Varken 2022
A group of animals hook up a power grid to the socket-shaped snout of one big, sleeping pig. The animals use the pig's energy for simple things at first, but soon they render themselves dependent on a city where every single thing - the useful and the useless - is automated...

Direction, animation, script, designs, layouts:
Jorn Leeuwerink

Production:
Tünde Vollenbroek

Background art:
Janneke Ipenburg

Music:
Job Chajes, Bram Meindersma

Musicians:
Alto saxophone: Job Chajes
Flute: Adeline Salles
Trumpet: Gijs Levelt
Bassoon: Birgit Strahl
Tuba and trombone: Frans Cornelissen
Vibraphone: Arjan Jongsma
Guitar: Frank Jonas
Double bass: Felix Hildenbrand

Sound design:
Bram Meindersma

Re-recording mixer:
Jaim Sahuleka

Story consultant:
Sam Peeters

Editing:
Jorn Leeuwerink, Dario van Vree

Colouring:
Mackenzie Fincham, Ming Stotijn

Distribution:
Ursula van den Heuvel, Kaboom Distribution

Sales:
Sydney Neter, SND Films

Trailer:
Diede van Vree

DCP export:
Roloff de Jeu

Supported by:
The Netherlands Film Fund
Creative Industries Fund NL
Eneco
Mobilisation for the Environment
The Open Workshop department of the Animation Workshop

Runtime: 8 min. 00 sec.
Country: The Netherlands
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate: 24fps
Completion date:
Premiere:
Technique: 2D computer (animation), paint and pencil on paper (backgrounds)
Software: TVPaint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Animate



Best short Audience Award
Kaboom, Netherlands, 2022
Trickstar Nature Award
Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2022
Directorial Debut Award
competition Indy Shorts International Film Festival, USA, 2022
Best European Short Film Award
Weird Animation Film Festival & Market, Spain, 2022
Bruno Bozzetto Award for the film that is on the side of nature and animals" + Medal of the Italian President of the Chamber
Sardinia Film Festival, Italy, 2022
Audience award
Animatou Festival, Switzerland, 2022
Beste Nederlandse Korte Animatie Film
Cinekid, Netherlands, 2022
Best of Anilogue Award in the category of short animated film for children
Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2022
Jury's Special Prize International Competition
Animakom Fest Bilbao, Spain, 2022
Diploma for its simplicity and wit
T-Short Animated film Online Festival, online, 2023
Best Short of the Year
Short of the Year (Promofest), Spain, 2023
Youth jury prize 15+: Best Short Film
Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse' Short Film Festival, UK, 2023
Best family short animation film
Tashkent International Animation Festival, Uzbekistan, 2023
2023 Best children's short film
Fest. Int. de Cine para Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes, Ojo de Pescado, Venezuela
Best Short Film Award
Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2023
Audience Award
Fear No Film Festival, USA, 2023
Best ecological animated short
EcoFestiValPesio Italy, 2023
Best International Animation Film
Festival Internacional Cine en las Montañas, Colombia, 2023
Best Animated Short
Snake Alley Festival Of Film, USA, 2023
Best Animated Short Film Award
Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes "El Pecado 2023", Spain, 2023
Best environmental-themed short film
Villammare Film Festival, Italy, 2023
Best Children's Short Film
Imaginaria Festival, Italy, 2023
Prize from the children
Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy, 2023
Jury Award
Shorty Week - Short Film Festival, Spain, 2023
Best Animation Film Award
Arouca Film Festival, Portugal, 2023
Special prize from the jury
International Short Film Festival The Unprecedented Cinema, Estonia, 2023
Audience Choice Award
Soo Film Festival, USA, 2023
Best Film
Young Film Fest, Czech Republic, 2023
Audience award
Animation Volda Festival, Norway, 2023
Miglior Film d'Animazione Award (statuetta Bozzetto)
Corto Lovere - Festival Internazionale del cortometraggio, Italy, 2023
Climate Awareness Award
Festival of Nations, Austria, 2023
Best Animated Short Film Award
Corto e Fieno - Rural Film Festival, Italy, 2023
Grand Prix
MM Fest, Russia, 2023
Best Sound Award
Butoni Fest: International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain, 2023
Trofeu Infancia i Juventut
Girona Film Festival, Spain, 2023
Golden Goat Award for the best short film for children
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival, Poland, 2023
Best non-documental film
Eneco Festival - Festival Internacional de Cine y Ecología, Spain, 2023
Best Short Film Award at the MINIAGUILAR +7 Competition
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo, Spain, 2023
Best Animated Short Film
Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn - MAFICI, Argentina, 2023
Best Animation Film
Chambal International Film Festival, India, 2024

Mentions:
Special jury distinction
Ciné Court Anime Roanne France, 2022
Honarable Mention
Best International Animated Short Film Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival, Italy, 2022
Honorable jury mention
Schlingel Internationales Festival für Kinder und Junges Publikum, Germany, 2022
Special Mention, Social Message
SPARK Animation BC, Canada, 2022
Special jury mention
Periferie Animate - Cinema d'Animazione Sociale, Italy, 2023
Honorary mention
CaribeToons Festival Internacional de Cine de Animación Colombia, 2023
Special Jury Mention
Zlín International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Czech Republic, 2023
Special mention
Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental en Ushuaia FICAUSH, Argentina, 2023



Kaboom
Ciné Court Anime Roanne
Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart
AniFilm
iShorts (Praag/Usti Nad Labem/Liberec/Plzen)
Anibar International Animation Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Presented by Heartland Film
Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival
Tel Aviv Animation Festival
Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival
One Country One Film - Apchat IFF
Animasyros International Animation Festival & Agora
Nederlands Film Festival
ITFS: Stuttgart City Library
Weird Animation Film Festival & Market
Sardinia Film Festival
FunCinema
Animatou Festival
Schlingel Internationales Festival für Kinder und Junges Publikum
Cinekid
Discovery Film Festival
Filem'on Kinderfilm Festival
SPARK Animation
41 North Film Festival
Cinanima International Animation Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
KUKI Internationales Kinder- und Jugendkurzfilmfestival
Manchester Animation Festival
interFilm Berlin
Anilogue International Animation Festival
Animateka Festival
London International Animation Festival
International Festival of the Nature & Environment Film
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival
Animakom Fest Bilbao
SeeNL / Selected Dutch Shorts
Tromsø Childrens Film Festival
Black Movie - Geneva International Independent Film Festival
IndieJúnior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival of Porto
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
Spokane International Film Festival
JEF Festival
T-Short Animated film Online Festival
Play Festival
Short of the Year (Promofest)
Carrousel International du film de Rimouski
Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse' Short Film Festival
Jong Veluwe
American Conservation Film Festival
Bergamo Film Meeting - Kino Club
Monstra Lisbon
REGARD International Short Film Festival
Longwood Animation Film Festival
CATCH THE MOON - International Children & Youth Animated Film Festival
Psaroloco International Children's & Young People's Film Festivals
Festival de Cine de Villa María del Triunfo y Lima Sur
Torino Comics
Orbe Terracqueo
Filmfest Dresden
Carrousel International du film de Rimouski
Kristiansand International Film Festival
Ennesimo Film Festival
Semana Corta de Cartagena
Tashkent International Animation Festival
IMAXINARIA - Festival Internacional de Animación Afundación
Cactus International Children's and Youth Film Festival
Periferie Animate - Cinema d'Animazione Sociale
Animatricks Festival
Festival Plein la Bobine
Fest. Int. de Cine para Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes, Ojo de Pescado
Best of NFMLA Awards
Wiesbaden International Animation Festival
CaribeToons Festival Internacional de Cine de Animación
Zlín International Film Festival for Children & Youth
Mo&Friese Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Europe on Screen - Bhinneka Cipta Setara
Le Plein de Super - La Boîte Carrée
Euganea Film Festival
Fear No Film Festival
EcoFestiValPesio
ShorTS International Film Festival Maremetraggio
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski @ Jardins de Métis
Festival Internacional Cine en las Montañas
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival
Int. Film Festival of Animation CInema and Comics - Cartoon Club
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
Snake Alley Festival Of Film
Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes "El Pecado 2023"
Flipbook Film Festival
Countryside Animafest Cyprus
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
Festival de Cine Pequeño
FAP (Festival Audiovisual Pila)
Certamen de Cortometrajes Piñel de Arriba
Villammare Film Festival
Concorto Film Festival del Cortometraggio
Imaginaria Festival
Film Festival della Lessinia
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE PARA NIÑOS, NIÑAS Y ADOLESCENTES, OJO DE PESCADO
Inferenze Short Film Festival
Oslo PIx Filmfestival
Festival de Finos Filmes
World Festival of Animated Film Varna
Animator FEST - European Youth Festival of Animated Film
Shorty Week - Short Film Festival
Arouca Film Festival
International Short Film Festival The Unprecedented Cinema
FICBUEU - International Short Film Festival of Bueu
Soo Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Ciné Bistrot du Festival International du Film Grolandais
ANIMANIMA Festival
Young Film Fest
Animur - Khabarovsk International Animation Festival
Animation Volda Festival
Corto Lovere - Festival Internazionale del cortometraggio
Festival of Nations
Festival of Animation Berlin
MultiMost fest – International short author animated movie festival
Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival
ANIMA - Festival Internacional de Animación de Córdoba
LINOLEUM International Fest of Contemporary animation & media-art
Sedicicorto International Film Festival Forli / Animare Cartoon Film Festival
Corto e Fieno - Rural Film Festival
KIKI - International Film Festival for Kids
Festival Courts de Sciences
Monstrale Festival
KINOdiseea International Children Film Festival
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Animage - Recife
Animatou Festival
PariScience International Science Film Festival
MOSTRA DE CINEMA INFANTIL DE FLORIANÓPOLIS
Taichung International Animation Festival
FESTIVAL DE CURTMETRATGES DE VILA-SECA
CINEMIRA - Budapest International Childen's Film Festival
Petit Plan: Europa IV
Canlandıranlar International Animation Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle
International Independent Film Festival - Publicystyka
Cartoons Underground
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival
BANJALUKA International Animated Film Festival
Legnago Film Festival/Verona Green Movie Land
Animario, Madrid International Contemporary Animation Festival
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
MM Fest
Penitente Film Fest
KINEKO International Film Festival
Mostra Curtametraxes Vila de Noia
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Butoni Fest: International Film Festival of Valencia
La Toile des Palmistes Festival
International Vegan Film Festival
El Meu Primer Festival
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival
Girona Film Festival
AniMaroolic, International Festival of Animation
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Salsa Film Festival
Mieres Short Film Festival (MUFF)
Festival Int. de Cine Independiente de Villa de Leyva
Magma – mostra di cinema breve
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
Kurzfilmfestival Köln
International Kids Film Festival of India
Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental en Ushuaia FICAUSH 2023
GiraF Animation Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Ames (Cinema Miúdo)
7th Siding Festival of Film
Lublin Film Festival
Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival
GazteFilm - Muestra de Cine Infantil y Juvenil
Effetto Cinema Film Festival
Be Green Film Festival
Animalcoi
Festival International du Court-Métrage d'Anglet
Les Rencontres du Cinéma d'Animation
Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival:Environmental event
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival
Fescora - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Atene@S de Villacañas
Eneco Festival - Festival Internacional de Cine y Ecología
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo
Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn - MAFICI
Roma Film Corto
Les Arcs Film Festival
ZINETXIKI ZINEMALDIA
Kaohsiung International Short Film Competition
ÖkoFilmTour
Bulbul Children's International Film Festival
Le Ateliers de la Halle, Arras
Courtoujours festival
Chambal International Film Festival
The Worlds Smallest Animation Festival
International Film Festival Würzburg
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Peque Filmes - International Children Film Festival of Galicia
JEF festival
ANIMAC Lleida
London Director Awards
Kontrast Filmfest
Círculo de Burgos
DaVinci International Film Festival
Kino Eulen
CMS VATAVARAN – International Environment and Wildlife Film Festival
Happy Valley Animation Festival
Taiwan International Children's Film Festival
Brighton International Animation Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival @ Hallenbad Wolfsburg
Animated Movies Festival Animocje
Playgrounds - The Art Department
Brussels Short Film Festival
Film Fest Petaluma
Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing
Short Encounters International Film Festival
The Quarantine Film Festival
Future Vision Festival






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