Festivals

"Niggun is a strangely rewarding film, because it gives off a whimsical vibe, but evokes a deeper, sadder sense of wisdom and enlightenment. " -J. B. Spins

Awards & Nominations

  • Winner - *BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM* World Film Festival of Veracruz, Mexico

  • Winner - BEST SCREENPLAY Global India International Film Festival

  • Winner - BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM The South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile.

  • Finalist for "Human/Nature" Special Award - kepto International Film Festival, Cagliari, Italy

  • Finalist independent short category - Animix Tel Aviv 2017

  • Innovation prise - Utopia sci-fi festival, Israel

  • Nominated for animation film contest - Utah Film Festival and Awards

  • Competition in the INTERNATIONAL category - 2nd Ajayu International Festival 2017

  • Finalist at 1st Hermetic International Film Festival , Venice, Italy

  • PLATINUM REMI prise at 51st Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival 2018 Texas US

  • Animation Nights New York (ANNY) New York, USA, January 2020

  • The 6th The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival (http://www.thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com/) in New York, USA.

  • 2018 Winter Film Awards International Film Festival !‎‏ New york

  • 13th ATHENS ANIMFEST (https://athensanimfest.eu) in Athens, Greece.

  • 4th FECIME - FESTIVAL CINEMATOGRÁFICO DE MÉRIDA (https://fecime96.wixsite.com/festivalfecime/ganadores) in Mérida, Yucatán, México. 8th-11th of February.

  • The South Film and Arts Academy Festival (https://scafafest.wixsite.com/sfaaf), held in Chile.

  • DFK New Wave (http://newwave.directorsfortnight.com/), held on Kolkata, India, on March 30-April 1st.

  • Utah Film Festival and Awards (http://www.theutahfilmawards.com/), held in Utah, USA, on April 5-7.

  • Skepto International Film Festival (http://www.skepto.net/), Cagliari, Italy, on April 18-21 2018.

  • Lanus International Film Festival (http://lafic2016.weebly.com/), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 1-4.

  • Cardiff Animation Festival (http://www.cardiffanimation.com/), held in Cardiff, Wales, UK, on April 19-22.

  • 14th Jewish Motifs International Film Festival 2018 (http://jewishmotifs.org.pl/) in Warsaw, Poland.

  • The 18th Independent Days International Film Festival 2018 (https://www.independentdays-filmfest.com/) in Karlsruhe, Germany.

  • 28th WJFF - WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL (www.wjff.org) in Washington, USA. The festival dates are 2nd - 13th of May.

  • 41st GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE (www.grenzlandfilmtage-selb.de) in Selb, Germany 5th - 8th of April

  • 15th BOGOSHORTS - BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (www.bogoshorts.com) in Bogota, Colombia

  • SHORT to the Point (http://spunepescurt.ro/), held in Romania.

  • The 1st Hermetic International Film Festival 2018 (http://hermeticfilmfestival.com/) in Venice, Italy. March 1 - March 2, 2018.

  • The 17th Ozark Foothills Film Festival 2018 (http://www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org/) in Batesville, Arkansas, USA. April 19 - April 28, 2018.

  • Haifa film festival - animation competition 2017

  • FICABC- 3rd Atlantic International Film Festival , Colombia

  • Animix 2017 Tel Aviv

  • Anination - Jerusalem film festival 2017

  • Quito Independent World Film Festival (https://femuciq.wordpress.com/), held in Ecuador, on March 13-16. 2018

  • 9th Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival - Korea

  • Animasyros 10 International Animation Festival 2017

  • Portobello Film Festival - England 2017

  • The Hollywood North Film Festival (HNFF)

  • Red Rock Film Festival, 2017 Cedar City, Utah

  • 2nd Ajayu International Festival 2017 - Official Selection in Competition in the INTERNATIONAL category

  • 15th Multivision Festival (http://new.multivision.ru/en/) in St.Petersburg, Russia.

  • Utopia, science fiction and fantasy film festival, Tel Aviv. Winner of Innovation award.

  • 12th LECCE FILM FEST (Official Selection, Lecce, Italy)

  • 21st Miami Jewish Film Festival

  • 3th BAHIA INDEPENDENT CINEMA FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil)

  • Near Nazareth Festival (http://www.nnfestival.tk/)

  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival (http://www.csiff.meditativeyoga.in/), Pune, India

  • 1st GLOBAL INDIA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, India)

  • DFK New Wave (http://newwave.directorsfortnight.com/), held on Kolkata, India, on March 30-April 1st

  • ANNUAL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY FESTIVAL, The Museum of Pop Culture, in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Seattle, USA

  • Blue Danube Film Festival - Online. http://www.bluedanubefilmfestival.hu/

  • THE 51st ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON festival, Houston, TX USA

  • Jewish culture festival in Krakow, Poland. 28/6/18.

  • Kleinkaap Short Film Festival, South Africa on July 29th 2018.

  • TRIESTE SCIENCE+FICTION FESTIVAL 2018. Italy.

  • World Film Festival of Veracruz, held in Veracruz, Mexico, from October 8th-12th.

Yoni salmon, director of Niggun, meets Joanna queen at Cardiff animation festival 2018