Špela Čadež
Directing
Biography
Špela Čadež is a Slovenian independent animation director and producer, born on November 28, 1977, in Ljubljana. She has been working as a producer and director of independent animated films since 2008. After completing her graphic design studies (2002) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, she continued her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. Already during her studies, she gained international recognition with her puppet animations Zasukanec (2004) and Liebeskrank (2007). Her animated film Boles (2013) was screened worldwide and won a number of awards, accolades, and nominations. In 2018, she was invited to become a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her film Steakhouse (2021) was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in the animated short film category. She lives and works in Ljubljana.
Known For
The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc's stomach is rumbling. But Liza's co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
Steakhouse
A stop-motion animation about an author suffering writer's block. When his neighbour asks him to write a letter for her fiancé, he discovers something unusual.
Boles
To promote the start of season five, Špela Čadež summarises the first four seasons of the legendary US comedy drama show for Netflix. From the streaming provider’s logo to the canteen food through to vomit – Čadež “unravels” her condensed version of the stories from the women’s prison in soft and scratchy wool, yellow as urine and red as blood.
Orange Is the New Black – Unraveled
A badger is lying motionless on a local road. A police patrol approaches the body in the dark. They soon realise that the animal is not dead; the badger is dead drunk! When the police attempt to drag the creature off the road, he wakes up and things take a strange turn.
Nighthawk
Many ordinary but different people take part on a marathon in a small town. Abruptly it becomes foggy and the mist is getting more and more dense. The competitors lose their orientation.
Marathon
The daily routine in the tailor shop is so turbulent that it is sometimes necessary to improvise, but fantasy and spontaneity are not always enough. When the tailor is alone, he lets his thoughts do the work. But what happens when love comes into play, and his thoughts can no longer be controlled?
Mate to Measure
The chalk chases the shadow. Once it is captured, only traces of the game remain. Drawing, erasing, drawing again on a porous surface. Like on a sloppily wiped blackboard, shades of images that have long ceased to exist shine through. Špela Čadež stages a race between fleeting and manifest forms that – at least in terms of film theory – knows no winner.
Last Minute
Pain from the heart, never-drying tears and turned-around heads are difficult to treat, but fortunately not incurable.