‘Dragon Recipes’ is a sweet story about friendship and acceptance. The protagonist, a young apprentice witch, idolizes a scary, green witch from magazine clippings and posters. She dreams of becoming like her one day and of having her own fierce, fire-breathing dragon. Spontaneous as she is, our little hero decides to create her own dragon, using an old recipe and magic spells. But the inexperienced youngster will surely have mishaps and make mistakes; mistakes that will eventually get her a dragon, but not the fire-breathing one she has in mind. Instead, she gets a dragon with a special, magical skill. The little apprentice is about to learn a very important lesson about tolerance and personal sacrifice.
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Academy Award ® Qualifying, November 2020
Place: Santa Marina, USA
Website: https://facets.org/cicff/
Encounters Film Festival, (Academy Award ® Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying, European Film Award Qualifying), October 2020
Place: Bristol, UK
Website: https://www.encounters.film/
RiverRun International Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying), June 2020
Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Website: https://riverrunfilm.com/
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, November, 2021
Place: France
Website: https://www.mediterraneanfilmfestivalcannes.com/
Copenhagen Short Film Festival, October 2021
Place: Denmark
Website: https://csff.dk/
Athens Digital Arts Festival | Tāctus
Place: Greece
Website: https://2021.adaf.gr/
9th Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival] Notice from GUKIFF 2021
Place: Seoul, Korea
Website: https://www.movie-guro.or.kr/en/
11th VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, 2021
Place: Croatia
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/VAFIInternationalChildrenandYouthAnimationFilmFestivalVaradin
Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Online Film Festival, 2021
Place: UK and Ireland
Website: https://cinemagic.org.uk/
Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE
Place: UK and Ireland
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/MontrealInternationalAnimationFilmFestivalANIMAZE
TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival, 2020
Place: Georgia
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/TbilisiAnimationFestival
Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA, 2020
Place: Corfu, Greece
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/TbilisiAnimationFestival
Santa Marina Film Festival, August 2020
Place: Santa Marina, Bulgaria
Website: https://santamarinafilmfestival.com/
Golden Kuker - Sofia, International Animation Film Festival, September 2020
Place: Sofia, Bulgaria
Website: https://2020.animationfest-bg.eu/en/films/selection/category/SHORT+FILM+MADE+FOR+KIDS/
https://2020.animationfest-bg.eu/en/home/
Cartoon Club, Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Animazione, del Fumetto e , July 2020
Place: Rimini, Italy
Website: https://cartoonclubrimini.com/language/en/
Athens Marathon International Film Festival, June 2020
Place: Athens, Greece
Website: https://marathonfest.weebly.com/
21 Islands International Short Film Fest, April 2020
Place: NYC, USA
Website: https://pregonesprtt.org/21-islands-isff-2020/#1585945541582-0db5140a-9296
RiverRun International Film Festival, 2019
Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Websites: https://riverrunfilm.com/films/?genre=Animation, https://riverrunfilm.com/film/dragon-recipes/
Big Eyes, Big Minds - Singapore International Children's Film Festival, May 2020
Place: Singapore
Website: https://www.bigeyesbigminds.com/
MiCe, 2020
Place: Valencia, Spain
Website: http://www.micevalencia.com/
TAAFI - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, 2020
Place: Toronto, Canada
Websites: https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/taafi-festival-to-screen-70-shorts-in-2020-program/, https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=113161~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&_ga=2.125337481.2218428.1593616245-848722759.1593616245
Animafest Cyprus, 2019
Place: Cyprus
Websites: https://www.checkincyprus.com/article/40286/animafest-2019-sinema-animation-me-fonto-tin-kypriaki-ypaithro, https://www.animafest.com.cy/images/editions/pdf/23X16%20Cat_web_2019.pdf
Thessaloniki Animation Festival, 2019
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Award: Best of TAF Kids Award
Websites: https://tafestival.gr/,
shorturl.at/opsvQ
Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes, 2019
Place: Brasilia,DF, Brazil
Website: http://lobofest.com.br/filmes/receita-de-dragao/?fbclid=IwAR32IkrHNsmNkg0hG74C0Jwz3wCKGYsKTw0TAgmXIrSiV_D8Ju4aGUwm_zs
Animation Marathon, 2019
Place: Athens, Greece
Website: http://cdn.animationmarathon.eu/2019/en/movies/117/
BAICFF - Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, 2020
Place: Oakland, California, USA
Website: http://baicff.com/home/films/shorts-ages-program-1-baicff-2020/
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, 2019
Place: Santa Few, New Mexico, USA
Websites: https://www.kidsfirst.org/detail/219420.html, https://www.kidsfirst.org/filmfestival/selections.html
International Film Festival of Larissa, October 2020
Place: Larissa, Greece
Website: http://www.iffl.gr
Athens Animfest, March 2020
Place: Athens, Greece
Websites: https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/, https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/en/movies/, https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/en/competition/15/
Palm Springs International Animation Festival & Expo 2019
Place: Palm Springs, California, USA
Website: https://www.awn.com/news/funan-and-i-lost-my-body-lead-film-selections-psiaf-2019
SHORT to the Point ISFF Awards, August 2019
Place: Bucharest, Romania
Website: http://theshortfilmfestival.com/2019/10/03/august-2019-nominees/
Children Cinema Awards
Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: http://kids.cawards.org/
Deep Focus Film Festival, 2021
Place: New York
Website: https://www.deepfocusfilmfestival.com/
Anthology Creative Aspects of South-East Mediterranean Animation, ASIFA International 60-year anniversary, screening at different festivals in 2021.
Place:
Website: https://asifa.net/asifa-celebrates-60-years-at-annecy/
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, April 8-25, 2021
Place:
Website: https://www.goshort.nl/en/
Cinekid Screening Club 2019
Place: Amstersam, Netherlands
Website: https://issuu.com/cinekid/docs/cinekid_catalogus_2019
Encounters 2019/Cyprus Focus
Place: Bristol, UK
Websites: https://2019.encounters.film/films/5d6e44f4faea0b002beacf43, https://www.philenews.com/downtown/anthropoi/article/778988?fbclid=IwAR0AiUc1aMxS758FvImkMIu1DbETT-7FdVQbxEPt_bSFceTXwbh0IFAj5N8#.XXzqA0nVDxt.facebook
International Animation Day, ASIFA Hellas
Websites: http://cinemagazine.gr/nea/arthro/international_animation_day_asifa-131007558/?fbclid=IwAR2y6QgfaN0MZEksgYfvH5mHVAleEyNDoFIVFJZFMKY7_SAht4c-keSatvk, http://www.ifa.gr/el/arts-et-culture/cinema/8683-journee-animationj-2019-el,
https://flix.gr/news/international-animation-day-greece.html, https://popaganda.gr/newstrack/i-asifa-hellas-giortazi-tin-pagkosmia-imera-animation/, https://www.empneusi.gr/news/eortasmos-pagkosmias-imeras-animation/
London International Animation Festival: Family Film Club
Place: Barbican Centre, London
Website: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/liaf-amazing-animations
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Special educational program for schools and children
Place: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Website: https://www.goshort.nl/en/catalogue/
International Children's & Youth Film Carnival 2020
Place: Hong Kong
Website: https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp/en_US/web/fpo/programmes/2020icyfc/film16.html
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020
Event: KIDS animated short films at online venue
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Website: https://www.shortshorts.org/
How to Render your dragon (with Chaos Cloud!)
Website: https://www.chaosgroup.com/blog/render-your-dragon-with-chaos-cloud
Written and Directed by
Maria Pavlou
Produced by
Maria Pavlou/Pixel giants
In Co-Production with
The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
(The Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee, SEKin)
and
with the financial support of the Lithuanian Film Centre
and
in Co-Production with
OAK9 Entertainment
and
Zedem Media
Co-Producer
Mindaugas Jokūbaitis
Delegate Producer
Michalis Kalopaidis
Director of Photography
Neofytos Neofytou
Art Director
Katerina Pantela
Music by
Andrie Meletiou
PIXEL giants team
Character Designer & Concept Art
Katerina Pantela
Story by
Katerina Pantela
Magnus Kravik
Neofytos Neofytou
Maria Pavlou
Andreas Rossides
Storyboard Supervisor
Magnus Kravik
2D Special Effects
Charis Christodoulides
Additional 2D Special Effects
Magnus Kravik
Technical Director, Look Dev & Rendering
Neofytos Neofytou
Illustrator
Charis Yiangou
Previz
Rafael Kallistratou
Lead Modeler
Andreas Rossides
Additional Modeling
Mike Kontonikola
Rigging
Alex Mann
Production Management
Maria Pavlou
Neofytos Neofytou
Poss Kondeatis
Animators
Jessica Austin
Constantinos Sophocleous
Rafael Kallistratou
Maria Pavlou
Neofytos Neofytou
Compositing & Editing
Emilios Avraam
DCP & Coloring
Full Moon Productions
Sound Design/Audio Post Production
Andreas Trachonitis/Studio eleven63
Legal
G. Vrikis & Associates LLC
Rendered with
CHAOS CLOUD
OAK9 Entertainment team
CG Supervisor
Karolis Kveselis
Production Manager
Vladas Bucilko
Lead Art Designer
Justas Gatelis
Animation Director
Julius Gerulaitis
Animators
Vytenis Dzvonkas, Romas Andriulionis, Patrick Ghosh,
Abu Faraz Uganwi, Sumitab Dasgupta, Anish Saha,
Snahashis Mondal, Sudip Saha, Kushal Bhattacharjee,
Debayan Das, Akash Singh, Tanmoy Sarkar, Somak Ghosh,
Prasenjit Das, Shawn Shi Qiang, Rita Anskaitienė
2D artist
Mintautas Šukys
Modeler
Vladas Bucilko
Accounting
Sonata Jurgelionienė
Legal
Stašaitis & Partners
Zedem Media team
Lead Animator & Previz
Andria Pourouti
Animator
Eleni Catharine Demetriou
Special Thanks
Vasos Vassiliou
Christina Mytidou
Laura Almantaitė
Vytautas Naudžius
Supported by
The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Cultural Services (Cinema Advisory Committee)
The Lithuanian Film Centre
Copyright PIXEL giants 2019