The Little One says the story of a small girl Rong who lives in the Czech Republic as a foreigner. While growing up Rong experiences various unpleasant situations connected to her Vietnamese origin – looking different from the other children. Getting older Rong gains self-confidence and as an older sister she can even support her sister Lilly in the same struggles – teaches her that being different does not mean being worse.
As it happens Rong´s family is once forced to leave the country for Vietnam which makes Rong decide – shall she stay in a country where she feels home or go back to Vietnam – her birthplace though the strange one?
director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
screenplay: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Vojtěch Bohuslav
sound and music: Viera Marinová
editing: Edgar Ortiz
production: Karolína Pojarová (Davidová)
Animation: Marek Berger, Filip Javora, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Bára Anna Stejskalová, Martina Chwistková
FAMU - Anifilm - Filmtalent Zlín
2017
AWARDS:
European Children Film Association (ECFA) nomination for best documentary for children 2018
this human world 2017: Vienna, Austria - best short film in category Expanded Shorts
Animánie 2017: Pilsen, Czech Republic - best animated short
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival 2018: New Mexico/El Paso, Mexico - best animated film, audience award
International Film Schools Festival - Escuela de Cine del Uruguay 2018 - best animated film
Noc filmových nadějí - nejlepší animový film 2018
Euroshort 2018: Gdansk, Poland - best animated short
Olympia Film Festival 2018 - Pyrgos, Greece - ECFA Award for Documentary
FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Anifilm 2017: Třeboň, Czech Republic
DOK Leipzig 2017: Leipzig, Germany
Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2018: Seattle, Washington
Filmfest Dresden 2018: Dresden, Germany
Tricky Women 2018: Vienna, Austria
27th FilmFestival Cottbus: Cottbus, Germany
Animateka 2017: Ljubljana, Slovinia
Indie-Anifest 2017: Soul, South Korea
KLIK 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kuan-Du Film Fest 2018: Taipei, Taiwan
Festival dei Popoli 2018: Florence, Italy
ISFVF Beijing Film Academy 2017: Beijing, China
IDFF Ji.hlava 2017: Jihlava, Czech Republic
Chicago Feminist Film Festival 2018: Chicago, Illinois
CineDoc 2018: Tbilisi, Georgia
goEast Film Festival 2018: Wiesbaden, Germany
Neisse Film Festival 2018: Zittau, Germany
Febiofest SK 2018: Bratislava, Slovakia
ShorTS International Film Festival 2018: Trieste, Italy
Zlín Film Festival 2018: Zlín, Czech Republic
Fest Anča 2018: Žilina, Slovakia
Anibar 2018: Peja, Kosovo
PEQUEFILMS FANECAS 2017: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Athens International Children’s Film Festival 2018: Athens, Greek
Finále Plzeň 2018: Pilsen, Czech Republic
Tricycle Shorts Festival 2019: New York, NY
Inconvenient Films 2018: Vilnius, Riga
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