Festival Adventures with THE LAST CIGARETTE ON EARTH

ROUND #1:
Kingston, Jamaica

KingstOOn Animation Festival was held in Kingston, Jamaica. I was flown in there by the festival organizers in April and had a fantastic time! The festival and all of it's attendees had this amazing energy and I'd recommend visiting and/or possibly even participating at the festival's next iterations to everyone/anyone! Thanks to all those involved for letting me and “LAST CIGARETTE” to be a part of your festival + of course, for all the time & energy you've invested! Still honored and humbled! Here's to many, many more KingstOOn fests & to all of the great people that I had the pleasure of meeting there!

Also, as a big fan of Bob Marley’s music, it was beautifully surreal to hear “One Love” as the song to start the festival closing ceremony: definitely a treasured and unrepeatable moment.

Also, there’s other incredible stuff that happened during my visit here. If interested, here’s what was happening behind the scenes.

The Auditorium, where all the major events and talks were held. Like the TARDIS, it's actually bigger inside.

Sneak shot of people starting to gather at the Auditorium.

An amazing night out before going back home!

Still amazed and honored that someone took their time to put all the flags here, the Slovenian one included.

ROUND #2:
Požega, Croatia

I was happy to be one the few filmmakers that was invited and attended the Croation One-Minute Film Festival in Požega, Croatia. Had a really great time & met some awesome people! Here's to all of you guys! Also, hats off to the organizers and everybody else involved!
P.S.: As it was a short(er) one, but still very much fun, I didn't take a lot of photos, so I'm borrowing a few from Robert Demo! Cheers!
P.P.S.:"THE LAST CIGARETTE" was in the TOP 10 amongst 60 officially selected films!

The ones left standing! *Photo by:* *Robert Demo*

Where's Waldo? (or: Where's Matic?) *Photo by:* *Robert Demo*

The day after the festival, chillin'. 🍷 *Photo by:* *Robert Demo*

ROUND #3:
Košice, Slovakia

Yaaay! "THE LAST CIGARETTE" won the "1-Minute Film" category at Festival AZYL, as a part of Art Film Fest Košice! They flew me in to the beautiful city of Košice, Slovakia where the festival was held, to attend the festival and receive the award in person. I’m still super humbled, as the official selections were all fantastic films! I'll always be thankful for how friendly and welcoming everyone was! Great people, great festival, great city (+great beer ...)! 🍻

Thanks so much to the festival and to anyone that had a hand in making this such a great and memorable event! You all rock!

Art Film Fest Košice was spread throughout the whole city.

Trdelník. Advice for future eaters: no need for Nutella. This awesome thingy is sweet enough by itself.

Tobačka Kulturfabrik, where the AZYL Festival screening was held. Amazing venue!

Yours truly, receiving the award for "Best 1-Minute Film". Smilling like a good little boy 😀

Would be awesome to have these back in Ljubljana also.

ROUND #4:
Marmaris, Turkey

Last, but not least, I had the privilege to be invited and attend a fantastic festival in Marmaris, Tukey - Marmaris International Short Film Festival. At a loss for words on how much I enjoyed myself, how beautiful Marmaris is and how many great, great people I've had the opportunity to meet and hang out with there! You're all amazing! Honestly, if you ever get a chance to attend/visit Marmaris and/or the festival, DO! To the organizers and the sponsors - Teşekkürler! 🙏
Awesome films & awesome people! 🏆