Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness

During these winter holidays five years old girl Pigtail wants to learn skating the most. However, shortly before the Christmas Pigtail’s baby brother appears to the world and turns everything upside down. Pigtail’s parents are fully occupied with him and her Grandma who has specially arrived from the countryside doesn’t know how to skate nor is any good at reading good-night-tales. So Pigtail together with her imaginary friend, Mr. Sleeplessness, come up with a plan to send Grandma and Baby Brother to the Moon in order to save the holidays and win back parents attention.

Team

Director: Edmunds Jansons
Script: Lote Eglīte
Animation: Mārtiņš Dūmiņš
Art Design: Reinis Pētersons
Music: Ģirts Bišs
Sound director: Ģirts Bišs
Editing: Edmunds Jansons
Voice actors: Nora Džumā, Guna Zariņa, Baiba Broka, Kaspars Znotiņš, Baiba Broka, Edgars Samītis
Producer: Sabīne Andersone
Production manager: Ieva Vaickovska
Production Company: Atom Art
Financial Support: The Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and National film Centre of Latvia

Festival list 26
  1. Fantoche IFF (European premier), Switzerland, 2017
  2. Riga IFF (National premier), Latvia, 2017
  3. 34th Chicago International Children's Film Festival (International premier), USA, 2017
  4. Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, 2017 - Best Children Film Award
  5. "Lielais Kristaps" National FF, Latvia, 2017 - Best Animation Film Award, Best Animation Film Director Award, Best Screenplay Award
  6. International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany, 2017
  7. CMS, International Children's Film Festival (ICFF), India, 2018
  8. Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, Special Program, 2018
  9. Anibar IAF, Kosovo, 2018
  10. 3rd Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland, 2018
  11. The 10th Baltic Wave , Lithuania, 2018
  12. BEAST IFF, Portugal, 2018
  13. DYTIATKO International Children’s Television Festival, Ukraine, 2018 - The Best Animation Film for Children Award
  14. 14th Biennial of Animation Bratislava - BAB2018, Slovakia, 2018 - **Viktor Kubal Prize **
  15. 34th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2018 - Audience Award
  16. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck , Germany, 2018
  17. Filem'On - IFF For Young Audiences, Belgium, Special Program Zinetxiki Zinemaldia IFFCY, Spain, 2018
  18. Children's Film Festival Seattle, USA, 2019
  19. Jaipur International Film Festival, India, 2019
  20. BAMkids Film Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York), USA, 2019
  21. Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2019
  22. Bellingham Children's Film Festival, USA, 2019
  23. Stuttgart Trick Film Festival, Germany, 2019
  24. REDCAT International Children's Film Festival (Los Angeles), USA, 2019
  25. 14th edition of KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival / Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Films, Hungary, 2019
  26. International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Iran, 2019
Technical information

Lenght: 25′
Screen ratio: 16:9
Colors: Coloured
Sound: 5,1., Stereo
Animation technique: 2D Computer Animation
Year: 2017