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Short Films | A Cloud Holding a Knife


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A young blind adult is having a hard time sustaining a relationship because all his girlfriends die.

2024, 9 minutes, Color,
​Collage Animation

Cast:
Mark Robles

Amanda Morales
Christa Cannon
​

Crew:
Julian Iliev - Director, Producer
Alexis Lee - Animator
Erin Teply - Animator
Van Mai - Animator
Michael Filimowicz - Sound Mixing
Julian Iliev - Sound Design
Jonathan Newman - Music

Special Thanks to:
Marcia Maciel
Cynthia Lee



​"A Cloud Holding a Knife"
​is currently  part of the Film Festival circuit
and can't be viewed online.


For more information click here
​


Screenings

Nomination - 2024 Rand Film Festival, Hessia, Germany
2024 Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Japan
2024 Trenton Film Festival, Trenton, NJ, USA
​2024 Tigertail Asian Film Festival, Tampa, FL, USA
2024 Wasteland Film Festival, CA, USA
2024 Festival Carton, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2024 BFX Festival, Poole, United Kingdom
2024 TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
2024 Napier Student Film Festival, Scotland
2024 Roma Film Corto, Italy
2025 Barbados Independent Film Festival, Bridgetown, Barbados
Finalist - 2024 MicroFAF – Belgrade, Serbia
2025 Green Bay Film Festival, Wisconsin, USA
2025 31st IFSAK Short Film Festival – Istanbul, Turkey
2025 35th LA Comedy Film Festival, CA, USA


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