Falafel Cart

Falafel Cart
Falafel Cart Official Film Poster
Film poster
Directed byAbdullah Al-Wazzan
Written byAbdullah Al-Wazzan
Music byDan Phillipson
Animation byAbdullah Al-Wazzan
Color processColor
Production
company
RoyalTales
Distributed byRoyalTales
Release date
  • September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryKuwait
LanguageEnglish

Falafel Cart is a 2019 animated short drama film produced by RoyalTales and directed by Abdullah Al-Wazzan with an original score by Dan Phillipson and sound design by Andrew Vernon. The short blends stop motion animation with traditional and some computer animation.[1] In 2019, the film was submitted for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[2][3][4][5] making it Kuwait's first short film to ever be submitted to the Academy Awards.[6] In 2020 The film earned an official selection at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and received a special mention as "best of the world".[7][8][9][5] In 2021 the film won best animated short at the Burbank International Film Festival.[10][11][12] In 2019 the film won best international short film at the Los Angeles Animation Festival.[13]

  1. ^ "Home". Falafel Cart. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ de Wit, Alex Dudok (October 18, 2019). "2020 Best Animated Short Film Oscar: A List Of Potentially Qualifying Films In The Category (Exclusive)". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "عبدالله الوزان: النزاعات والحروب جعلتني أفكّر في مصير الإنسان". جريدة القبس الإلكتروني (in Arabic). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. ^ "بالفيديو عبدالله الوزان لـ الأنباء فلافل كارت ينافس على أوسكار 2020". alanba.com.kw (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  5. ^ a b "IN CONVERSATION WITH ABDULLAH AL-WAZZAN". bazaar.town | The ultimate guide to Kuwait. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. ^ ""فلافل كارت" يحصد جائزة أفضل فيلم في "بربانك"". www.aljarida.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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  8. ^ "الوزان لـ "الراي": "فلافل كارت" يواصل إنجازاته... بالمشاركة في "هيروشيما للأنيميشن"". alraimedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  9. ^ "عبد الله الوزان فلافل كارت وصل إلى هيروشيما". alanba.com.kw (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  10. ^ "Burbank International Film Festival | 2021 Award Winners". Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  11. ^ التركي, فيصل (2021-09-15). "عبدالله الوزان لـ "الراي": أرى نفسي... سفير الكويت". Alrai-media (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  12. ^ "بعد فوزه بجائزة "أفضل فيلم متحرك قصير" في مهرجان "بربانك" بلوس أنجيليس". Alanba.com.kw.
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