Ježeva kuća/ Hedgehog's Home (with English Subtitles)

201710 minFilm: Animation

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Direction: Eva Cvijanovic

Production: Jelena Popovic (National Film Board of Canada)Vanja Andrijevic (Bonobostudio)Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Eva Cvijanovic

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Bonobostudio with the support of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and the City Office for Education, Culture and Sport of the City of Zagreb.

In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is respected and envied by the other animals. However, Hedgehog’s unwavering devotion to his home annoys a quartet of insatiable beasts. Together, they march off towards Hedgehog’s home and spark a tense and prickly standoff.

Exquisitely directed by Eva Cvijanovic and based on the classic story by Branko Copic, a writer from the former Yugoslavia, Hedgehog’s Home is a warm and universal tale for young and old that reminds us there truly is no place like home.

Subject categories


  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary Works
  • Architecture > Homes and Housing
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Interpersonal Relationships
  • Health/Personal Development > Bullying & DiscriminationHealthy Relationships
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships

Credits


writer
Eva Cvijanovic
director
Eva Cvijanovic
narration
Kenneth Welsh
music
Darko Rundek
puppets
Eva Cvijanovic
Ivana Bosnjak
Thomas Johnson
sets
Ivana Bosnjak
Thomas Johnson
Kata Gugic
Marko Mestrovic
Dina Karadzic
props
Ivana Bosnjak
Thomas Johnson
Kata Gugic
Marko Mestrovic
Dina Karadzic
animation
Ivana Bosnjak
Thomas Johnson
Eva Cvijanovic
puppet consultant
Tim Allen
animation consultant
Tim Allen
assistant director
Miroslav Simeg
director of photography
Ivan Slipcevic
optical effects
Élise Simard
compositing
Élise Simard
optics consultant
Luka Sanader
clean-up
Mario Kalogjera
technical director
Éloi Champagne
picture editing
Iva Kraljevic
Eva Cvijanovic
online editing
Denis Pilon
technical coordinator
Steve Hallé
Candice Desormeaux
Randall Finnerty
sound design
Olivier Calvert
foley
Lise Wedlock
foley assistant
Thomas Garant
narration recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
English translation
Amela Marin
musician
Sven Buic
Dario Golcic
Darko Rundek
re-recording
Serge Boivin
administration
Victoire-Émilie Bessette
Rosalina Di Sario
production coordination
Stéphanie Lalonde
Dominique Forget
marketing
Geneviève Bérard
Michelle Rozon
titles
Mélanie Bouchard
producer
Jelena Popovic
Vanja Andrijevic
executive producer
Michael Fukushima

Awards


  • Special Mention Short FilmInternational Film Festival
  • Mr. M - Short Film Audience AwardWorld Festival of Animated Films
  • Special Mention AwardWorld Festival of Animated Films
  • Prix Jeune publicInternational Animated Film Festival
  • Honourable Mention- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian AnimationInternational Animation Festival
  • Special MentionInternational Film Festival
  • Prix des P’tits loupsFestival du nouveau cinéma
  • Jury Special AwardNew Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
  • Kids AwardNew Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
  • Silver JabberwockyInternational Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
  • Grand Prix- Short AnimationKinder Film Fest
  • Best Film AwardKIKI International Film Festival for Kids
  • First prize in MIDI SENIOR categoryVAFI International Children and Youth Animation Festival
  • Best Animation Award, Kratki na brzinuRevue of Croatian Short Films
  • Special MentionMediterranean Film Festival Split
  • Audience AwardMediterranean Film Festival Split
  • Audience AwardDays of Croatian Film
  • Best Music AwardDays of Croatian Film
  • Oktavijan Award for the Best Animated FilmDays of Croatian Film
  • Grand Prix in Short Animated Film CategorySupertoon International Animation Festival
  • Press Award for Best Short FilmCartoon and Animated Film Festival
  • Best Film for ChildrenGLAS Animation Film Festival
  • Audience Award for the Best Short Film in the MONSTRINHA screening +13 y.oMonstra
  • Honourable MentionMonstra
  • Audience AwardANIMANIMA
  • Prix du meilleur court-métrage de la part du jury enfantFestival International du film pour enfants (FIFEM)
  • Children Jury AwardAnimateka - International Animation Film Festival
  • Colour Box Audience AwardFlatpack Film Festival
  • Audience AwardInternational Animated Film Festival
  • Special Mention "The Best Tale"Mutivision Festival
  • Best SoundWinter Apricots- Prilep International Film Festival
  • ECFA PrizeBiennale of Animation
  • Audience Choice Award in the Animated Shorts programLOFT Film Festival
  • Best Children's FilmBalkanima European Animated Film Festival
  • Best Film of South-Eastern EuropeBalkanima European Animated Film Festival
  • Grand PrixEuropean Youth Festival of Animated Film
  • Telefilm Canada PrizeGala Prends ça court
  • Special Mention from the Children's JuryPrimanima