Letter to a Pig | |
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Hebrew | מכתב לחזיר |
Directed by | Tal Kantor |
Written by | Tal Kantor |
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Edited by | Efrat Berger |
Music by | Pierre Oberkampf |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
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Language | Hebrew |
Letter to a Pig (Hebrew: מכתב לחזיר) is a 2022 Israeli-French animated short film written and directed by Tal Kantor.[4] The 17-minute animated film about generational trauma has been awarded in various international film festivals, including the Jerusalem Film Festival,[5] the Ottawa International Animation Festival,[6] the Annecy International Animation Film Festival[7] and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[8] The film is nominated for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[9]
On 'Memorial Day', a Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life to a classroom full of teenagers.[10][11]
Whilst listening to his testimony, a young schoolgirl sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of collective trauma, memory and identity.[12][13]
The 17-minute short about collective memory and identity[14] premiered as part of the 2022 San Francisco International Film Festival[15] and won the Award for Best Short Film at the 2022 Israeli Film Academy Awards.[16] The film was shortlisted at the 2023 César Awards[17] and has been featured in a number of international film festivals, receiving accolades such as the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival[6] and the Zlatko Grgic Award at the 2022 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.[18]
Since its release, the film has been selected in various festivals around the world:
Year | Festivals | Award/Category | Status |
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2022 | Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films | Zlatko Grgic Award[18] | Won |
Grand Prize: Short Films Competition | Nominated | ||
San Francisco International Film Festival | Golden Gate Award for Best Animated Short[19] | Nominated | |
Ottawa International Animation Festival | Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short[6] | Won | |
Chicago International Children's Film Festival | Liv Ullman Peace Prize (Short Film)[8] | Won | |
Jerusalem Film Festival | The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Animation Film[5] | Won | |
Award for Israeli Cinema | Nominated | ||
Israeli Film Academy Awards | Best Short Film[16] | Won | |
Annecy International Animated Film Festival | Cristal for Best Short[7] | Nominated | |
GLAS Animation | Grand Prix[20] | Nominated | |
2023 | Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Grand Prix: International Competition[21] | Nominated |
Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival | The Golden Egg Festival Prize[22] | Won | |
Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival | Grand Prize for Best international Short Film[23] | Won | |
Animation Is Film Festival | Best Short Film[24] | Won | |
Aesthetica Short Film Festival | Best Animation[25] | Won |