Love Is Just A Death Away

Directed by Bára Anna Stejskalová

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Biography

Bára Anna Stejskalová studies Animation programme TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. Her graduation film The Fishermen was on BAFTA shortlist. She's a co-creator of HEARDT, project which got official Burning Man Honorarium Grant in 2018.

Cast

Team

Production	Jakub Kostal (Bionaut)
Script	Bára Anna Stejskalová
CINEMATOGRAPHY	Václav Tlapák
EDITING	Ilona Malá
Sound	Miroslav Chaloupka
Music	Daniel Patras, Miroslav Chaloupka

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Awards

Palm Springs Shortfest and Market | 2021| *Best Student Animated Short Award *Audience Animation Award
REX Animation Film Festival|2020| Official Competition *Audience Award
Tricky Women Int.Animation Film Festival | *Up&Coming Prize *Up & Coming Audience Award
Figari Film Fest | *Best animated short award
In The Palace Film Festival | *Special Mention
Moscow International Children's Film Festival | *Best Animated Short
Indy Shorts International Film Fest |  *Best animated student
New Chitose Airport Int. Anim Festival | *Special Jury Award for Student Films
Leeds International Film Festival | *Best World Animation Short Film
Galichnik Film Festival | *Best Animated Film
Brooklyn Women Film Festival | *Best Animation
Premiers Plans Festival du Film Européen | *Grand Prix Du Jury
Fluxus Animation Film Festival | *Audience award best international film
GIRAF Animation film Festival | *Audience Award TOP INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Stop Motion Montreal |*Best Emerging Talent Film award

 

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Festivals

SXSW |2021| Official Competition
Tampere Int. Film Festival |2021| Official Competition
Palm Springs Shortfest and Market | 2021| *Best Student Animated Short Award *Audience Animation Award

REX Animation Film Festival|2020| Official competition *Audience Award
Shorts That Are Not Pants Toronto, Canada | 2021|
Spark Animation Film Festival Vancouver, Canada | 2021|
Stop Motion Montreal Montréal, Canada | 2021|
GIRAF Animation film Festival, Canada | 2021|
Festival du film pour enfants de Montréal, Canada | 2021|
Festival Court d'un Soir, Canada | 2021|
AniFilm Int. Festival of Animated Films Trebon, Czech Republic | 2021|
Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway | 2022|
International Children’s Media Center Chicago, USA | 2021|
Landshut Short Film Festival Munich, Germany | 2022|
Festival Extrême Cinéma Toulouse, France | 2022|
New York International Children's Film Festival, USA | 2022|
Poitiers Film Festival (special screening at Angoulème), France | 2022|
JEF Festival Antwerp, Belgium | 2021|
Milwaukee Int. Film Festival Milwaukee, USA | 2022|
Athens Animfest Athènes, Greece | 2022|
Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione, Italy | 2021|
Festival of Animated Film of Paris, France| 2021|
Ciné cout animé, France | 2022|
Fluxus Animation Film Festival, Netherlands | 2021|
Roots of Europe International Film Festival, Spain | 2022|
Manchester Animation Festival, UK | 2021|
International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA, Poland | 2021|
Monstra Animation Film Festival, Portugal | 2022|
Mutoscope Festival, France | 2021|
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival online | 2021|
Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy | 2021|
Animateka Int. Animation Film Festival, Slovenia | 2021|
CinEast, Luxembourg | 2021|
Bogota Int. Short Film Festival, Colombia | 2021|
Denver Film Festival, USA | 2021|
15 Short Film Festival, USA | 2021|
Nashville Film Festival, USA | 2021|
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, USA | 2021|
Premiers Plans Festival du Film Européen, France | 2022|
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, USA | 2021|
CinéKid Film Festival Market Screening, Netherlands | 2021|
Fancine Malaga, Spain | 2021|
Klik! Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands | 2021|
Brooklyn Women Film Festival, USA | 2021|
BAFTA Student Award, UK | 2021| *Shortlist
The British Short Film Award, UK | 2021|
Weird International Animation Market, Spain | 2021|
Indie Street Film Festival, USA | 2021|
Galichnik Film Festival, Macedonia | 2021|
Leeds International Film Festival, UK | 2021|
SLASH Filmfestival, Sweden | 2021|
New Chitose Airport Int. Anim Festival, Japan | 2021|
Neisse Film Festival, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany | 2021|
Nantucket Film Festival, USA | 2021|
Drunken Film Fest, US | 2021|
Indy Shorts International Film Fest, USA | 2021|
Festival tous court Aix-en-Provence, France | 2021|
goEast Film Festival Frankfurt, Germany | 2021|
Festival international du court métrage de Lille (out of competition, France | 2021|
Show me Shorts Film Festival, New-Zeland | 2021|
STIFF – Student International Film Festival, Croatia | 2021|
Encounters Int. Short and Animation Film Festival, UK | 2021|
Reggio Film Festival, Italiy | 2021|
PIXELATL Cuernavaca, Mexico | 2021|
Anim'est, Romania | 2021|
In The Palace Film Festival, Bulgaria | 2021|
Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland | 2021|
Florida Film Festival, USA | 2021|
Trieste Film Festival, Italy | 2021|
Palm Spring Shortfest and Market Palm Spring, USA | 2021|
Figari Film Fest, Italy | 2021|
Fantaspoa Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Brazil | 2021|
Torino Short Film Market, Italy | 2021|
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland | 2021|