Butterflies in Berlin // Second Animator

Created in 2018, Berlin DE
Role: Animation and compositing - Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Greenscreen shooting/editing
LattePlus Berlin Film Production latteplusproduction.com
Written, directed and designed by Monica Manganelli.
Synopsis:
“The life of a man narrated through 4 acts that represent his physical and spiritual transformation, as 4 are the metamorphosis  of the butterfly (egg, caterpillar, pupa and adult). Alex moves to Berlin in 1933, during the Weimar Republic period. Looking for his place in the world and his sexual identity, he becomes the first out-of-surgery transsexual in History. That happens unfortunately during the National-Socialism rise, a social disruption that turned the capital of sexual freedom in the most repressed country of all times.”
Film Festivals-Screenings and Awards:
–NEW YORK Jewish Film Festival / Film Society-Lincoln Center, 2020
–DENVER Jewish Film Festival, 2020
-ATLANTA Jewish Film festival, 2020
-KONTRAST Film Fest, Bayreuther Film Festival, 2020
-MAWJOUDIN Queer Film Festival,Tunis, 2020
-SAN DIEGO FILM WEEK, 2020
-RISING OF LUSITANIA-ANIMADOC FILM FESTIVAL, Gdansk-Poland, 2020
-BRUXELLES Jewish Film Festival, 2020
-OGEECHEE History Film festival, Georgia Southern University, Usa, 2020 WINNER: Honorable Mention
-MAINE Jewish Film festival, Portland, 2020
-BOCA RATON Jewish Film festival, Florida, 2020
-WASHINGTON Jewish Film festival, 2020
-TRICKY WOMEN/Tricky realities Animation Film Festival, Wien, 2020
-SGUARDI ALTROVE Film Festival, Milan, 2020
-FAIRY TALES/Queer Film Festival, Calgary, 2020
-OPAX Documentary Film Festival,Croatia, 2020
-SAN DIEGO Film Week, 2020
-FESTIVAL MIX: Cine y Diversidad Sexual/ Film & Sexual Diversity, Mexico City 2020
-FLYING BROOM International Women’s Film Festival, Ankara, 2020
– LIBERATION DOC FEST, Bangladesh 2020
-LOBO FEST- Festival Internacional de Filmes, Brasilia, 2019, WINNER: Best International Film
-MERLINKAInternational queer film festival, Belgrade 2019, WINNER: Best Animated Film
–LOVERS Film FESTIVAL-Museo del Cinema Torino, 2019
–TLVFest- Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Cinemateque Tel Aviv, 2019, WINNER: Honorable Mention.
–JFBB/Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandeburg, 2019
–SEDICI CORTO Int. Film Festival, Forlì-Italy, 2019, WINNER: Special Mention-Jury Prize
-FLORENCE Queer Int. Film Festival, 2019
–SZCZECIN Documentary Film Festival, Category: Best european documentary, 2019
–DOKUBAKU International Documentary Film Festival, 2019
-SAN DIEGO Italian Film Festival– Italy Exported/Shorts in Competition 2019
-WEITERSTADT Queer FilmFest, 2019, WINNER: BEST MITTELLANGE Film
-BEIJING Queer International FilmFest, 2019
-ST. LOUIS International Film Festival 2019, Oscar® qualifying film festival//documentary short subject
–RIFF / Rome Independent Film Festival, 2019, WINNER: Special Mention/ Animation Section.
-MOVIEVALLEY Bazzacinema FilmFest, Bologna 2019
–ANIMASIVO-Festival de Animación Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México, 2019
–FANCINE GAY-Festival de Cine LGBT de Extremadura, 2019
–VIDEOETNOGRÁFICA/ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL,Museo Etnográfico de Castilla 2019
–KOLKATA International Film Fest, 2019
–SHORT FILM AWARDS-Newark, 2019,WINNER: Best Short Documentary, Best writing in a Documentary Short (Monica Manganelli)
–IFFC/CARDIFF Italian Film festival, 2019
-STORIA IN CORTO/ Film festival,  Mentana 2019. WINNER: Best Short Film
-LJUBLJANA LGBT Film Festival-Slovenian Cinema Center, 2019
-ACCORDI@DISACCORDI-Napoli/Palazzo delle Arti, 2019. WINNER: Best Documentary
-ATLANTIDOC / Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Uruguay, 2019
-ANTAKYA International film festival, Turkey 2019, WINNER: Special Jury Prize/ Animation Section.
The movie combines 2D animation, 3D animation, character animation, greenscreen, original historical footage.
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