A girl, abandoned by her cat, is wallowing in the past. An embodied struggle with abandonment. Experimental dance video.
#Title: rotten cats
#Director: Johan Planefeldt
#Country of Production: Germany
#Year of Production: 2018
#Duration: 00:07:20
#Choregraphy: Johan Planefeldt
#Dancers / Actors: Szcs Dóra Ida
#Camera: Johan Planefeldt
#Editing: Johan Planefeldt
#Music: Chikara Aoshima
Johan Planefeldt - (Director, Cinematography) is an award-winning Swedish film maker and cinematographer with a background in fine arts. His films are recognized for having a strong visual language that explores physicality, embodiment and the alteration of states. He has directed several short films screened in international film festivals, and two web-TV series, where the award-winning series “Notruf Deutschland” was a cross-media project funded by Medienboard. He has collaborated with clients like Universal Music, Riksteatern - The Swedish National Touring Theatre & MyVideo. pizzanfunk.com
Prices and nominations
2018 Winner of “The Pearls Artist Price”, for Rotten cats, Pool18, Berlin
2017 Winner of “Best short” at Boddinale Film Festival, Berlin (The Wind)
2016 Winner of “The Pearls Artist Price”, for The Wind, Pool16, Berlin
2014 Winner of “Best International Film“, InShadow Festival, Portugal (Yuki)
2014 Nomination for “Best International Film“, InShadow Festival, Portugal (Lajka)
2013 SILVER JURY AWARD, Toronto Contact Dance International Film Festival
2013 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, Toronto Contact Dance International Film Festival
2013 2nd PLACE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, Toronto Contact Dance International Film Festival
2013 Silver award, at the ClipClub short film event, Berlin
2013 4th place in Competition, Dance Film Festival Luzern
2011 Winner of “Site of the day”, BestWebDesign, Notruf Deutschland Facebook integrated video
2011 Winner of “Site of the day”, FWA, Notruf Deutschland Facebook integrated video
2011 Winner of “Best Website”, Dope awards, Notruf Deutschland Facebook integrated video
2011 Winner of the “Best Short Film”, Kreuzköllnale Film festival, Berlin
2010 Winner of the “Best Short Film” at the ClipClub short film event, Berlin
2009 Chosen for ”The Salon of Awesome Cinema", Hard Liquor & Porn Film Festival, Toronto
2007 Winner of the “Best Short Film” at the Frame Festival, Sweden
2007 Nominated to ”Best Short Film” (1km film) at the Stockholm International Film Festival 2007
2007 Nominated to ”Best Short Film” at the Gothenburg International Film Festival 2007
