - Short Film Prize, Jussi Award (National Film Awards of Finland)
Risto Jarva Prize,Tampere Int. Short Film Festival
Tampere Film Festival Student Award, Tampere Nominee For The Tampere Int. Short Film Festival
European Short Film Audience Award, Tampere Int. Short Film Festival
National Competition Special Mention, Tampere Int. Short Film Festival
Sustainability Award Verso, Tampere Int. Short Film Festival
Audience Award, New York International Children’s Film Festival
Best Animation, Descubierto Film Festival
Best Short Animation, Riga International Short Film Festival – 2 Annas