An animated short film by Anete Melece 6’55’’ | digital cut-out | colour | no dialogues | DCP© VIRAGE FILM 2013 | www.viragefilm.chWorldsales and distribution: www.interfilm.de

For years now, the kiosk has been Olga‘s little home simply because her sweet tooth and monotonous life has made her bigger than the exit. To dis-tract herself, she reads travel magazines and dreams of being far away. An absurd incident starts the beginning of her journey.

Education:2010 - 2012 Master of Arts in Design, major Animage, Lu-cerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2003 - 2007 Visual communica-tion departement at the Art Academy of Latvia...

Created and directed by:Anete Melece

Producer:Saskia von Virág

Animation:Stefan Holaus, Anete Melece

Sound Design, Foleys, Mix:Christof Steinmann / Magnetix

Music:Ephrem Lüchinger

Backing Vocals: Heidi HappyTuba: Marc UnternährerContrabass: Ralph Sonderegger

Voices:Kiosk Lady - Anette HerbstClients: Hans Ruchti, Anete Melece, Stefan Holaus, Beatri-ce Adams, Simon Eltz, Sabine Schaub, Jonathan Laskar, Jonathan Wüest

Editing:Fee Liechti, Anete Melece

Mentors:Ted Sieger, Jochen Ehmann, Paolo Friz

Production Manager:Stefan Holaus

Mastering DCP:Swiss Effects Film GmbH

Co-production:Schweizer Fersehen SRF,red. Catherine Ann BergerHochschule Luzern, Master in Arts of DesignNina Gellersen

Supported by:- BAK – Bundesamt für Kultur- Zürcher Filmstiftung- Familien Vontobel Stiftung - State Culture Capital Found-ation of Latvia- Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich- Stiftung wif – welt in farben

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name: Anete Melece address: Seebahnstrasse 105, 8003 Zürich Switzerlande-mail: anete.melece@gmail.commobile phone: +41 78 611 5230homepage: www.anetemelece.lv

Anete Melece was born in Latvia on 1983. Stu-died visual communication at the Art Academy of Latvia (BA) and animation at Lucerne Uni-versity of Applied Sciences and Arts (MA). She is an illustrator, animator and graphic designer currently based in Zurich, Switzerland.

2010 - 2012 Master of Arts in Design, major Animage, Lucerne University of Applied Scien-ces and Arts, Switzerland

2003 - 2007 Visual communication departe-ment at the Art Academy of Latvia, BA

2006 Exchange student at Hochshule für Gestaltung+Kunst Luzern, Illustration departe-ment, Switzerland

2002 Exchange studies at the Secondary School of Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic

1998 - 2003 Glasware design Studium an der Secondary School of Design and Arts, Riga1994 - 1998 School of Arts, Malpils, Latvia

1989 - 1998 Malpils Secondary School, Latvia

2011 Illustrations for postcards for Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia in Warsaw (CH – PL)

2010 Illustrations for Makonu Gramata (The Book of Clouds) by Juris Kronbergs, published by Liels un Mazs, Riga (LV)

2007 – 2010 Graphic designer at ARD Design Switzerland, Zürich

2009 Illustrations for Madara Cosmetics, baby product line EcoBaby (LV)

2008 Illustrations for the book Nepareizas dzi-ves skola (School of Wrong Life) by MairaDobele, published by Liels un Mazs, Riga (LV)

2005 – 2007 Art Director at the atvertising agency McCann Erickson – Riga (LV)

2006 Illustrations for the artbook Roja.Rojara-ku, project of Latvian / Swiss artists, Roja – Riga - Geneve (LV - CH)

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2013„The Kiosk“6’55’’, 16:9, digital cut-out, color, DCP© VIRAGE FILM in co-production withSRF Schweizer Radio un Fernsehen andHSLU Design&Kunst, Master of Arts in DesignScript, design, direction, animation

Screened at more than 40 film festivals.

Awards:- Nominated for the Swiss Film Award 2014 (Best Animation)- 49. Solothurner Filmtage, Audience Award 2nd place (Animation)- China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF), Special Jury Award in Student Work Category 2013- International Animation Film Festival Animateka, Special mention of the Elephant jury, Ljubljana 2013- Riga 2 ANNAS International Short Film Festival, Best Latvian Short Film 2013- Audience Award and Jury Special Mention at Fantoche International Animation festival, Baden 2013, (Swiss Competition)- Special Mention at Borshorts Film Festival, Denmark 2013- Special Mention at Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico 2013

Screened at more than 50 festivals

2007“Vilma doesn’t work today”8 Min, 4:3 cut-out animation, diploma work at the Art Academy of Latvia (BA)Script, design, direction, animation, sound, production

Awards:- 2nd prize at the International Contemporary Video Art festival Waterpieces 2007, Riga (LV)- sympathy prize of the youth organization Avantis at the international short film festival 2ANNAS, 2007, Riga (LV)

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Development of the charac-ter design and story...

The inpiration for the shape of the kiosk came from an existing kiosk in Riga (ori-ginally bult in 30‘s and then rebuilt in 90‘s).

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