Bugbrain Studio
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6 Dec 2018
Screenings of short films in the Slovenian Focus: Heart Is a Piece of Meat, directed by Jan Cvitkovič (Staragara); Kids: Abortus, by Urška Djukić (Arts Academy of the University of Nova Gorica); Every Day Is Not The Same by Martin Turk (Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Bela Film); Wolfy by Matevž Luzar and Bordered by Leo Černic (both Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)); Boles by Špela Čadež (Finta); Dad, Can I Drive the Car by Miha Hočevar (Vertigo, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Bela Film); A New Home by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc); Fundaments, a documentary by Peter Cerovšek (Enabanda); and animations Chicory 'n' Coffee by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio) and The Box by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia));
at the The Author's Passage: Mediterranean Interlacements Short Film Festival
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23 Nov 2018
25 Nov 2018
New Slovenian Cinema, featuring screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara); The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film); Men Don't Cry, co-produced by Iridium Film; The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio); the short film The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith by Slobodan Maksimović, co-produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia); Assunta, directed by Ester Ivakić and produced by Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT); Chasm, directed by Ana Trebše and co-produced by Mangart Production Group Ltd; Dance of Love, directed by Leo Černic and produced by Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT); A Very Short Film, directed by Asja Trost; and documentaries Spreading the Seed by Ana Cerar, produced by Luksuz Production and Growing Up by Siniša Gačič and Dominik Mencej, produced by Zuhr Film, organised by Periskop
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13 Oct 2018
14 Oct 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), with the director's attendance, in the Competition section
at the Taichung International Animation Festival TIAF
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7 Oct 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), in the International Competition section
at the Animatou Festival
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6 Oct 2018
7 Oct 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), in the Official Competition section
at the Russia Indie Film Festival RUIFF
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22 Sep 2018
23 Sep 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), and The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith by Slobodan Maksimović, co-produced by Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia),
at the Kinosmena International Short Film Festival
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14 Sep 2018
23 Sep 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)),
at the Chania Cartoon and Animation Festival
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14 Sep 2018
28 Sep 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)),
at the Art for Peace Festival
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14 Sep 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), in the Competition section
at the Conscious Cartoons International Animation Festival
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25 Aug 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)),
at the SoundTrack_Cologne
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30 Jun 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), in the Official Selection
at the British Animation Film Festival
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4 Jun 2018
9 Jun 2018
The screenings of The Box, directed by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio), in the Grand Competition Short Film section; Prince Ki-Ki-Do: Winter Story, directed by Grega Mastnak (Ozor), King Matheus, directed by Katarina Nikolov (Iridium Film), and Koyaa - Wild Sunbed, directed by Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production), in the Films for Children Competition section; Martin Krpan, directed by Nejc Saje (Strup Productions), Mury the Cat - Going for a Walk, directed by Jernej Žmitek (Invida), in the Family Program section; Nighthawk, directed by Špela Čadež (Finta, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), Bonobostudio), in the Ribnjak section; and the presentation of good practice in regional cooperation by Kolja Saksida, supported by the Slovenian Film Institute,
at the Animafest Zagreb
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4 May 2018
6 May 2018
The screening of The Box, a short animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)),
at the The European Independent Film Festival
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14 Apr 2018
The screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
at the Discover Film Festival
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16 Mar 2018
A screening of The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio), in the Short Film section
at the Monstra Festival
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7 Mar 2018
11 Mar 2018
Screenings of The Box, a short animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio), and Trahere, a short documentary by Juš Jeraj and Atila Urbančič (Trahere), in the International Competition section
at the Tampere Film Festival
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1 Mar 2018
12 Mar 2018
Screenings of The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film), and The Box, an animation by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio),
at the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival
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6 Oct 2015
10 Oct 2015
A solo exhibition by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio) and screenings of Composition, directed by Mitja Manček, and Koyaa - Flower, directed by Kolja Saksida (ZVVIKS, Institute for Film and Audiovisual Production), at 12th European Animated Film Festival Belgrade Balkanima
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8 Jul 2015
Boles by Špela Čadež (Finta), (A)torsion, produced by Studio Arkadena, The Heart Is a Piece of Meat, directed by Jan Cvitkovič (Staragara), Child in Time, directed by Maja Weiss (Bela Film Ltd, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)), Chicory 'n' Coffee by Dušan Kastelic (Bugbrain Studio)
at the Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
Animated films
Dušan Kastelic's recent animated film The Box begun his international festival tour after winning the Vesna Award at the Festival of Slovenian Film in 2017. At the Californian Cinequest Festival this nightmarish allegory of a passivised society received The Best Animated Short Film Award. This automatically put it on the 2019 list of qualified films for the Animated Short Oscar.
His previous animated film Chicory 'n' Coffee [Čikorja an' kafe] kicked off in 2008 at the Festival of Slovenian Film where it received the Vesna Award for the Best Animation as "one of the best achievements of Slovene animation and short films in general". Since then it has been travelling around the globe and has received numerous awards: the Pilar Bardem Award at the Cineposible Festival, the Best Animated Film Award at the International Film Festival in San Joaquin, the Best Animation Short and Special Jury Prize at the animation festival Mundos Digitales, the Best Animation at the 22nd Foyle Film Festival, and the Best Film at the Levante International Film Festival. In the 3D World December 2010 issue the Chicory 'n' Coffee was listed among "the 100 CG shorts you must see".
Kastelic's first 3D computer animation and his first short animation film was Perk, a video spot which was conceived in 2002 in a collaboration with the polka-punk band Orlek.