Family Portrait of the Black Earth
‘Family Portrait of the Black Earth’ is a short film by ROBO Lab Studio celebrating the miracles brought about by a loving relationship and everlasting hope in extraordinary circumstances. It is based on a short story of the same name by Yordanka Beleva, winner of the short story competition “Fiction in Motion”.
Accolades:
Best Animation Film Award at Sofia Short Fest, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jury Special Prize and Best Production Design Award at the 28th Golden Rhyton Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Film Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Special Mention by the Jury of the 21st International Short Film Festival “In The Palace”, Pernik, Bulgaria
Special Mention by the Jury of the Short Competition of the 10th International Book and Movie Festival Cinelibri, Sofia, Bulgaria
Best Animated Short nomination at the Austin Film Festival, Austin, USA
Best Animated Film and Best Animation in an Animated Film nominations in the Animation Section of the 2025 Bulgarian Film Academy Awards (Vasil Gendov Award)
Selected for Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Republic of Ireland
Selected for Ani’mest, Bucharest, Romania
Selected for Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA
Selected for Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, USA
Selected for Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada
Selected for Exit 6 Film Festival (Judge’s 6), Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Selected for ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival, Cacak, Serbia
Selected for Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Selected for Flipbook Film Festival, Skopje, North Macedonia
Selected for Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, USA
Selected for Coronado Island Film Festival, Coronado Island, USA
Selected for Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, United Kingdom
Selected for McMinnville Short Film Festival, McMinnville, USA
Selected for Cambria Film Festival, Cambria, USA
Selected for CINEQUEST Film & VR Festival, San Jose, USA
Selected for Savoy Lumiere Film Festival, Savoy, USA
Selected for FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal
Selected for Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected for The Lake County Film Festival, Grayslake, USA