LAST STOP IS THE MOON

by Birutė Sodeikaitė
2017

Puppet animation
8’39, English Dialogues

SYNOPSIS
A story of a girl who is trying to deal with her illness. Imagining the illness as a Lion and herself as a Unicorn she goes through the different stages of acceptance.

CREW
Written and Directed by Birutė Sodeikaitė, Production Design by Birutė Sodeikaitė, Produced by Agnė Adomėnė, Justyna Rucińska, Wojtek Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Music by Ramūnas Motiekaitis, Sound Design by Monika Kosmauskaitė, Animated by Wojciech Sankiewicz, Ignas Meilūnas, Birutė Sodeikaitė, DOP Emil Kalus, Editing by Mikas Žukauskas, Colour Grading by Jonas Zagorskas.

PRODUCTION
Likaon – Poland
Art Shot – Lithuania

FINANCING
Polish Film Institute
Lithuanian Film Centre
National Audiovisual Institute

AWARDS
Animated in Poland Award at KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – Poland – Works-in-progress section
2 Nominations for the LITHUANIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS 2018 – Best Short Film – Best Film Composer
Nomination for the EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS 2018 – Best Background and Character Design in an Animated Short Film

FESTIVALS
More than 30 Selections including BALKANIMA EAFF 2017 – Serbia, ANIMATEKA IAFF 2017 – Slovenia, FREDRIKSTAD AF 2017 – Norway, STOP MOTION MONTREAL 2018 – Canada, STOP MOTION BARCELONA SFF 2018 – Spain, ISFF BERLIN INTERFILM 2018 – Germany.