Wild Summon

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Wild Summon
Wild Summon Film Poster.jpg
Directed byKarni Arieli
Saul Freed
Produced byKarni Arieli
Saul Freed
Jay Woolley
Starring Marianne Faithfull
Music bySaul Freed
Peter Vilk
Roxana Vilk
Production
company
Sulkybunny
Distributed byAutour de Minuit
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom

Wild Summon is a 2023 animated short film directed by the filmmaking duo Karni Arieli and Saul Freed, also known as 'Karni & Saul'. [1] The 14-minute eco-film narrated by British singer Marianne Faithfull [2] depicts the life of a female salmon, in the human form [3] of a free diver. Premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film, [4] Wild Summon has been featured in a number of international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival [5] and the Raindance Film Festival, where it won an award for Best Short Film. In January 2024, filmmakers Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman came aboard as executive producers of the film. [6] [7]

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On December 21st 2023, the film was shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards in the category of Best Animated Short Film. [8]

Plot

A 'human' female salmon is laying on the river shore, exhausted. Her eggs have been released and are floating on the river bank: they are almost ready to hatch. One of the newborn salmons, a female, commences her perilous journey down the river and in the open sea. Once grown, she must swim back across the ocean, to return to her birth place, upriver. Whether it's in the shape of natural predators or man-made threats, many are the obstacles that get in her way. Yet, her courage, her resilience and a magical life force will guide her to the exact same spot where she was born.

Production

The film received funding from the British Film Institute [9] and was made with a combination of live footage and 3D computer animation over the course of two years. [4] The live footage was shot in Iceland during the pandemic, and the computer animation, produced by the Bristol-based Sulkybunny Studio, was made primarily with the Autodesk Maya, Arnold and SythnEyes softwares, and the compositing was done using Adobe After Effects. [10] [4] [11]

Reception

Since its release, the film has been selected in various festivals around the world:

YearFestivalsAward/CategoryStatusRef.
2023 Cannes International Film Festival Palme d'Or for Best Short Film Nominated [12] [4]
Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal for Best Short FilmNominated [13]
Stockholm Film Festival Bronze Horse for Best Short FilmNominated [14]
Raindance Film Festival Best Short FilmWon [15]
Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary ShortNominated [16]
Fantasy Filmfest Get Shorty Award (Audience Award)Won [17]
Blue Danube Film Festival Best Animated FilmNominated [18]
Animation Is Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Best Short FilmWon [19]
Healdsburg Film Festival Grand Jury PrizeWon [20]

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