Bango Vassil

Director: Milen Vitanov & Vera Trajanova

Short film • 2D drawn animation • 9:00 min • © Milen Vitanov 2016

Ati and Emil share an altogether different kind of New Year’s Eve, taking a journey where they must cross icy waters and cultures to make a fresh start. 

  • Credits

    Bulgarian cast:
    Ati - Donka Emilova
    Emil - Martin Tchotchev
    Bango Vassil - Georgi Djilianov
    Crow - Metodi Litzev
    Kids: Michail Angelov, Marc Arner, Anna Bodakova

    German cast:
    Ati - Borislava Assenova
    Emil - Yavor Kostov
    Bango Vassil - Hans Klima
    Crow - Jonathan Gyles
    Kids: Tilda Aviva Aue, Miro Pertsch, Konstantin Lazarov

    Screenplay:
    Vera Trajanova
    Milen Vitanov

    Director:
    Milen Vitanov
    Vera Trajanova

    Producer:
    Milen Vitanov
    Samuel Weikopf

    Director of photography:
    Olaf Aue

    Editor:
    Jens Prausnitz

    Sound & mix:
    Vensan Mazmanyan

    Music:
    Ivo Papazov-Ibriama

    Set designer and backgrounds:
    Ines Gomes Ferreira

    Layout and animation supervising:
    Milen Vitanov

    Animation:
    Ulf Grenzer, Marie Josephine Tucholsky, Yordan Brankovski, Nayden Nikolov, Dalibor Rajninger, Milen Vitanov

    Additional animation and clean-up:
    Diana Monova, Atanas Filipov, Konrad Weise, Miroslav Mircev, Alexandra Elezova, Margarita Stamenova, Lilyana Stoyanova, Inga Bule, Magda Richiusa, Christin Ruttka, Lev Voloshin, Dineta Saramova, Peter Daskalov, Danae Diaz, Daniel Ernesto Leyva, Samuel Weikopf

    Romanes consutant:
    Sofia Zahova

    Supported by:
    Robert Bosch Stiftung
    BKM/Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
    Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
    National Filmcenter Sofia

  • Awards & Festivals

    Awards:

    Best animation film at IN THE PALACE Short film festival - Baltchik, Bulgaria

     

    Festivals:

    Bienniale Of Animation, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Animacam Animation Short Film Festival Santiago de Compostela

    Athens Animfest, athens, Greece

    Kids Animation Section at Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Minsk, Belaru

    Youngabout International Film Festival Bologna, Italy

    ONE Country ONE Film Issoire, France

    Landshutter Filmfestival, Landshut, Germany

    Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany

    Int.Film Festival for Children and Youth KINOLUB, Poland

    River Film Festival Padova, Italy

    Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo

    ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria

    Manlleu Film Festival, Spain

    Int.Film Festival SCHLINGEL in Chemnitz, Germany

    BEAST - International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal

    Uppsala International Short Film, Sweden

    Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA

    Olympia Int. Film Festival, Greece

    Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest, Italy

    Tlanchana Fest Metepec, Mexico

    BOGOSHORTS Bogota Short Film Festival, Colombia

    Un poing c'est court, Vaulx en Velin, France

    Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France

    Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany

    "Longue Vue sur le court" Intl.Film Festival, Montreal, Canada

    Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy

    New York Int'l Children's Film Festival, USA

    IN THE PALACE Short film festival - Baltchik, Bulgaria

    Cinekid - Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Timishorts, Timisoara, Romania

    Children’s Film Festival Seattle, USA

    REDCAT Int'l Children’s Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA