But You Are a Dog








2016-03-09
"But You Are a Dog" in Västerbottens-kuriren's TV-guide today!

2016-01-30


2015-08-21
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Best Short Film at Stockmotion Filmfestival 2015. Sweden.

2015-08-21
"But You Are a Dog" selected to screen at Clair-obscur Film Festival 2015. Switzerland.

2015-06-09
"But You Are a Dog" receives a Special Mention: "Jurys Appreciation" at International Urban Film Festival 2015. Iran.

2015-03-20
"But You Are a Dog" selected to screen at Newport Beach Film Festival 2015. USA.

2015-03-03
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Best Short Film at Tricky Women Animation Festival 2015. Austria.

2015-02-10
"But You Are a Dog" selected to screen at Miyukino snow theater international film festival 2015. Japan.

2015-02-02
"But You Are a Dog" in the news - Kulturnytt on Sveriges Radio, Swedish Radio. (In Swedish. Starts at 01:15 min).

2015-01-15
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for a CinAuphoria Award for Best Animated Character 2015. (The Dog).

2015-01-08
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Short Film 2014. The Guldbagge Awards are Sweden's leading film awards and have been presented since 1964 for outstanding contributions to Swedish film over the past year.


2015-01-05
"But You Are a Dog" screened at Pink Life Queerfest, Turkey's only queer film festival. 15-22 January in Ankara and 23-25 January 2015 in Istanbul.

2014-11-30
"But You Are a Dog" selected to participate at Liljevalchs Vårsalong 2015 - the famous jury-selected Spring Salon Exhibition that marks the opening of each new artistic year at Liljevalchs Art Gallery in Stockholm. Last year the exhibition had nearly 80,000 visitors and this is the 2nd time I'm represented at Liljevalchs. 30 Jan - 29 March 2015.

2014-11-12
"But You Are a Dog" awarded a silver diploma at Kolla! 2014 - the Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers' (Svenska Tecknare) yearly competition in illustration and design.

2014-10-02
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for the 1 KM FILM-scholarship at Stockholm International Film Festival 2014. The scholarship includes production aid for a value of 500 000 crowns.

2014-09-28
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Best Nordic-Baltic Short Film at Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2014. The festival is one of the nine animation film festivals which nominate films for the prestigious European animation award Cartoon d'Or. Norway. 6-9 nov, 2014.

2014-09
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Best Swedish Short Film at Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2014, the biggest festival for short film in Sweden.

2014-08-21
Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio 2014
"But You Are a Dog" premieres at the cinemas on October 16, 2014! The film is one of seven short films to be distributed by Folkets Bio 2014 - the only distributor of short film in Sweden - to more than 30 cinemas across Sweden as well as on DVD.

2014-09
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Best Short Film at Queer Lisboa 2014, the biggest festival for queer film in Portugal.

2014-09
"But You Are a Dog" at Helsinki International Film Festival 2014, the biggest film festival in Finland.

2014-07
"But You Are a Dog" at Cinema Queer International Film Festival 2014, the biggest festival for queer film in Sweden. In Stockholm, Malmö, Umeå and Kiruna.

2014-06-04
"But You Are a Dog" nominated in round 1, for Kolla! 2014 - the Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers' (Svenska Tecknare) yearly competition in illustration and design. The final nominations and winners will be announced in November.

2014-04-09
"But You Are a Dog" will be screened at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival 2014.

2014-01-30
"But You Are a Dog" and Startsladden review: IGN.

2014-01-10
"But You Are a Dog" selected for the Berlinale Film Cloud 2014 by the Curators of the Berlinale.

2013-12-10
"But You Are a Dog" nominated for Startsladden 2014, one of the biggest short film awards in the world, at Göteborg International Film Festival, the leading film festival in Scandinavia and, with an audience of 200 000 visitors a year, one of the largest festivals in the world. :)

2013-11-05
"But You Are a Dog" promoted by the Swedish Film Institute (receives lanseringsstöd: help with its international launch). Thank you!

2013-10-16
Film complete! :) We are aiming for a premiere in January 2014. So, cross your fingers and hope to die.

2013-09-20
Poster finished. See it here (pdf).

You can also download a complete press kit here (zip-file including the poster, the director's biography and filmography, three stills from the film, director's photo, synopsis, production info, etc.


2013-09-14
Swedish actor Shanti Roney does the voices for the film. Shanti has a long background in acting. In his filmography you find over 60 films, amongst them the animated film "Metropia" and Lars von Trier's latest, "Nymphomaniac".


Actor Shanti Roney. (Photo: Johan Ribe).

Malin Erixon & Shanti Roney
Director Malin Erixon & actor Shanti Roney. (Photo: Johan Ribe).


Voice recording technician: Mikael Lundh. (Photo: Johan Ribe).


2013-09-09
More or less all animation completed!


2013-09-08
New website up!