Short Film

BLACK SLIDE

Short Film

BLACK SLIDE

Synopsis

What starts as a seemingly perfect day at the waterpark turns sour when Avia (12) is pressured to slide down The Black Slide. There, of all places, he will gain the insight that will prepare him for the bad news he’s about to get.

The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Oscar® Awards for Best Short Animated Film.

Written and Directed by Uri Lotan

Technique

3D Animation

Duration

10 min

Partners

FlipBook Studio, UK

Supported By

Makor Foundation For Film & Television

The Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts

IMDB

Interview with Director Uri Lotan

List of honor

Writer, Director

Uri Lotan

Producers

Amit R. Gicelter
Andrew Lord

Executive producers

Robert Showalter
Brooke wagstaff
Daniel G.Rego
Lucas A Ferrera

Composer

Asaf Sagiv

Sound Design

Daniel Eaton

Head of Story

Lior Lev

Production Designer

Avner Geller

Animation Supervisor

Charles Larrieu

Modeling supervisor

Shir Pakman

Lighting Supervisor

Eidan Elgrably

Shading Supervisor

Yuval Turgeman

Rigging Supervisor

Guy Wolfus

Pipeline Supervisor

Robert Showalter

Editor

Naama Shohet

Story consultants

Hana Shimizu
Kristin Labriola

Storyboarders

Ido Bahar
Inbal Breda
Yoav Shtibelman

Character designer

Lily Snowden-Fine

Additional Character designer

Uwe Heidschötter

Set designers

Ovadia Benishu
Noam Weiner
Roy Rachamim
Assaf Benharroch
Maya Shelifier
Rebecca Green
Fernando Peque

CG Look Development

Julien Hazeqbeilian

Camera & staging

Matt Sullivan
Scott Armstrong
Gal Marga

Lead animators

Lauren Adassovsky
Gabi Brito

Animators

Liron Topaz
Michael Sime
Kevin Taylor
Ron Polishuk
Gil Daniel
Roi Stein
Anna Gopin
Shir Baron
Sean McLaughlin
Shuki Gamliel
Anat Dayag
Sonia Wolfson

Modeling

Ore Peleg
Gal Bezaleli

Facial rigging development

Lior Ben Horin

Facial rigging

Ayelet Raphaeli

Additional rigging

Eli Rabinovich

Line producers

Lena Friedman
Jo Wilkinson

Team producers

Hadas Gicelter
Anat Costi

Colorist

Ilya Marcus-Blacklight