screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby Surround
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Stereo
An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief. Inspired by the internet story UGLY THE CAT.
director
Nikita Diakur
Animation
Bastian J. Schiffer, Gerhard Funk, Nicolas Trotignon, Nikita Diakur, Phil Maron
Editing
Nikita Diakur
DOP
Nikita Diakur
Production
Nikita Diakur
Script
Nikita Diakur
Cast
Redbear Easterman
Original Score
Cédric Dekowski, Enrica Sciandrone, Felix Reifenberg
Sound Design
Bernd Thurig, David Kamp, Nicolas Martigne
Festivals
2017
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
(Grand Prize)
2017
Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom
(Grand Prix Animated Film)
2017
Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
(New Talent)
2017
Internationales Trickfilmfestival Wiesbaden, Germany
(Publikumspreis Bester Deutscher Animationsfilm)
2017
Brno16, Czech Republic
(Student Jury Prize)
2017
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia
(Special Mention)
2017
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan
(New Talent)
2017
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hungary
(Best First Film)
2017
Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
(Special Mention)
Awards
2017 Nomination European Short Film Award 2017
Production
- Nikita Diakur
- http://www.ugly-film.com
Distribution
- Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
- Anne Jagemann
- Bodenstedtstr. 16
- 22765 Hamburg
- +49 40 39106318
- http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
- Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
- Stine Wangler
- Bodenstedtstr. 16
- 22765 Hamburg
- +49 40 39106328
- http://sales.shortfilm.com
Nikita Diakur
Nikita Diakur works as an independent director and producer in Germany. He is best known for his projects UGLY and FEST, which have received critical acclaim at film festivals around the world. His signature style is a dynamic computer simulation that embraces spontaneity, randomness and error.
Filmography
2017 Ugly
2018 Fest
