CAST & CREW
Directed by
Lu Pulici
Music by
Tankus the Henge
Art director
Josep Piris
Scenic constructor
Luca Fucili
Camera operator
Bernardo Brizi
Cast
Jaz Delorean
DoP
Lu Pulici
Film editor & VFX
Lu Pulici
Josep Piris
Production assistant
Giuseppe Giannini
Camera assistant
Andrea Ravalli
Screenplay
Lu Pulici
Josep Piris
Script
Valentina Galli
Puppets
Trukitrek
Backstage photo
Enrico Partisani
SYNOPSIS
Lost in the deep and polluted ocean, the captain of a submarine is trying to find a place for saving his friends and his little fish.
Tankus the Henge and Trukitrek have dreamt up an animation that is both beautiful in it’s design and poignant in its message dealing as it does with environmental issues, specifically the death of our oceans.
The film, made entirely using found or recycled materials, is a “Wake-up Machine” to those who view it, encouraging green and sustainable thinking to a society which needs to pay attention and affect real change before it’s too late.
THINGS WERE BETTER BEFORE
MUSIC VIDEO
Produced by: 22S Productions
Band: Tankus the Henge
Album: I crave affection baby but not when I drive
Length: 06'00''
Year: 2018
AWARDS
Grand Prize Short Film · Guro Kids Film Festival · Seoul, South Korea
Best Animated Film · Krakow Green Film Festival · Krakow, Poland
Best Music Video · Underground Cinema Short Film Awards · Dublin, Ireland
Best Music Video · Short to the Point Film Festival · Lasi, Romania
Best Music Video · Scopifest 2018 · Pamplona, Spain
Best Music Video · Tulum World Environment Film Festival · Tulum, Mexico
Best Music Video · Honor Film Festival · Lakeland (FL), USA
Best Music Video · Salento Film Festival · Tricase, Italy
Best Music Video · CortiSonanti Short Film Festival · Napoli, Italy
Best Visual Solution · Green Vision Film Festival · St. Petersburg, Russia
Best Original Soundtrack · Cryptshow Festival · Badalona, Spain
2nd Best Animation Film · Nature Film Festival Gödöllő · Budapest, Hungary
Jury Special Mention · Amarcort Film Festival · Rimini, Italy
Jury Special Mention · ROS Film Festival · Elx, Spain
Award nominee · The Vision Feast · Auckland, New Zealand
Award nominee · Annual CPH Film Festival · Copenhagen, Denmark
Award nominee · End of Days Film Festival · Orlando (FL), USA
Honorable Mention · Florida Animation Festival · Tallahassee (FL), USA
Honorable Mention · Asia South East-Short Film Festival · Phnom Penh, Cambodia
FESTIVALS
Clipped Music Video Festival · Sydney, Australia
Festival de Cine Ambiental · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cinefantasy Fantastic Film Festival · São Paulo, Brazil
East Van Showcase: Underground · Vancouver, Canada
Motion Pictures Film Festival · Calgary, Canada
Festival de Cine Verde Festiver · Barichara, Colombia
The best of 10 years Festiver · Barichara, Colombia
Supertoon Animation Festival · Šibenik, Croatia
Okolišni Filmski Festival · Zagreb, Croatia
Portoviejo Film Festival · Portoviejo, Ecuador
Internationales Trickfilm Festival · Stuttgart, Germany
Kino auf der Burg · Esslingen, Germany
Cinemare Ocean Film Festival · Kiel, Germany
Green Motions Film Festival · Freiburg, Germany
Athens Animfest · Athens, Greece
Animation Marathon · Athens, Greece
Planet Budapest 2021 · Budapest, Hungary
SiciliAmbiente Film Festival · San Vito lo Capo, Italy
MedFF Mediterranean Film FestivaL · Siracusa, Italy
Cartoon on the Bay · Torino, Italy
Festival Corti da Sogni · Ravenna, Italy
Kimera Film Festival · Termoli, Italy
Cartoon Club Festival · Rimini, Italy
Pentedattilo Film Festival · Pentedattilo, Italy
Geo Film Festival · Cittadella, Italy
Fano Film Festival · Fano, Italy
Sulmona Film Festival · Sulmona, Italy
Slow Film Fest · Roma, Italy
The Day Before · Milano, Italy
Arab Forum for Environment and Development · Beirut, Lebanon
Festival of Environmental Films · Chefchaouen, Morocco
CineKasimanwa Film Festival · Roxas, Philippine
Bucharest Film Awards · Bucharest, Romania
Best Film Awards · Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The Galactic Imaginarium Film Festival · Dumbrăvița, Romania
Moscow Shorts ISFF · Moscow, Russia
Insomnia Animation Film Festival · Moscow, Russia
Visualis Film Festival · St. Petersburg, Russia
Ambitus Film Festival · St. Petersburg, Russia
Supertoon Summer Animateka · Ljubljana, Slovenia
Festival de Cinema · Girona, Spain
Ecozine Film Festival · Zaragoza, Spain
Firm Film Festival · Valladolid, Spain
Environmental Short Film Festival · Istanbul, Turkey
Leeds Film Festival · Leeds, UK
Canterbury Anifest · Canterbury, UK
SeeMôr Film Festival · Anglesey, UK
Sunday Shorts Film Festival · London, UK
Slumberjack Film Festival · Widnes, UK
Beeston Film Festival · Beeston, UK
Norfolk Film Festival · Norfolk, UK
Festival Internacional de Animación · Montevideo, Uruguay
Los Angeles CineFest · Los Angeles (CA), USA
Capital City Film Festival · Lansing (MI), USA
Highway 61 Film Festival · Pine City (MN), USA
Independent Talents Film Festival · Bloomington (IN), USA
Open World Animation Film Festival · Allentown (PA), USA
Princeton Environmental Film Festival · Princeton (NJ), USA
SEA Discovery Film Festival · Poulsbo (WA), USA
Soo Film Festival · Sault Ste. Marie (MI), USA
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival · Fargo (ND), USA
Big Muddy Film Festival · Carbondale (IL), USA
NatureTrack Film Festival · Los Olivos (CA), USA
Trenton Film Festival · Trenton (NJ), USA
an Anti-Hero Production Genre Fest · Burbank (CA), USA
