Roadkill
About Roadkill
A stop-motion buck, voiced by Leszek Mozga, takes a car out for the evening and crashes. A doe is in the film with him, voiced by Anna Mason and Alicja Mozga.
Cast & crew
More about Roadkill
Mozga wrote, directed, animated, edited, and designed the sets. Alicja Mozga designed the puppets and shared art direction. Barbara Mozga did the costumes. Set pieces were built by Barbara Mozga, Leszek Mozga senior, Amelia Dąbek, and Alicja Mozga. He posted the short to Vimeo on November 27, 2018.
Themes
Making
Technical advice came from Magdalena Bieszczak and Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell. Krzysztof Boberek, Radosław Lewandowski, and Marcin Pawełek are credited with technical help. The Vimeo file is CC BY-SA 3.0.
Music
Marshall Smith wrote the music. Mozga mixed the sound.
Preservation
The Harvett Vault copied the Vimeo upload to Wikimedia Commons on July 30, 2022: a 1,920 by 1,080 WebM, 7 minutes 49 seconds, about 106.68 MB.
Notes
- The 72nd Cannes Film Festival put it in the 2019 Cinéfondation selection.
- The BFI London Film Festival 2019 played it in the Cult Gala.
- Encounters Film Festival 2019 listed it as a UK student film. BAFTA’s student film awards shortlisted it the same year.
- Other 2019 selections include Norwich, DC Shorts, Molodist in Kyiv, and the Pacific Meridian festival in Vladivostok.
- IMDb also lists a Chinese title, 公鹿殺人事件, and files the short under 2019.
- Stefano Luongo was sound technician and, with Hongyo Lin, foley artist.
Awards
- Best International Short Animation, 31st Galway Film Fleadh (2019)
Scenes
- The buck takes the car out in the evening.
- The ride ends in the crash the title names.
Also available
- Vimeo (303180360)
- Wikimedia Commons (Leszek Mozga - Roadkill (2018).webm)