It is just before closing time at the supermarket. The last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter, trying their best to pretend the other customers are not there. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.
National Film Awards of Finland 2025 (Jussi-award)
WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM
Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland 03/2025
TAMPERE NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD
RISTO JARVA PRIZE
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL STUDENT AWARD
NATIONAL COMPETITION SPECIAL MENTION
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD VERSO
New York International Children’s Film Festival, USA, 2/2025
AUDIENCE AWARD (Category: 10+ year olds)
43rd FILMSCHOOLFEST Munich, Germany 11/2024
BEST ANIMATION
Riga International Short Film Festival – 2 Annas, Latvia 04/2025
Best Short Animation
Kyiv IFF “Molodist”
, Ukraine 10/2024
A SPECIAL MENTION IN THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM COMPETITION
Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy 11/2024
SPECIAL MENTION IN GREEN COMPETITION
Descubierto Film Festival, Trujillo, Peru, 02/2025
BEST ANIMATION
Animator International Short Film Festival, Poland 07/2025
Wojciech Juszczak Award for Music
Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finland 08/2025
Audience Award