Wild Summon (2023)

Curiosidades

Wild Summon is a 2023 eco fantasy animated short film directed by the filmmaking duo Karni Arieli and Saul Freed, also known as 'Karni & Saul', and narrated by British singer Marianne Faithfull in her final film role before her death in 2025. The 14-minute film depicts the life of a female salmon in the human form of a free diver. Wild Summon premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film. It has been featured in a number of international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Raindance Film Festival, where it won an award for Best Short Film.

Production

The film received funding from the British Film Institute and was made with a combination of live footage and 3D computer animation over the course of two years. The live footage was shot in Iceland during the pandemic, and the computer animation, produced by the Bristol-based Sulkybunny Studio, was made primarily with the Autodesk Maya, Arnold and SythnEyes software, and the compositing was done using Adobe After Effects.

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