The DefendAnt

"The DefendAnt" explores themes of injustice, prejudice, racism, and the search for a new beginning. It highlights how a small, natural difference can turn the world against you for things beyond your control. In this short film, the ant symbolizes human struggles, with its complex colony system reflecting societal structures. Through a judicial process, the truth behind the protagonist’s unique situation is uncovered.

Directed and animated by

Maria Chiara Ciccarelli

Final project for NABA - Film and Animation

Professor Supervisor: Michel Etienne Fuzellier

Sound Design: Ernesto Suarez

Festivals:

Finalist:

  • Jing Shan Classic, Cultural and Arts Awards

  • Sardinia Film Festival XV edition

Nominee:

  • SWAN Film Festival

Selected:

  • Lift-Off Global Network Sessions 2020

  • Monthly Indie Shorts 2020

  • Vesuvius International Monthly Film Fest July 2020

  • New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival May 2020

  • Duff- Dubrovnik Film Festival 2020

  • Premio Fausto Rossano 2020

  • Festival de Cinema Estudantil de Guaìba

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