Dinner for few | Animated short film by Nassos Vakalis
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Published 2020-10-29
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Original title - Dinner for few
Director and writer - Nassos Vakalis
Producer - Nassos Vakalis, Katerinai Stergiopoulou
Music - Kostas Christides
Year - 2014
Orchestration by Kostas Christides, Mark Buys, Jared Banta
Orchestra Conducted by Vladimir Martinka
Music Performed by Bratislava Studio Orchestra
This short film won multiple awards, including:
- 9th Cyprus Iff – Cyprus – Best Short Film Director
- 37th Drama – Greece – Best Music
- 37th Drama – Greece – Special Jury Award
- 8th Expotoons – Argentina – Best Short Film
- 4th Ecofilm – Mexico – Best International Short Film
- 47th Sitges – Spain – Animation Special Mention
- 6th Reanimania – Armenia – Best Short Film
- 4th Bethere! Animation Festival – Greece – Jury Award
- 24th Curtacinema - Rio De Janeiro Isff – Brazil – Audience Award
- 10th Animarte – Brazil – 1st Place Environmental Film Audience Award
- 10th Animarte – Brazil – 2nd Place Environmental Film Jury Award
- 10th Animarte – Brazil – 1st Place Best Environmental Film North America Award
- 10th Animarte Curitiba Grand Prix 2014 – Brazil – Honorable Mention Award
- 10th Animarte São Luís Grand Prix 2014 – Brazil – 1st Place Environmental Film Award
- 10th Animarte São Paulo Grand Prix 2015 – Brazil – 1st Place Environmental Film Award
- 10th Animarte Lençóis Maranhenses Grand Prix 2015 – Brazil – 1st Place Enviromental Film Award
- 7th Animasyros Iaf & Forum – Greece – Special Mention
- 6th Enmut – Spain – Best Animation Short Film
- 3rd Tally Shorts – Usa – Runner Up
- 18th Zoom - Zblizenia Iff – Poland – Best Animated Film By Yougn Jury
- 28th Medina Del Campo Film Festival – Spain – Best International Short Film
- 10th Athens Animfest – Greece – Grand Prix “Athena”
- 4th Tracce Cinematografiche Film Festival – Italy – Special Mention
- 37th Uncipar Film Festival – Argentina – Best International Short Film
- 2015 Short Of The Year – Spain – Best Animation Short Film
- 4th Cinema Prepetuum Mobile – Belarus – Special Mention Perpetuum Adversi
- 6th Piélagos En Corto Iff – Spain – Best Screenplay Award
- 21st Bilbao Fantacy Film Festival – Spain – Audience Award
- 12th Caostica – Spain – Animation Special Mention
- 2nd Navi Mumbai – India – Runner Up
- 2nd Summa3d – Spain – Canal+ Best Animation Award
- 21st Festival International Du Film Nancy-Lorraine – France – Best Original Music
- 31st Alexandria Film Festival For Mediterranean Countries – Egypt – Special Mention
- 8th Sydney Underground Film Festival – Australia – Special Mention
- 10th Shorts Mexico – Mexico – Best International Short Animation
- 26th Fano Film Festival – Italy – Special Mention
- 7th I(N)Differenti – Italy – Best Short Film
- 1st Global International Silent Film Festival – Usa – Special Audience Award
- 27th Festival De Cinema De Girona – Spain – Best Short Animated Film “Millor Creació”
- 1st Festival Internacional Del Cortometrajes Cine Petiso – Argentina – Special Mention
- 10th Festival Internacional Del Cortometraje "Fic" – Argentina – Special Mention
- 22nd Publicystyka – Poland – Distinction
- 9th Klik Animation Film Festival – Netherlands – Best Political Animated Short
- 7th Festival De Cinema Fantástico Da Coruña – Spain – Best International Short Film
- 7th Festival De Cinema Fantástico Da Coruña – Spain – International Grand Audience Award
- 2nd Upstate Ney York Horror Festival– Usa – Best Short Animation
- 2nd Upstate New York Horror Festival – Usa – Best Music Score
- 5th Festival De Cine Fantástico De Torremolinos – Spain – Best Short Film
- 23rd International Environmental Film Festival Ficma – Spain – Best Short Film
- 31st Interfilm Berlin – Germany – Special Mention Confrontations Category
- 17th Certament Cortos Soria – Spain – 2nd Place Award In The Dieta Mediterránea Category
- 25th Fancine – Spain – Best Short Animation
- 8th Cineuphoria Awards 2016 – Portugal – Best International Animation Award
- 8th Cineuphoria Awards 2016 – Portugal – Honorary Mention For Freedom Of Expression
- 9th Ecozine Film Festival – Spain – Best Short Animation
- 5th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival – Uk – Best Short Animation
- 48th Fotogramma D’oro Film Festival – Italy – Special Mention
- 7th Greek Australian Film Festival – Australia – Best International Film
- 1st I.P.A.S. Political Activism Film Festival – Greece – Audience Award
- 1st Chania Cartoon & Animation Festival – Greece – Jury Award
- 1st Palm Springs Animation Festival – Usa – Best 2d Odd And Twisted Animated Short
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All Comments (21)
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Its symbolic how the first pig that died is the judge, which represents the law.
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Cats: Folks/common people Mouse: Distraction Pigs: Politicians/elite people Cook: Government Tiger: Revolution Room: Nature Food: Resources Chain: Corruption Its perhaps like that..
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I love the ending, highlighting the idea that trying to try the whole system again because there was a good time period just leads us right back to where we started.
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The voting box to hold the silverware is an amazing analogy too (its a tool for the elites)
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It's an endless vicious circle. The society has made it its duty to feed the politicians, bureaucrats and the rich who are insatiable and chained by their ambitions.
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I like how when a single cat looks under the table and discovers the snake which bound all the pigs together, how it was taken from the masses and never seen again. This speaks about how individuals on their own, like whistleblowers (Asange), cannot change a corrupt system unless all the people notice it too and rise up.
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Okay the fact that it all took place inside a dinky little 2 story hotel scares me, because the damage from the previous incident is still present in the room leaving it unsalvageable, and if the short film is an analogy to society then the hotel is an analogy to the WORLD, and this implies we can only mess up and repeat the cycle so many times before we exhaust all resources until there’s nothing left and the planet will be practically uninhabitable.
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I like how the pigs come from the cats themselves, they have the same origin and are the same as the others at the beggining, and still so different in the end
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Excellent short film! One thing that struck me...the wind up mouse toy used to distract the cats. It happens regularly......regular "hot news topics" purposely used as distractions. The ppl only transform into the tiger when hungry enough to ignore the distractions but we need to start seeing them for what they are, far before we reach the point of desperation. Excellent message!
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Everything was said without a single spoken word. Masterpiece...
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0:43 God that fork scraping against the plate gave me goosebumps
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This is so disturbing yet so real and original, especially if you consider what each pig represents, 10/10 ❤
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I love the metaphor of how the meek and begging cats, representing the common folk, turn into a powerful tiger when their efforts are united. We truly are stronger together, and we are slain when we allow ourselves to be divided again.
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Ten minutes is like a two hour movie! The creators are amazing!
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HOTEL said HELL at the end during the lightning strike!!! crazy crazy animation but i could feel it was from the heart that feels, ears that hear and eyes that see, thank you for this video!
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This video is the sole reason why I'm backing off of youtube and media outlets in general. I often go on this website to escape the harsh reality of having to work slave wages. After 15 years, I've learned the hard way that distracting myself from this issue only makes it worse. ITS ALWAYS BETTER TO FACE PROBLEMS THAN TO RUN AWAY FROM THEM 😊 I'm glad that I'm having a moment of clarity and can finally hold myself accountable 😂🎉 PRAISE THE LORD 🙏 🤲
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Someone already pointed this out, but at 9:07, there's one minor detail: when the lightning struck for a brief moment, the sign's title transformed from "Hotel" to "Hell".
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I think it’s also worth paying attention to how, at the beginning of the film and at the end, pieces fall ominously from the cliff next to which the house stands. If the rooms are countries, and the hotel is the entire ecosystem of the earth, then the slowly but surely collapsing rock is world's fate, that, even before the world-eaters devour the entire earth, will literally throw our world into the abyss.
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2020 was not all bad, i come back & watch this every year
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I've seen this video in shorts. As expected, the full version feels more meaningful. I admired their expression throughout the video, and after watching it, it was very interesting to comprehensively interpret the comments. Thank you for the good video :)
