THE ANIMAL

milen-vitanov

milen-vitanov

Director, Animator (2D,3D)

Milen Vitanov was born in Prague and raised in Sofia. He spent many sleepless nights drawing on his first self-made light box. He graduated Animation in 2007 at the film academy HFF-Konrad Wolf in Babelsberg and committed himself to the alchemy of 2D/3D-Animation-Mixtures. His graduation film "My Happy End" has participated in many international festival and received numerous prestigious awards. Milen is now living in Berlin and spending again sleepless nights, working on his new 2D/3D mixture-film.

FILMOGRAPHY

WORK SAMPLES

My Happy End

short film 2D/3D animation 5:30 min HFF "Konrad Wolf", 2007
All dogs chase their tails. A dog once succeeds in catching his own tail. That changes his life as he finds his best friend in it.

Rising Hope

short film 10 min Talking Animals, 2012
Rising Hope, who used to be the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. With the help of a new friend − a jack-of-all-trades hound − he finds hope and himself again.
Festivals:
  • Berlinale International Film Festival
  • Atlanta Film Festival, USA
  • Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
  • SICAF Seoul Int.Cartoon&Animation Festival
  • DOK-Leipzig 2012, Germany
  • Clermont-Ferrand 2012, France
  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Germany
  • KROK Int. Animation Film Festival 2012, Ukraine
  • Encounters Film Festival 2012, Bristol, UK
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival 2012, USA
  • Curtas Vila do Conde 2012, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Awards:
  • "Cartoons & Sport" Cartoon on the Bay 2012, Italy
  • Best Animated Film, Young Jury Award at Rhode Island Int. Film Festival 2012, USA
  • Audience Award for Best Short Film - The 24 hours of Nuremberg Int. Short Film Festival 2012, Germany
  • Award of the Junior Jury for Best Short Film - Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival 2012, Italy
  • Best Film at the Animacam, International  Animation Festival 2013, in Ourense, Spain
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