ED AWARD for Central European short film
Dede is Dead
5. 9. 2024
16:00
Ještěrka
original title
Deniska umřela
directed by
Philippe Kastner
produced by
FAMU
year
2023
duration
8 minutes
country
Czechia
language
no dialogue
Synopsis
Death of a beloved pet is a difficult thing to deal with, and even though we try to prepare for it, it always seems to come too soon. This is a story of a boy and his dog Dede, who passes away suddenly and the boy is left alone with his grief. In the end, he finds out that just because Dede is dead does not mean that she is completely gone.
The film premiered at the Berlinale 2023, where it received the Generation Kplus Special Mention. It also participated in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023 or Tallinn Black Nights 2023, and was nominated for the Czech Film Critics Award and the Czech Lion Award for Best Animated Film and Best Student Film.
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Philippe Kastner is a student at the Department of Animation at FAMU. So far he has directed and animated several school short animated films.
