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Awards

"Specially Worthwhile" and "Short Film of the Month, "Filmbewertungsstelle" Wiesbaden, Germany

"Audience Prize" and "Special Mention", "Dokfestival" Leipzig, Germany

"AnyZone" Award, Holland Animation Film Festival

"Best in its category" (B: 7 to 21 minutes), "Cinanima", Espinho, Portgual

"International Audience Award", "Short Cuts" Cologne, Germany

"Special Jury Prize", "i Castelli Animati", Genzano di Roma, Italy

Short Film Award of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation 2005

Grand Prix in "Bimini" Animation Festival, Riga, Latvia

Grand Jury Prize, ANIMA´05 – III Córdoba Animation Festival , Argentina

Platinum Remi, Short Classic Animation category, WorldFest Houston Texas, USA

Grand Prix, and Audience Award in AniFest - Int. Festival of Animated Films, Trebon, Czech Rupublic

Best Animation Film, FICA - Festival int. de Cinema do Algarve, Portimao, Portugal

Silver Dragon for Best Animated Film and Special Mention of the FICC Jury, Cracow Film Festival, Poland

Best Film, (Public Vote) CortoDrome, Fasano, Italy

"Best Animation", International Cartoons & Comics Festival, Dervio Italy

Best film in category "Films of 10 – 30 minutes" and Audience Prize in Krok Int. Animation Festival 2005 Ukraine

Special Jury Prize for high artistic qualities as well as for the funniest film, Krok 2005, Ukraine

2nd Premio assoluto (Sez. 35mm.) XVII Fano Int. Animation Festival 2005, Italy

Mention of the "jury Lycéens" in "Cinessonne" European Film Festival 2005 Essonne France

Best Film in Category from 5 to 25 minutes, Balkanima, Belgrad, Serb Republic

Audience Prize (ex aequo) in 24 Hours of Nürnberg, Germany

The Prize of the Romanian Society of Radio Broadcasting, Alter-Native Targu Mures, Rumania

Special Mention of the Int’l Jury, Short Film Week, Regensburg, Germany

Special Mention of the Jury, Etiuda&Anima, Cracow, Poland

Best Story, "Animated Dreams", Tallinn, Estonia

Best Animation, Visionaria, Siena, Italy

Prix Cinécole en Vendômois, Festival du Film de Vendôme, France

Best Animation, CurtaCinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Orlando-Preis of the Young Jury, 16. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany

Best Animation/Videoart "Golden Spires", Ofensiva Int. Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland

Special International Jury Prize, International Animation Festival HIROSHIMA 2006, Japan

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Short Animation Film

12’40’’ minutes

French Title: "Mourir d’aimer"

English Title: "Dying of Love"

German Title: "Aus Liebe Sterben"

Color

35 mm Film

1:1,85

360 Meters

Dolby SRD

Technic: Ink on paper drawn animation, colored on compuer by hand with 2D compositing

© Gil Alkabetz, 2004

Synopsis:
While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past.
This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

Dialogue: (in Spanish):
The women: “Pero que bonito es ésto, es verdad?...Tán verde y tán maravilloso”
The man: “Tienes toda la razón, amor mío, es encantador”

Translation to English:
The woman: "It is so beautiful here, isn't it? so green and so wonderful"
The man: "You are so right, my love. It is enchanting"

Credit List:

Idea, Script, Direction, Animation, Artwork: Gil Alkabetz

Post-Production, Soundeffects, Production Management: Nurit Israeli

Production Management, Scratching, Post-Production: Sonja Mueller

more Artwork: Sabine Huber

Voice Talents:

Nicky Goldstein
Johannes Warth,
Nanny Fornis
Walter Becker

Sound Design: Jürgen Swoboda

"Morir de Amor"

Text and Melody by Charles Aznavour

© Editions Musicales Djanik

Spanish Version

Jaime Israel Merida

Sang by Charles Aznavour and Compay Segundo

courtesy of EMI Music France and Dro East-West Spain

"Amor Inolvidable"

Melody by Gil Alkabetz

arrangement: Ady Cohen

Film Recording: Robert Mack, Spot Service

Financial Support:

MFG: Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
(Film Fund of Baden-Württemberg)

Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
(Board of Trustees for Young German Film)

BKM - die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
(Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs)

Production: Gil Alkabetz, Sweet Home Studio

For their support we thank:

JÜRGEN HAAS
THOMAS HUNDT
KATJA WALTER
LIOR LEV
GEREON MÜLLER
GIOVANNI LORIZIO
JAN CLASEN
GERARD DAVOUST
BLANCA GAYE
ALFONSO GALLEGO
MICHAEL DEMPSEY
ODILE DEUTSCH
YOLANDA FAIGEN
JOCHEN EHMANN
YARON GOLDSTEIN
JUDIT LINDAUER