Synopsis

Pain from the heart, never drying tears and turned around heads are difficult to treat, but fortunately not incurable...

Špela Čadež

Špela Čadež (1977, Ljubljana), after graduating in design from the Academy of Fine Arts (2002) in Ljubljana, continued her studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Department of Media Design. During her studies she made two animated puppet films, Zasukanec (Mate to Measure) and Liebeskrank (Lovesick), which have been screened at over a hundred festivals all over the world and won more than 30 awards. Since 2008 Špela Čadež works in Slovenia as an independent animation film director and producer. Her animated film Boles (2013) screened at many festivals and won over 50 awards and honours, including a Cartoon d’Or nomination.