The Smortlybacks | A Short Film by Ted Sieger & Wouter Dierickx

On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.

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The Smortlybacks won the following awards:

-Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Publikumspreis Bester Kurzfilm 2013
-Vila do Conde, Festival internacional de cinema CURTAS, Honorable Mention (M/3) of the
Curtinhas Competition 2013

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The Smortlybacks has been shown at numerous festivals, including:

- Monstra, Lisboa, Portugal, März 2014
- Clermont-Ferrand Int. Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, Frankreich, 2014
- Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival, Bondi Beach, Australien
- Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Schweiz,
November 2013
- Cork Film Festival – Youth Screenings, Cork, Irland, November 2013
- Festival Cinema Giovane, Pieve a Nievole, Italy, November 2013
- Bradford Animation Festival, Bradford, UK, November 2013
- KUKI International Children & Youth Short Film Festival Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland, November
2013
-Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm/ DOK Leipzig, Leipzig,
Deutschland, Oktober-Novermber 2013
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Schweden, Oktober 2013

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Directed by: Ted Sieger & Wouter Dierickx
Screenplay: Alexandra Prosen & Wouter Dierickx
Producer: Ted Sieger, Sophie Animation
Music by: Christoph Utzinger