ERGO
A story about the music in us.
CREATORS
Written, directed and produced by Géza M. Tóth
Photography by Zoltán Bogdán
Edited by Judit Czakó
Art Director: Géza M. Tóth
Music by Attila Pacsay
Sound design: Imre Madacsi
Animation: Zoltán Bogdán, Árpád Koós, Béla Klingl, Gergely Kozma
Production manager: Niki Kárász
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The premiere screening of ERGO was in 2008 in the competition programme of Cannes Film Festival – Semaine de la Critique. Since then the film has been screened at more than 40 film festivals around the world and won prizes from Thailand to Germany.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Year of pruduction: 2008
Running time: 12 min
Animation technique: 3D
Format: 35 mm
Aspect: 1:1,85
Sound: Dolby Digital
Dialogues: none
ERGO's festival results
Prizes:
2008 - Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Special Honorary Mention
2008 - ANIMANIMA - Cacak, Serbia - Special Prize for Best Sound Design
2008 - FCAN - Short Animation Film Festival Neufchateau, Belgium – Grand Prize
2009 – KAFF – Kecskemét Animation Film Festival, Hungary - Special Prize for Best Music
2009 - Animation Block Party, USA – Best in Show Award
2009 - Ojai Film Festival, USA - Special Prize
2009 - BKKIAF - Bangkok Animation Film Festival, Thailand – Main Prize of the Jury
2010 - BACKUP Festival - New Media in Film, Weimar, Germany – RED2 Prize
2010 - ANIFEST Rozafa Internatonal Film Festival, Tirana, Albania – Best Sound design
2010 - PATRAS International Film Festival, Patras, Greece – Best Animation
2010 - Mogilev Animaevka 2010. (Best Experimental film)
In competition:
2008 - Cannes Semaine de la Critiques, France
2008 – Aix en Provance, France
2008 - Chieti MATITA Film Festival , Italy
2008 - Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
2008 - Rio de Janeiro, Săo Paulo ANIMA MUNDI, Brasil
2008 - ANONIMUL IFF, Bucharest, Romania
2008 – China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival (CICDAF), China
2008 - Targu-Mures AlterNative, Romania
2008 - Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
2008 - Ghent Flanders International Film Festival, Belgium
2008 - Varsaw International Film Festival, Poland
2008 – Cinéjeune, Saint-Quentin, France
2008 – TINDIRINDIS Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 – Animacor Cordoba International Film Festival, Spain
2008 - Gonfreville L'Orcher - du Grain á démoudre, France
2008 - Amiens International Film Festival, France
2008 – ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain
2008 – Bergen International Film Festival, Norway
2008 – Opening Ceremony of Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
2008 - Bukarest DaKINO International Short Film Festival, Romania
2008 - Kolozsvár FILMTETTFESZT, Romania
2008 - Festival Of European Films on Wheels, Ankara, Turkey
2008 - Xiamen International Animation Festival, China
2008 - 25th International Istanbul Short Film Festival, Turkey
2008 - ETIUDA&ANIMA, Krakkó Animációs Short, Poland
2008 - Róma I CASTELLI ANIMATI Genzano di Roma, Italy
2008 - TIFF Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
2009 - 12st European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux, France
2009 - ANIFEST 2009 Trebon, Czech Republic
2009 – International Children's festival - GALICJA, Krakow, Poland
2009 - Munich International Short Film Festival, Germany
2009 - In the palace, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 - SICAF, Seoul, Korea
2009 - FEST ANCA, Slovakia
2009 – Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Athens, Greece
2009 - TGHFF - Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
