DE IMPERIO
Alessandro Novelli
SYNOPSIS
During a peaceful night, a group of fugitives tries to find its way to the center of the building, where the entire resistance is gathering. Evading the surveillance they go through the rooms of the Giants and witness their macabre routines.
PRODUCTION BAP – Animation Studio
CO-PRODUCTION Studio Kimchi
DISTRIBUTION Agência da Curta-Metragem CRL
ANIMATION TECHNIQUES 2D drawing digital animation, Digital painting, Acrylic painting on paper
DIRECTION Alessandro Novelli
SCRIPT | VISUAL DEVELOPMENT Alessandro Novelli
MUSIC | SOUND DESIGN Simon Smith, Jonathan Darch
ANIMATION Inês Teixeira, Leonor Pacheco, Marta Andrade, Laura Gonçalves, Alessandro Novelli, Carolina Bonzinho
3D ANIMATION Bruno Simōes, Brian Martinez, Ignazio Acerenza
PAINTING Diana Peixoto, Maria Francisca Moura, Leonor Pacheco, Alessandro Novelli, Inês Teixeira
ACRYLIC PAINTING Laura Gonçalves, Maria Francisca Moura, Alessandro Novelli, Sofia Bento, Beatriz Rainha, Nurian Brandao
PHOTOGRAPHY Ivo Cordeiro
COMPOSITING Alessandro Novelli
PRODUCERS David Doutel, Alexandra Ramires, Vasco Sá
CO-RODUCERS Carlota Pou, Bruno Simões
FESTIVALS SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
5 awards and 62 selections, including:
Animocje International Animated Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, 2025
Roanne Animation Short Film Festival Ciné Court Animé, France, 2025
London short film festival, England, 2025
Special Mention in Norman Award — Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Germany, 2025
Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau, 2024
Best in Showcase Award — TAIS Animation Showcase, Canada
Cutout Fest, Mexico, 2024
TAIS Animation Showcase, Canada, 2024
Miradas Medellín, Colombia, 2024
Feinaki 2024 Beijing Animation Week, China, 2024
IRI Imagens do Real Imaginado, Portugal, 2024
Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco, 2024
International Animation Festival ANIMANIMA, Serbia, 2024
Bucharest Short Film Festival, Romania, 2024
Entre Olhares, Portugal, 2024
BitBang International Animation Festival, Argentina, 2024
Plum Animation Festival, Argentina, 2024
Message to Man IFF, Russia, 2024
Weird Market International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market and Festival, Spain, 2024
MANIFEST Mafra Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 2024
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria, 2024
ABIFF Anmation Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania, 2024
LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Ukraine, 2024
Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland, 2024
Flipbook Film Festival, República da Macedónia, 2024
San Giò Verona Vídeo Festival, Italy, 2024
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche, Spain, 2024
Supertoon Festival Internacional de Animação, Croatia, 2024
Vienna Short Festival, Austria, 2024
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, 2024
International Animation Festival Chilemonos, Chile, 2024
BUSAN Short FF, Korea, 2024
Shortcutz Lisboa, Portugal, 2024
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2024
Vilnius Film Festival, Lithuania, 2024
Monstra Festival de Animação de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Germany, 2024
IMAXINARIA Afundación International Animation Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2023
Animac International Film Festival of Catalonia, Lleida, Spain, 2023
Corto Dorico Film Fest, Ancona, Italy, 2023
Beijing International Short Film Festival, China, 2023
Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Mednarodni, Slovenia, 2023
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 2023
Best Original Soundtrack — Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra, Portugal, 2023
Spark Animation Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2023
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2023
National Animation Award — Festa Mundial da Animação, Vila Velha de Rodão and Castelo Branco, Portugal, 2023
Animario Madrid International Contemporary Animation Festival, Spain, 2023
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2023
Best Portuguese Horror Short Film Award — MOTELX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, Portugal, 2023
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 2023
