Koyaa – Flower
2013, 3'37'', puppet stop motion animated film
Koyaa wants to take advantage of the beautiful sunny morning and do some gardening, but not everything goes according to plan. The flower he plants will not grow at first. Then, under the influence of music, it turns into a flesh-eating monster and tries to devour him. However, with Raven's help Koyaa gains control over the ferocious flower.
Director: Kolja Saksida
Producer: Kolja Saksida
Screenwriters: Kolja Saksida, Marko Bratuš, Jure Karas
Director of photography: Miloš Srdić
Lead animator: Piotr Ficner
Music composer: Borja Močnik, Miha Šajina
Set designers: Miha Erman, Mateja Rojc, Marko Turkuš
Editor: Tomaž Gorkič
Executive producer: Matija Šturm
Pos-production superviser: Teo Rižnar
Production designer: Gregor Nartnik
Character designers: Blaž Porenta, Blaž Slivnik
Supervising sound editor: Julij Zornik
Dubbing: Žiga Saksida, Uroš Smolej
Production: ZVVIKS
Co-production: Se-ma-for Production, NuFrame, Bold Studio
With the support of: Slovenian Film Centre, a public agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Studio Viba Film Ljubljana
2016 Animage – International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil
2016 Southampton International Film Festival, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
2016 Le Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
2016 Festival slovenskega filma, Portorož, Slovenia
2016 Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Stop Motion Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2016 FICAIJ – VI International Film and Audiovisual Festival for Children and Youth, Merida, Venezuela
2016 3rd International Children’s Film Festival Dubai, UAE
2016 Arkansas Shorts – A Night of Short Film, Arkansas, USA
2015 Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2015 Southeastern International Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2015 Tehran International Short Film Festival, Teheran, Iran
2015 The International Festival of Animated Arts “Multivision”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 International Animaton Festival Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
2015 Qabila Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt
2015 3D Wire, International Animation, Segovia, Spain
2015 Balkanima, Beograd, Serbia
2015 IN.S.A.N.E animation filmfestival, Malmo, Sweden
2015 Duhok International Film Festival, Duhok, Iraq
2015 Jahorina Film Festival, Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 Golden Diana – International Festival of non-commercial films, Klopdeiner See, Austria
2015 Kugoma Film Festival, Maputo, Mozambique
2015 IndieGo Alley – International Film and Music Street Festival, Aviles, Spain
2015 REDCAT International Children's Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2015 SEEfest – South East European Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2015 KIKI International Film Festival for Kids, Zabok, Croatia
2015 Cartoons on the bay – International television and cross-media animation festival, Venice, Italy
2015 Southeastern International Film Festival, Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
2015 38th Grenzland – Filmtage 2015 Festival, Selb, Germany
2015 International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2015 Perth International Arts Festival, Perth, Australia
2015 10th Annual Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle, USA
2014 Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Brasil Stop Motion Film Festival, Recife, Brazil
“Best Stop Motion for Children” Award
2014 KLIK! Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 28th International Festival of Films for Children and Youth Adults, Isfahan, Iran
2014 StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia
2014 Montreal Stop Motion Festival, Montreal, Canada
2014 Festival slovenskega filma, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Anibar Animation Festival, Albania
2014 International Animation Festival Supertoon, Šibenik, Croatia
2014 Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni della Piana, Italy
2014 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2014 World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker, Bulgaria
2014 VAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin, Croatia