Kali the Little Vampire

Kali the Little Vampire
Film poster
Portuguese	Kali, o pequeno vampiro
Directed by	Regina Pessoa
Written by	Regina Pessoa
Produced by	Abi Feijó Julie Roy René Chénier Pascal Le Nôtre Georges Schwizgebel Claude Luyet
Narrated by	Christopher Plummer Fernando Lopes
Music by	The Young Gods
Production companies	Ciclope Filmes National Film Board of Canada Folimage Studio GDS
Release date	April 2012 (2012-04) (IndieLisboa)[1][2]
Running time	9 minutes
Countries	Portugal France Canada Switzerland

Kali the Little Vampire (Portuguese: Kali, o pequeno vampiro) is a 2012 animated short film directed by Regina Pessoa.^[3]

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 (2005). Kali the Little Vampire features original music from The Young Gods, and was produced by Abi Feijó (Ciclope Filmes), Julie Roy and René Chénier (National Film Board of Canada), Pascal Le Nôtre (Folimage) and Georges Schwizgebel and Claude Luyet (Studio GDS).^[4]

Plot

Kali is a young vampire 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 UNESCO featuring 48 short films from 25 countries judged to have international cultural heritage value.^[3]

List of awards

Award/Festival	Date	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Annie Awards[5]	February 2, 2013	Best Animated Short Subject	Kali the Little Vampire	Nominated
Sophia Awards[6]	October 6, 2013	Best Animated Short Film	Kali the Little Vampire	Won
Hiroshima International Animation Festival[7]	August 27, 2012	Hiroshima Prize	Kali the Little Vampire	Won

See also

• Vampire film

References

1. "(EN) "Kali, the Little Vampire" awarded at Japan". 28 August 2012.
2. "Regina Pessoa fecha trilogia sobre infância com "Kali, o Pequeno Vampiro"".
3. Lusa and Público (January 30, 2014). "Kali, o Pequeno Vampiro exibido enquanto "património cultural internacional" em festival da UNESCO". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 6, 2014.
4. Arrant, Chris (15 May 2012). "World Premiere of Andrea Dorfman's NFB Film "Big Mouth" At Worldwide Short Film Festival". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
5. "40th Annie Award nominees and winners list". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
6. "Florbela e Tabu foram os grandes vencedores dos prémios Sophia". publico.pt (in Portuguese). October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
7. "Kali the Little Vampire". National Film Board of Canada collections page. 11 October 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

External links

• Kali the Little Vampire at IMDb
• The Making of Kali the Little Vampire - A Talk with Regina Pessoa, National Film Board of Canada