About killing the pig (Short) (Dell'ammazzare il maiale)

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original title:

Dell'ammazzare il maiale

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country:

Italy

year:

2011

film run:

format:

Digi Beta Pal - colour & b/w

status:

Ready (12/11/2011)

genre:

animation film

festivals & awards:

Journées du Cinéma Italien - Nice 2016: Carte Blanche au CNC
Animafest Zagreb 2012: Grand Competition - Special Award
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2012: Official Selection
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2012: Compétition Labo
David di Donatello 2012: Best Short Film
Dok Leipzig 2012: International Competition Animated Film
IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012: Short Films
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2012: International Competition
Krakow Film Festival 2012: In Competition
La Biennale di Venezia 2012: Tribute to Simone Massi
Madrid Italian Film Festival 2012: Cortometrajes - Special Mention
Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona 2012: Cortometrajes
Split International Festival of New Film 2012: Retrospective
Tirana International Film Festival 2011: Animation
Turin Film Festival 2011: Italiana.Corti - Special Mention

In early January, men enter the stall where a pig is kept and tie it by its snout. As it is being dragged outside to be butchered, the pig is able to look at the sky and the surrounding world.

About killing the pig (Short) (Dell'ammazzare il maiale)

by Simone Massi