anton octavian
director / animator
Candy Can
2020, short film, 9 minutes and 15 seconds

"A vulnerable boy works very hard to escape from a stark reality. He surrounds himself by a world of toys and games but as the truth starts to emerge his refuge might turn out to be a trap."

Directed by: Anton Octavian
Script: Cristian Pascariu
Art Director: Andreea Gurban
Background Artist: Raluca Anghel
Animation: Anton Octavian, Andreea Gurban
Storyboard and Editing: Andreea Gurban
Original Soundtrack: Mickey Mouse Teeth - Performed by: Troup
Sound Design : Ionut Cosmin Grigore
Animation and Post Production: Animashort Studio

Original Footage filmed at Videolink
DOP : Marius Iacob
Director : Anton Octavian

Production Company: Safe Frame
Producer: Mihai Mitrica
With the support of the CNC - Romanian National Film Center

Film Festivals:
may 2020 - Germany - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) - Stuttgart
aug 2020 - Macedonia - Fiipbook Film Festival - Skopje
aug 2020 - Italy - Imaginaria - International Animated Film Festival (IAF) - Conversano
sep 2020 - Ukraina - LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv
sep 2020 - Italy - Sciacca Film Fest - Sciacca
oct 2020 - South Korea - Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) - Bucheon
oct 2020 - Serbia - BALKANIMA - European Animated Film Festival - Belgrade
oct 2020 - Greece - Thessaloniki Animation Festival (TAF) - Thessaloniki
oct 2020 - Turkey - Canlandıranlar Film Festival - Istanbul
oct 2020 - Georgia - TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival - Batumi
nov 2020 - Russia - The Big Cartoon Festival - Moscow
nov 2020 - Romania - Animest International Film Festival - Bucharest  
nov 2020 - Argentina - Bit Bang International Animation and Digital Art Festival - Buenos Aires
nov 2020 - Portugal - Cinanima - 44th International Animated Film Festival - Espinho
nov 2020 - Estonia - PÖFF24 - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Tallinn
dec 2020 - Slovenia - Animateka International Animated Film Festival - Ljubljana
dec 2020 - Greece - ICONA Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival - Corfu
dec 2020 - Poland - International Animation Film Festival - Animafest Gdansk - Gdansk
feb 2021 - Belgium - 40th Brussels International Animation Film Festival - Brussels
mar 2021 - Spain - Animac - 25a Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animació de Catalunya - Lleida
apr 2021 - Netherlands - Kaboom Animation Festival - Amsterdam
apr 2021 - Brazil - Lanterna Mágica - International Animation Festival - Goiás
may 2021 - Germany - 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - Oberhausen
jun 2021 - France - Festival International du Film d'Aubagne - Aubagne
jul 2021 - Italy - 37th Cartoon Club - International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games - Rimini
aug 2021 - Poland - 3rd Warsaw Animation Film Festival - Warsaw
aug 2021 - United Kingdom - 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival - Edinburgh
sep 2021 - Greece - 5th Chaniartoon -International Comic & Animation Festival - Chania
oct 2021 - Spain - 13th Weird International Animation Market - Segovia
oct 2021 - Netherlands - 35th Cinekid Festival - Amsterdam
oct 2021 - Taiwan - 11th Kuandu International Animation Festival - Taipei
nov 2021 - Sweden - REX Animation Film Festival - Stockholm
nov 2021 - Greece - 24th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People - Pyrgos