Annecy International Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection / Arizona Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection / CIFF 2015 – Royal Reel Award – 2015 / River Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection / SPARK Animation 2015 – Official Selection

Making-of: vimeo.com/138529831
Trailer: vimeo.com/117678482

The Guardian

The Guardian is a free interpretation of the parable “Before the Law” from Kafka’s book “The Trial”. A peasant after traveling the world arrives in front of a gate, controlled by a fearsome Guardian. The peasant tries to pass through but the Guardian denies him entrance. Peasant and Guardian are the same character, the peasant, like each one of us, in front of his own fear; the guardian, something shapeless, that surround and control him.
the Door/Gate the possibilities we encounter during our life.

Credits:

Production:
N9ve – n9ve.it

Direction:
Alessandro Novelli

Animation:
Alessandro Novelli
Victor Perez
Andrea Gendusa

Illustration and Design:
Alessandro Novelli
Karolina Pospischil vimeo.com/thepospischil
Andrea Gendusa vimeo.com/user37850011

3D:
Victor Perez – Character Animator, 3D Modeling
Alessandro Novelli – 3D modeling, 3D animation
Gabriele Maiocco – 3D heads modeling and Zbrush artist gabrielemaiocco.com/
Andrea Gendusa – 3D modeling, 3D animation vimeo.com/user37850011

Original Music:
Simon Smith bcnsound.com
Sasha Agranov selvademar.com

Voice Over:
Luis De Velasco

Musicians:
Sasha Agranov selvademar.com

Music Recording and Mixing:
Eric Nagel – at BCNSound – BCN – bcnsound.com

Voice Over recording:
Juan José Rodriguez – at Abuela Records – MX

Mastering:
Yves Roussel

Many thanks to:
Leandra Boj cargocollective.com/leandraboj
Rafael Mayani rafaelmayani.com/
Xavier Sanchez xave.es
and Karolina Pospischil vimeo.com/thepospischil
for their posters.

Special Thanks to:
Simon, Sasha and BCNsound (bcnsound.com) , Laura Sans Gassó, Ana Isabella Byrne Bellorín, Mariana Perfeito, Luis De Velasco

The Guardian is a video from N9VE in the Hermetic Library video pool.