B A R D O
A woman questions her lifestyle choices when the travails of urban living are one day jolted into juxtaposition with a simpler way of life.
4 min - 2D animated short - 2021
written & directed by Aisling Conroy
A W A R D S
Winner of Best Art Direction And Design at the Irish Animation Awards 2023
Irish Animation Awards nomination Best Animated Short Film & Best Art Direction And Design 2023
IFTA nomination for Best Short Animation 2022
Joint Best Irish Short Film prize with Her Song at Dublin Animation Film Festival 2021
Best Debut Irish Animation award at Galway Film Fleadh 2021
S C R E E N I N G S
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Televised screening - RTÉ 2 Shortscreen - Ireland - June 12
XXII edition Euganea Film Festival - Padua, Italy - June 21-3 July
Cine Gael Montreal Irish Film Society - Montreal, Canada - April 28
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REX Animation Film Festival - Stockholm, Sweden - Nov 4
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - Chicage, USA - Nov 3-19
Warsaw Animation Film Festival - Warsaw, Poland - Oct 26-31
Bolton International Film festival - Bolton, England - Oct 7-8
15 Short Film Festival - Charlotte, USA - Oct
Galway Cartoon Festival - Galway, Ireland - Sept 30-9 Oct
Animation Volda Festival - Volda, Norway - Sep 29-2 Oct
Manifest, Mafra Animation Film Festival - Mafra, Portugal - Sept 23-25
Orvieto Cinema Fest - Orvieto, Italy - Sept 19-23
Porto Femme International Film Festival - Porto, Portugal - Sept 12-17
Drama International Short Film Festival - Drama, Greece - Sept 5-11
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival - Bengaluru, India - Aug 4-14
Cartoon Club - Rimini, Italy - July 11-17
ShorTS International Film Festival (Maremetraggio) - Trieste, Italy - July 01-09
Tribeca Festival - New York, USA - June 8-19
Fastnet Film Festival - Schull, West Cork, Ireland - May 25-29
Kaboom Animation Festival - Netherlands - March 31-5 Apr
Cinemagic: On The Pulse - Belfast, Ireland - Mar 6-2 Apr
Dingle Animation Festival - Dingle, Ireland - Mar 11-12
Dublin international Film Festival - Dublin, Ireland - Feb 23-6 Mar
London Short Film Festival - London, England - Jan 14-23
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Linea D’Ombra Festival - Salerno, Italy - Nov 11-18
Cinanima - Esphino, Portugal - Nov 13-19
Spark Animation Festival - Vancouver, Canada - Nov 9-12
TIAF Tibilisi 6th International Animation Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia - Nov 2-5
Kuandu International Animation Festival - Taipei, Tawain - Oct 22-28
Thessaloniki Animation Festival - Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece - Oct 20-24
FAFF (Factual Animation Film Festival) - London, England - Oct 14
OFFLINE - Birr, Ireland - Oct 11-15
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Oct 7-22
Heart of Gold International Film Festival - Gympie, Australia - Oct 6-8
Animest - Bucharest, Romania - Oct 6-8
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival - Baltimore, USA - Oct 5-8
ANIMAGE - Recife, Brazil - Oct 3-8
Festival Of Animation Berlin - Berlin, Germany - Sept 29-1 Oct
Drama International Short FIlm Festival - Drama, Greece - Sept 4-6
Anibar Animation Festival - Peja, Kosovo - Jul 17-23
Galway Film Fleadh - Galway, Ireland - Jul 16
C R E D I T S
Directed by Aisling Conroy
Produced by Claire Lennon
Art direction by Aisling Conroy, Alan Holly
Character design by Cora McKenna
Lead background design Muireann Mills
Backgrounds by Jack O’Shea, Aisling Conroy, Alan Holly
Storyboards and editing by Alan Holly, Aisling Conroy
Animation lead Cora McKenna
Animation by Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo, Rory Byrne, Alan Holly, Aisling Conroy
Colouring by Aisling Conroy
Compositing and VFX by Jack O’Shea
Sound design by Michelle Fingleton
Music composed by Shane Holly with arrangements by Ros O’Meara, Cormac MacDiarmada
Music performed by Shane Holly, Ros O’Meara, Cormac MacDiarmada
Music mix by Paul Finan
Voice acting by Clare Barrett, Olwen Fouéré
Voice recording by Mark Fitzpatrick at Gorilla Post
Sound Mix by Shane O’Toole at Gorilla Post
Title design by Glen O’Rourke
Concept art by Kirsten Shiel
Studio production manager Carla Vulpiani
Production coordinator Alan Holly
Executive producer for Screen Ireland: Emma Scott
Executive producer for RTÉ: Pauline McNamara
Shorts co-ordinator for Screen Ireland: Jill McGregor
Marketing executive for Screen Ireland: Mags O’Sullivan
Development executive for Screen Ireland: Eimear Markey
Special Thanks to Christine Conroy, Tommy Conroy, Paul Conroy, Maria Conroy, Zia Bergin-Holly, Ronan McMeel, Ronan McCabe, Nicky Gogan, Stephen Fagan, Cinta Holly, Camilla Deakin, Barry Reid
Made with support from TVPaint
