Sad Beauty
Sad Beauty (2020) - 9:50 min
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
Director, script, animation, music, editing: Arjan Brentjes
Voices: Bart van der Schaaf, Anne-May de Lijser, Peter Baker
Script coaching: Job, Joris & Marieke
Audio mix: Bob Kommer Studios
This film was supported by The Netherlands Film Fund
International sales: SND Films - Sydney Neter, info@sndfilms.com
Awards and nominations
-Short Film Award at Greenmotions Filmfestival, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (November 2022)
-Short Film Award at Int. Nature & Environment Film Festival, Grenoble, France (Dec 2021)
-Best Animation Award at Nottingham Int. Film Festival, Nottingham, UK (Sep 2021)
-Save the Earth! award at Short Shorts, Tokyo, Japan (June 2021)
-Best Animated Eco Film Award at IAFF Golden Kuker, Sofia, Bulgaria (May 2021)
-Nominated for Best Animated at NFMLA Annual Awards, LA, USA (May 2021)
-Best Animation at Taos Shortz Film Fest, Taos, USA (March 2021)
-Mr. Zee Award for Best Animation at Shortcutz Amsterdam, Annual Awards, Netherlands (March 2021)
-Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at Shortcutz Amsterdam, Annual Awards, Netherlands (March 2021)
-Animation of the Month at TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, UK (December 2020)
-Best animation Film at Rome International Film Festival, Rome (Georgia), USA (November 2020)
-Second Prize Best Animation Short at Pixel Vienna, Austria (November 2020)
-Nominated for Best Animated Short at Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA (November 2020)
-Nominated for Best Animation Short at Raindance Film Festival, London, UK (October 2020)
Screenings
May 2024 - Radical Frame Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Nov 2023 - Braga Science Film Fest, Braga, Portugal
Jan 2023 - My Body, a Coral Reef?, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Nov 2022 - Greenmotions Filmfestival, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nov 2022 - Curtaneu, les Valls d’Àneu, Spain
Oct 2022 - Wiz-Art International Short FIlm Festival, Lviv, Ukraine
Sep 2022 - Filmambiente, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Aug 2022 - Pentedattilo Film Festival, Pentedattilo, Italy
Aug 2022 - BNP Paribas Green Film Fest
May 2022 - Transilvania Shorts, Cluj, Romania
Jan 2021 - Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
Jan 2022 - Musoc Asturies, Gijon, Spain
Jan 2022 - Film Maudit, Los Angeles, USA
Dec 2021 - Animaze, Montreal, Canada
Nov 2021 - Int. Nature & Environment Film Festival, Grenoble, France
Nov 2021 - Tindirindis, Int. Animated Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Nov 2021 - Animation Marathon, Chalandri, Greece
Nov 2021 - Giraf Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada
Nov 2021 - Athens Int. Children’s Film Festival, Athens, Greece
Nov 2021 - Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Nov 2021 - Slow Film Fest, Rome, Italy
Nov 2021 - FICEE, Ciudad Rodrgo, Spain
Nov 2021 - Arlington International Film Festival, Arlington, USA
Nov 2021 - Suncine: Environmental Film Fest, Barcelona, Spain
Oct 2021 - Filmambiente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oct 2021 - shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, several cities worldwide
Oct 2021 - Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
Oct 2021 - Canlandiranlar Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Oct 2021 - Kerry International Film Festival, Killarney, Ireland
Oct 2021 - All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, Panchgani, India
Oct 2021 - Cardiff Mini Film Festival, Cardiff, UK
Sep 2021 - Nottingham International Film Festival, Nottingham, UK
Sep 2021 - Independent Days Intnl. Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sep 2021 - Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, USA
Sep 2021 - 5th Chaniartoon - Int. Comic & Animation Fest, Chania, Greece
Sep 2021 - International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő, Budapest, Hungary
Sep 2021 - Ortometraggi Film Festival, Turin, Italy
Sep 2021 - Fantoche, ‘Un Monde Fragile’, Baden, Switzerland
Sep 2021 - Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Sep 2021 - Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, USA
Sep 2021 - Torino Underground Cinefest, Turin, Italy
Sep 2021 - Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria
Sep 2021 - Portobello Film Festival, London, UK
Sep 2021 - Linoleum Animation Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Aug 2021 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense, Denmark
Aug 2021 - CineGlobe Film Festival, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Aug 2021 - Corto e capo / Premio Mario Puzo festival, Venticano, Italy
Aug 2021 - Divercine, Montevideo, Uruguay
Aug 2021 - Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Aug 2021 - Alpinale short film festival, Bludenz, Austria
Aug 2021 - La Guarimba, La Grotta dei Piccoli, Amantea, Italy
Aug 2021 - Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in ACHI, Achi, Japan
Aug 2021 - Dieciminuti, Ceccano, Italy
Jul 2021 - Islantilla Cineforum, Bajo la Luna, Islantilla, Spain
Jul 2021 - Zabut Int. Animated Shortfilm Fest, Messina, Italy
Jul 2021 - MONSTRA -Lisbon Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 2021 - SiciliAmbiente Film Festival, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
Jul 2021 - NaturVision Filmfestival, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Jul 2021 - Cartoon Club, Rimini, Italy
Jul 2021 - Int. Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR, Poznan, Poland
Jul 2021 - Constantine’s Gold Coin, Nis, Serbia
Jul 2021 - River Film Festival, Padua, Italy
Jul 2021 - ShorTS – International Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
Jun 2021 - Euganea Film Festival, Padua, Italy
Jun 2021 - Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan
Jun 2021 - Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, USA
Jun 2021 - Animafest Zagreb, World Panorama, Zagreb, Croatia
Jun 2021 - Zeitgeist, Orange County, California, USA
May 2021 - Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Athens, Greece
May 2021 - NFMLA Annual Awards, LA, USA
May 2021 - IAFF Golden Kuker, Sofia, Bulgaria
May 2021 - Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, School program, Regensburg, Germany
May 2021 - Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival Minneapolis, USA
May 2021 - Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, USA
May 2021 - Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
May 2021 - RiverRun IFF, Winston-Salem, USA
May 2021 - ITFS, Stuttgart, Germany
Apr 2021 - Lanterna Mágica, International Animation Festival, Goiás, Brazil
Apr 2021 - Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, USA
Apr 2021 - Liveable Planet Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
Apr 2021 - Filmfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Apr 2021 - ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France
Apr 2021 - Le Temps Presse, Paris, France
Mar 2021 - Artfools international Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
Mar 2021 - Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar 2021 - AmDocs Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA
Mar 2021 - Athens AnimFest 2021, Athens, Greece
Mar 2021 - Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, USA
Mar 2021 - Animation Dingle, Dingle, Ireland
Mar 2021 - Mecal Pro, Barcelona, Spain
Mar 2021 - Shortcutz Amsterdam, Annual Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar 2021 - Taos Shortz Film Fest, Taos, USA
Mar 2021 - Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, USA
Mar 2021 - Cinemagic, On The Pulse, online festival, UK and Ireland
Mar 2021 - Manchester Film Festival, Manchester, UK
Mar 2021 - Eko International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Feb 2021 - Ibizacinefest, Ibiza, Spain
Feb 2021 - In the Palace ISFF, Varna, Bulgaria
Feb 2021 - VOID International Animation Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Feb 2021 - Golden Bee International Children's Film Festival, New Delhi, India
Feb 2021 - Findecoin IISFF, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
Feb 2021 - Love Your Shorts, Sanford (Florida), USA
Feb 2021 - Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, USA
Feb 2021 - SF Indiefest. San Francisco, USA
Jan 2021 - Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Bucharest, Romania
Jan 2021 - ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia
Jan 2021 - Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India
Jan 2021 - Moscow Shorts, Moscow, Russia
Dec 2020 - TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Dec 2020 - NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, InFocus: Dutch Cinema, Los Angeles, USA
Dec 2020 - TAFIC Tapiales, Buenos aires, Argentina
Dec 2020 - KortFilm Festival Leuven, Belgium
Dec 2020 - Icona Contemporary Animation Festival, Kerkira, Greece
Dec 2020 - Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada
Dec 2020 - Short to the Point - November Selection, Bucharest, Romania
Nov 2020 - RIFF Awards, Rome Independent Film Festival, Rome, Italy
Nov 2020 - Hidalgo Film Fest, Pachuca, Mexico
Nov 2020 - Animasivo, Mexico City, Mexico
Nov 2020 - Pixel Vienna Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria
Nov 2020 - IKFF, International Kids Film Festival, online, international
Nov 2020 - Shortcutz Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 2020 - Shorts That Are Not Pants, Toronto, Canada
Nov 2020 - Soria International Film Festival, Soria, Spain
Nov 2020 - Rome International Film Festival, Rome (Georgia), USA
Nov 2020 - Interfilm, Berlin, Germany
Nov 2020 - Animest, Bucharest, Romania
Nov 2020 - St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA
Nov 2020 - Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, USA
Nov 2020 - Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK
Nov 2020 - Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
Nov 2020 - Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
Oct 2020 - Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Oct 2020 - Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Oct 2020 - Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Palma, Spain
Oct 2020 - TAF, Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
Oct 2020 - Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, USA
Oct 2020 - Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia
Oct 2020 - Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Oct 2020 - PEFF 2020, Int. Environmental Film Fest. of Patagonia, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Sep 2020 - Dutch Film Festival, Golden Calf competition, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sep 2020 - Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK
Sep 2020 - Oldenburg International Film Festival, Oldenburg, Germany
Sep 2020 - Fantoche Int. Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland