Swimming With Wings

29-3-2023 11:53

2023 / 10' Dir. Daphna Awadish Sc. Daphna Awadish Sales. SND Films

Swimming With Wings

Daphna Awadish

A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of a little Israeli girl learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands.

For Lyri, the penguin, going on her underwater voyage she will reach polar existence. Getting there will mean returning to a primary world, natural, and protected. Whatever she experiences there she will take back to the “real” world, where finally she will be able to swim.

Main Category: Animation · Arthouse · Short

Expected Completion: 2023

Original Film Title: Swimming With Wings

English Film Title: Swimming With Wings

Production Year: 2023

Running Time: 10

Original Language: Dutch · English · Hebrew

Genre: Animation · Short

Animation Technique: Mixed Techniques

Director: Daphna Awadish

Filmography Director: FACING WATER (2020, short animated doc) Festivals and Awards: a.o. ZEBRA Poetry FF, , Kaboom Animation Festival, Special Mention Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, BEAR WITH ME (2019, short graduation animated doc) Festivals and Awards o.a. Best Animation Award Jerusalem FF, Fantastic Award- Stuttgart IAFF #ThisIsEU - European Values Award, AnimaSyros IAFF, Best Animation Award Ce l'ho Corto FF, Special Mention Festival Universitario de Cine y Audiovisuales Equinoxio, Special Mention Athens Animafest.

Screenwriter: Daphna Awadish

Main Production Company: Valk Productions

Main Production - Person(s): Richard Valk

Main Production Company Phone: +31 6 5093 4002

Main Production Company E-mail: richardv@xs4all.nl

Main Production Company Website: www.valkproductions.com

Co-production company: The Hive Studio (IL)

Sales Agent: SND Films

Sales Agent Phone: +31 6 549 55 266

Sales Agent E-mail: sydney@sndfilms.com

Sales Agent website: www.sndfilms.com

Festival distribution Company Name: Studio Wasia

Festival distribution Company E-mail: miguel.wasia@gmail.com