''Kali the Little Vampire'' (

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: ''Kali, o pequeno vampiro'') is a 2012

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directed by

Regina Pessoa Regina Maria Póvoa Pessoa Martins (born 16 December 1969) is a Portuguese animator. Biography Regina Pessoa was born in Coimbra, but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen. Without a TV, she spent her time reading, listening ...

. The film was the last in a trilogy of animated shorts by Pessoa about childhood, following ''A Noite'' (1999) and ''

Tragic Story with Happy Ending ''Tragic Story with Happy Ending'' (French: ''Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse'') is a 2005 animated short by Regina Pessoa. To make the 7 minute 43 second film, Pessoa's drawings were transferred to glossy paper, brushed with India ink, scratc ...

'' (2005). ''Kali the Little Vampire'' features original music from

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, and was produced by Abi Feijó (Ciclope Filmes),

Julie Roy Julie Roy (born May 11, 1973) is a Canadians, Canadian producer of animated films, who since 2014 is the executive producer of the French animation studio at the National Film Board.National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

), Pascal Le Nôtre (

Folimage Folimage is a French animation studio, based in Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France. It was founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The studio produces animation films for cinema and TV (short films, TV specials and series, feature films). In 199 ...

) and

Georges Schwizgebel Georges Schwizgebel (b. 1944) is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film ''L'Homme sans ombre'' (''The Man With No Shadow'') won various awards. Biography Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, ...

and Claude Luyet (Studio GDS).

Plot

Kali is a young

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who suffers from not being able to live in the light. Living in the shadows and inspiring fear, he lives envious of other children who don’t even dream that he exists. One day, while once again watching young boys play beside the train tracks, he breaks from his isolation and discovers that because of who—and what—he is, he can make a difference in others’ lives.

Reception

''Kali the Little Vampire'' has won more than twenty awards at international film festivals and received the Portuguese Academy of Cinema's top "Sophia" award. In June 2014, it was shown in Paris as part of Panorama of Golden Nights, a program organized by

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featuring 48 short films from 25 countries judged to have international cultural heritage value.

List of awards

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2403403
The Making of ''Kali the Little Vampire - A Talk with Regina Pessoa

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2010s animated short films 2012 animated films 2012 films National Film Board of Canada animated short films French animated short films Portuguese animated short films Fictional Portuguese people Fictional vampires Swiss animated short films Vampires in animated film Films directed by Regina Pessoa Folimage films Films produced by Julie Roy 2010s French animated films

Plot

Reception

List of awards

See also

References

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