On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
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The Smortlybacks won the following awards:
-Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Publikumspreis Bester Kurzfilm 2013 -Vila do Conde, Festival internacional de cinema CURTAS, Honorable Mention (M/3) of the Curtinhas Competition 2013
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The Smortlybacks has been shown at numerous festivals, including:
- Monstra, Lisboa, Portugal, März 2014 - Clermont-Ferrand Int. Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, Frankreich, 2014 - Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival, Bondi Beach, Australien - Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Schweiz, November 2013 - Cork Film Festival – Youth Screenings, Cork, Irland, November 2013 - Festival Cinema Giovane, Pieve a Nievole, Italy, November 2013 - Bradford Animation Festival, Bradford, UK, November 2013 - KUKI International Children & Youth Short Film Festival Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland, November 2013 -Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm/ DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland, Oktober-Novermber 2013 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Schweden, Oktober 2013
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Directed by: Ted Sieger & Wouter Dierickx Screenplay: Alexandra Prosen & Wouter Dierickx Producer: Ted Sieger, Sophie Animation Music by: Christoph Utzinger
