It’s true that our animated film has been on every continent except Australia. But now it’s just a matter of time.
Conquering the 6th Continent!
It’s true that our animated film has been on every continent except Australia. But now it’s just a matter of time.
We continue traveling around the world. To be more precise, it’s our animated film “Dji. Death Fails” that actually travels.
Here’s another list of festivals that accepted our animated film in the competition program.
- yes, we’re going to Asia, and namely to Hong Kong. This festival will take place from 19 to 22 November.
We continue traveling around the world. To be more precise, it’s our animated film «Dji. Death Fails” that actually travels.
Here’s another list of festivals that accepted our animated film in the competition program.

SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Asia 2013 Computer Animation Festival- yes, we’re going to Asia, and namely to Hong Kong. This festival will take place from 19 to 22 November.
Yes, that’s about us, as we continue participating in different international festivals with our short animated film “Dji. Death Fails”.
And we continue receiving good news! No, we’re not tired yet=) Here’s the new list of festivals that selected our animated film for the competition program.
The first festival is called Linoleum. This International Fest of Contemporary animation & media-art will take place in Russia.
«Dji. Death fails » has won the Best Film award in the international category!
Yes, we became the winners of the short film festival SHORTini!
We’ve already written about this event. This is a young festival, held since 2003. As it’s said on the festival website: “Welcome to the space for people who love cinema in every form”.
On November 4, 2012 Simpals animation studio released the short animated film “Dji. Death fails” which won the sympathy of the audience not only in Moldova, but also in other countries.
In this regard, we have decided to send our cartoon to different animation festivals. Many of you know, that our short film has been selected for the competition by one of the most prestigious animation festivals- Annecy’2013 in France. The festival itself will be held from 10th to 15th June.
In the meantime…
We have submitted our film to a number of festivals (and we continue submitting entry forms). So it’s time to tell you what other important festivals of the world appreciated our short film and invited it to participate in the competition.
1. Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (Stuttgart, Germany)
23- 28 April, 2013.
Very soon Stuttgart International Animation Festival will be opened. The festival has become one of the largest and most important meeting grounds for animators from the whole world. This year’s festival will take place for the 20th time.
Yes, it’s not a mistake. The animated film “Dji. Death fails” was selected for screening at the biggest animation film festival Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2013,
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Not long ago the popular video-hosting platform Vimeo.com chose the animated film “Dji. Death fails” as a “Vimeo Staff Pick”. What does it mean?
“We really love videos, and these are the videos we really, really love. All of these videos have been hand picked by the real humans who work at Vimeo. We hope you enjoy them!»- this is the text which accompanies each video that deserves special attention of the visitors according to the opinion of the staff.
We’ll be honest with you…we’re deliriously happy=) thank you for your appreciation.
Here’s the proof=)

This is our fourth work in a row. We’ve been doing it for about 6 months. That’s a decent amount of time. During this period we have collected enough material which we would like to share. Continue reading
Simpals presented the first episode of the cartoon about Dji – an unlucky Death. The presentation coincided with the International Animation Film Festival – Animest’2012. It was very… funny! The Dark Knight has appeared in a different form. Continue reading