GRANDPA IS SLEEPING
GRANDPA IS SLEEPING
GRANDPA IS SLEEPING
International Short Film Competition

GRANDPA IS SLEEPING

Six-year-old Alma won’t accept her Grandpa’s endless sleep, so she takes him out for one last adventure together.

SHORTS O’CLOCK I, Saturday, April 18, 16:00 Bucharest Time (EEST)

ENGLISH TITLE:

Grandpa is sleeping

Original title:

Bunicu doarme

Director:

Matei Branea

Country:

Romania, Bulgaria

Genre:

animation

Year:

2025

Length:

13’

Selective list of festivals and awards:

PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival, PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival), Toon Dook International Animation Festival Award Winner, Toronto Global Film Festival Honorable Mention, Hsin-Yi Chidren's Animation Awards Nominee, New England Animation Festival 2025 Quarter-Finalist, Transilvania International Film Festival Award Winner -Premiul SIGNIS, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Golden Rhyton Selected.

Director’s bio:

Matei Branea is an illustrator, comics-artist and film director best known for his choice of controversial subjects and witty humor. He is regarded as one of the best Romanian illustrators, while his animated works (web series, music videos, short films) have enjoyed international recognition.

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