"My Love Affair With Marriage"
“My Love Affair With Marriage” is an independent animated feature film by Signe Baumane created for an adult audience. The film, a Latvian - USA - Luxembourg co-production, took six years to make and was financed with the help of 1,685 individual donors along with grants from arts and cultural institutions.
“My Love Affair With Marriage” will premiere June 11, 2022 at Tribeca Festival in New York City and is in the International Narrative Competition.
New Europe Film Sales is handling all festival and distribution bookings.
Film’s website: www.myloveaffairwithmarriage.com
The story: From an early age, songs and fairytales convince Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abides by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grows older something doesn't seem right with this concept of love: the more she tries to conform, the more her body resists. A story about the acceptance of the inner-female rebellion.
"Rocks In My Pockets"
"Rocks In My Pockets" , 88 min., 2014
Written, Directed, Animated and Narrated by Signe Baumane
"Rocks In My Pockets" is a story of mystery and redemption. The film is based on true events involving five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and suicide. It raises questions of how much family genetics determine who we are and if it is possible to outsmart one's own DNA. The film is packed with visual metaphors, surreal images and a twisted sense of humor. It is an animated tale full of art, women, strange daring stories, Latvian accents, history, nature, adventure and more.
Festivals
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Official Selection – Competition (July 4-12, 2014, Czech Republic)
ANIMATOR 2014, 7th International Animated Film Festival (July 8-19, 2014, Poland)
Dwa Brzegi Film Festival (August 2-10, 2014, Poland)
Fantoche Animation Film Festival (September 2- 7, 2014, Switzerland)
Athens International Film Festival (September 17-28, 2014, Greece)
Seattle International Film Festival, Women in Cinema (September 18-25, 2014)
Calgary International Film Festival (September 18-28, 2014, Canada)
San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 19-27, 2014, Spain)
24th International Film Festival Message to Man (September 20-27, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25 – October 10, 2014, Canada)
Animasyros International Animation Festival (October 2-5, 2014, Greece)
19th Busan International Film Festival (October 2-11, 2014, South Korea)
Anim’est International Animation Festival (October 3-9, 2014, Bucharest, Romania)
Haifa International Film Festival (October 9-18, 2014, Israel)
Indie Spirit Film Festival (October 17-19, 2014, Colorado Springs, CO)
Riga International Film Festival 2Annas (October 17-24, Riga, Latvia)
12th International Film Festival Tofifest (October 18-24, 2014, Poland)
London International Animation Festival, (October 24 – November 2, 2014, UK)
6th Re-Animania International Animation Film Festival (October 25-31, 2014, Armenia)
DOK Leipzig (October 27 – November 2, 2014, Leipzig, Germany)
Tirana International Film Festival (November 3-9, 2014, Albania)
Leeds International Film Festival (November 5-9, 2014, UK)
Northern Film Festival, Leeuwarden (November 5-9, 2014, Netherlands)
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (November 6-9, 2014, Finland)
Cork Film Festival (November 7-16, 2014, Ireland)
Cairo International Film Festival (November 9-18, 2014, Egypt)
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival (November 10-15, 2014, Toronto, Canada)
7th International Disability Film Festival (November 14-17, 2014, Moscow, Russia)
Three Rivers Film Festival (November 15 & 20, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA)
Animated Dreams, Animated Film Festival (November 19-23, 2014, Estonia)
Gijon International Film Festival (November 21-29, 2014, Spain)
International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima (November 23, 2014, Poland)
Exposed Film Festival (November 23, 2014, Germany)
International Film Festival of India (November 24, 2014, Goa, India)
Les Sommets du Cinema d’Animation (November 27, 2014, Quebec City, QC, Canada)
29th European Union Film Festival (November 28, 2014, Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Les Sommets du Cinema d’Animation (December 3, 2014, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Carrefour du Cinéma de l'animation (December 4, 2014, Paris, France)
Anchorage International Film Festival (December 5-14, 2014, Alaska)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (December 8 & 14, 2014, Slovenia)
Madeira Micro International Film Festival (December 11, 2014, Portugal)
Tartu Elektriteater (January 5, 2015, Estonia)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 5-8, 2014, California)
Pune International Film Festival (January 8-15, 2015, India)
Trieste International Film Festival (January 16-22, 2015, Italy)
Gothenburg International Film Festival (January 23 – February 2, 2015, Sweden)
Portland International Film Festival (February 9 & 14, 2015, Oregon)
Anima, Brussels International Film Festival (February 13-22, 2015, Belgium)
Baltic Sea & Nordic Region Animation and Video Games Festival (February 19-22, 2015, Lithuania)
Animac (February 19-22, 2015, Catalonia, Spain)
Stockfish European Film Festival in Reykjavik (February 20-25, 2015, Iceland)
Powell River Film Festival (February 22, 2015, British Columbia, Canada)
In Motion Festival in Aberdeen (February 28, 2015, Scotland)
Luxembourg City Film Festival (March 3-5, 2015, Luxembourg)
Festival Internacional du Cine du Punta del Este (March 7-15, 2015, Uruguay)
Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival (March 12, 2015, Vienna, Austria)
Holland Animation Film Festival (March 18-22, 2015, Netherlands)
Jamison Dublin International Film Festival (March 19-29, 2015, Ireland)
Vilnius International Film Festival (March 19 – April 4, 2015, Lithuania)
FICBAQ, Festival Internacional De Cine Barranquilla (March 20-28, 2015, Colombia)
Latvian Society in Ireland, Latvian Days (March 30 – April 5, 2015, Ireland)
Uruguay International Film Festival (April 1-4, 2015, Uruguay)
European Film Days (April 9-16, 2015, Czech Republic)
International Frauenfilmfestival of Dortmund / Köln (April 14-19, 2015, Germany)
Festival A l’Est du Nouveau (April 15, 2015, France)
Cinemateca Distrital-Gerencia (April 23, 2015, Colombia)
Klooster Kino (April 24, 2015, Netherlands)
Amimatricks Festival (April 24-26, Finland)
Fajr International Film Festival (April 25 – May 2, 2015, Iran)
European Week in Montrouge (May 5, 2015, France)
Latvian Culture Festival in Pardubice (May 5, 2015, Czech Republic)
Anifilm (May 5-10, 2015, Czech Republic)
Future Film Festival (May 5-10, 2015, Bologna, Italy)
EU Film Days in Tokyo (May 30 & June 4, 2015, Japan)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival (June 15-20, 2015, France)
Melbourne International Animation Festival (June 21-28, 2015, Australia)
Kecskemét Animation Film Festival (June 24-28, 2015, Hungary)
Fest Anca International Animation Festival (June 26, 2015, Slovakia)
Taipei Film Festival (June 27, 30 & July 8, 2015, Taiwan)
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (June 30, 2015, India)
European Film Days (July 2 & 11, 2015, Kyoto, Japan)
Anima Mundi (July 13 {Rio de Janeiro} & July 21, 2015 {Sao Paulo}, Brazil)
DocsBarcelona & Medellin (July 28 & 30, 2015, Colombia)
Films For Change (July, 2015, Sydney, Australia)
Animix Festival in Tel Aviv (August 5-8, 2015, Israel)
Anibar Animation Festival, Peja (August 21, 2015, Kosovo)
Institute of Contemporary Arts (August 23, 2015, London, UK)
World Festival of Animated Film in Varna (September 9 – 15, 2015, Bulgaria)
Cinemateket, Swedish Film Institute (September 17, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden)
Krok International Animated Films Festival (September 20-28, 2015, Ukraine)
China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (September 29 – October 5, 2015, China)
Fokus Labe (September 30, 2015, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic)
Mindfest 2015 (October 5, 2015, Toronto, Canada)
FilmFest Osnabrück (October 8, 2015, Germany)
Animatou International Animation Film Festival (October 8, 2015, Geneva, Switzerland)
Caligari Cinema (October 13, 2015, Wiesbaden, Germany)
Women on Fire IX (October 17, 2015, Hamburg, Germany)
Driving Us Crazy International Film Festival (Oct. 17-18, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Behind the Curtain, Eastern European Film Festival (Oct. 18, 2015, Birmingham, UK)
Beirut Animated, 4th Edition (October 18, 2015, Lebanon)
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival and Mental Health Foundation (October 21, 2015 – Edinburgh; October 27, 2015 Glasgow, Scotland)
AniMacao, 2015, Macao Cultural Center (October 24, 2015, China)
Bucheon International Animation Festival (October 25, 2015, South Korea)
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2015, Japan)
Cambridge University (November, 2015, UK)
Anilogue XIII International Film Festival, (November 25 – 29, 2015, Budapest, Hungary)
Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna & Tricky Women (January 12, 2016, Austria)
VOID International Animation Festival (January 28, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Riga Film Museum (February 4, 2016, Latvia)
Baltic Sea and Nordic Region Animation and Video Games Festival, Beautiful Land of Nevermind, Kleipeda (February 20, 2016, Lithuania)
Reel Women Hong Kong (March 16, 2016, Hong Kong)
Osianama Womanhood Film Festival (March 20, 2016, Mumbai, India)Society for Cultural Policy, Linz (March 24, 2016, Austria)
Camberwell Film Festival, Kings College (April 1, 2016, London, UK)
Tricky Women Film Festival and Cinematograph Leokino (April 8, 2016, Austria)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (May 19, 2016, Israel)
European Union Film Festival, Quebec City, Quebec (May 21, 2016, Canada)
Festival International du Film de la Rochelle (June 4-10, 2016, France)
Australian International Animation Festival, Queensland, (August 18, 2016 – Cairns, August 20 – Brisbane, Australia)
Hiroshima International Animation Festival (August 22, 2016, Japan)
Festival Imagina (September 26, 2016, Peru)
United States Theatrical Screenings
New York, NY. IFC Center, September 3-25, 2014
Los Angeles, CA. Cinefamily preview, September 10, 2014
Los Angeles, CA. Laemmle Royal, September 12-18, 2014
New York, NY. Symphony Space, October 5 & 12, 2014
New York, NY. Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences, December 1, 2014
New York, NY. Museum of Moving Image, December 5, 2014
Hudson, NY. Time & Space Limited, September 11–19, 2014
Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Film Society, September 19-21, 2014
Boston, MA. Museum of Fine Arts, September 24 – October 2, 2014
Chicago, IL. Gene Siskel Film Center, September 26 – October 2, 2014
Miami, FL. Miami Beach Cinematheque, October 1-9, 2014
Santa Fe, NM. The Screen, October 3-9, 2014
Ithaca, NY. Cornell Cinema, October 8 & 10, 2014
Cincinnati, OH. Mariemont Theater, October 10-16, 2014
Houston, TX. Museum of Fine Arts, October 11 & 19, 2014
Missoula, MT. Roxy Theater, October 23-26, 2014
Washington, DC. Angelica Pop Up at Union Market, October 24-30, 2014
Cambridge, MA. The Lily Pad, October 30, 2014
Albuquerque, NM. Guild Cinema, November 7-9, 2014
Chicago, IL. The Beverly Center, November 12, 2014
Columbus, OH. Gateway Film Center, November 14-20, 2014
San Francisco, CA. Roxie, November 21-27, 2014
Oakland, CA. New Parkway Theater, November 22-23, 2014
Nevada City, CA. Nevada Theatre, November 23, 2014
San Rafael, CA. Smith Rafael Film Center, November 24, 2014
Albany, NY. Spectrum 8 Theaters. December 4, 2014
Cleveland, OH. Cleveland Cinematheque, December 4-7, 2014
Williamsburg, VA. Kimball Theatre, December 14-21, 2014
Seattle, WA. Sundance Cinemas, January 2-8, 2015
Beverly, MA. Cabot Performing Arts Center, January 5-7, 2015
Rome, NY. Capitol Theatre, January 8-11, 2015
New Orleans, LA. Indywood Cinema, January 9-15, 2015
Lincoln, NE. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, January 23-29, 2015
Minneapolis, MN. Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, January 26, Feb. 2 & 4, 2015
Austin, TX. Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, February 1, 2015
Iowa City, IA. Bijou Film Board, March 10, 2015
Cambridge, MA. Brattle Theatre, March 22, 2015
Portland, OR. Clinton St. Theater, April 11-12, 2015
Boulder, CO. Dairy Center for the Arts, June 11-13
Rhinebeck, NY. Upstate Films, July 25, 2015
Rosendale, NY. The Rosendale Theatre, July 25, 2015
Educational and Special Screenings
Greensboro, NC. Mental Health Association in Greensboro, October 22, 2014
Bronxville, NY. Sarah Lawrence College, December 11, 2014
Los Angeles, CA. Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences, January 7, 2015
Los Angeles, CA. Friends of Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, January 12, 2015
Boston, MA. Emerson College, March 26, 2015
Amherst, MA. Amherst College, April 1, 2015
Caldwell, NJ. Mental Health Association of Essex, Caldwell College, April 10, 2015
Asheville, NC. Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, Mechanical Eye Microcinema, April 21, 2015
Huntsville, AL. National Alliance on Mental Health - Huntsville, Flying Monkey Arts, May 8, 2015
Rochester, NY. Reel Mind Theater and Film Series, May 19, 2015
Livingston, NJ. Academy of Clinical & Applied Psychoanalysis, July 11, 2015
Providence, RI. Rhode Island School of Design, September 28, 2015
St. Louis, MO. Institute for Health Education at St. Luke’s Hospital, September 29, 2015
Cleveland, OH. NAMI Greater Cleveland, October 21, 2015
Baltimore, MD. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, October 22, 2015
Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan / Michigan Theater, October 29, 2015
Kalamazoo, MI. Kalamazoo Latvian Center, January 7, 2016
Greenville, SC. South Carolina Governor’s School, March 30, 2016
Wellesley, MA. Wellesley College, April 7, 2016
New York, NY. Hunter College, April 15, 2016
Lynwood, WA. NAMI of Snohomish County and Verdany Community Wellness Center, June 17, 2016
Orlando, FL. Science of Screen Project, Enzian Theater / Rollins College, June 25, 2016
Griffith Film School, Brisbane, Australia, August, 22, 2016
MK Gallery with the Richmond Foundation, Milton Keynes, UK, October 10, 2016
Latvia Theatrical Screenings (as "Akmeņi manās kabatās", a Latvian language version of “Rocks In My Pockets”).
Splendid Palace, Latvian premiere (August 21, 2014, Riga, Latvia)
Forum Cinemas and others, Riga and elsewhere in Latvia. (August 22 – March, 2015)
Broadcast Television
Latvia, May 2015
Italy, SkyArte, July, 2015
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Press Quotes
“With ‘Rocks In My Pockets,’ Signe Baumane presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history. Guided by Ms. Baumane’s almost musically accented voice-over, this hand-drawn debut feature is based upon the mental struggles of her Latvian grandmother and other relatives. It’s told with remorseless psychological intelligence, wicked irony and an acerbic sense of humor.”
–Nicholas Rapold, NEW YORK TIMES
“Boasting a narrative of extraordinary complexity and density, stuffed with irony, humor and tales-within-tales... imaginative... fascinating and very personal.”
–Alissa Simon, VARIETY
Full VARIETY Review
“Signe Baumane examines her family members’ history with mental illness (as well as her own struggles) with humor, delicacy and eye-catching animation techniques... Her commitment and talent is overwhelming.”
–Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY
Full USA TODAY Review
“Animated in a striking combination of real paper-mache sets and props and hand-drawn 2D figures, the film explores with wit, surreal invention and insight something left far too often undiscussed.”
–Boyd van Hoeij, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Full THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Review
“The story is positively enchanting, from beginning to end, at times so bitter you can almost taste it in your mouth, at other times tender and moving, often sweet or cynically funny.”
–FLIX
Full FLIX Review
“‘Rocks In My Pockets’ is a visually stunning masterpiece... an important film... a beautiful conversation starter.”
–Liz Whittemore, Reel News Daily
Full REEL NEWS DAILY Review
“Baumane is a first-rate cinema auteur. This very humane animation is destined to become a classic.”
–Jennifer Merin, Womens eNews
Full WOMENS ENEWS Review
“I often address difficult, uncomfortable subjects in my films, because I believe in confronting the things that bother me head-on.”
–Signe Baumane, Variety profile
Full VARIETY Profile
“You have to find a higher purpose. You have to make a film because you have to make it... because you can’t help it. If you are thinking about rewards you’re in the wrong business.”
–Signe Baumane, The Screen Feed interview
Full THE SCREEN FEED Interview
“My only advice to women directors would be: stick to your guns and continue making your films, feel free to explore new ways of telling stories and finding new ways of connecting with an audience. Because by the laws of the industry, what’s marginal today will be the core tomorrow."
–Signe Baumane, interview in IndieWire.
Full INDIEWIRE Interview
“I made the film not for my own therapy, but to entertain an audience, to make them think and engage them in a conversation. For me a film in a form of communication; yes, part of it is a self-expression, but it is also an exchange of ideas, a dialogue.”
–Signe Baumane, interview in MovieHole
Awards
Winner: International Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Commendation: Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Best Feature Film, Animator 2014, Poland
Best Feature Film, Riga International Film Festival, 2Annas, 2014, Latvia
Best Feature Film - Madeira Micro International Film Festival 2014
Best Animation Film – “Great Christopher” National Film Competition, Latvia
Best Animation Director – “Great Christopher” National Film Competition, Latvia
Best Screenplay – “Great Christopher” National Film Competition, Latvia
Sky Arte Award – Trieste Film Festival, 2015, Italy
Special Mention – “Baltic Gaze” Program, Vilnius Film Festival, 2015
Best Film - “Buried Treasures” Category, Chlotrudis Society, Boston, MA, 2015
Special Mention - Best Animated Feature Film for Adults, Alifilm, Czech Republic, 2015
Kecskemét City Prize (Best Feature), Festival of European Animated Feature Films and
TV Specials, Kecskemét Animation Film Festival, 2015, Hungary
Best Documentary – DocsBarcelona& Medelin, 2015, Colombia
"Birth"
"Birth", 12 min, 2009
Written, Directed, Animated by Signe Baumane
Amina is 17 and pregnant. Afraid to give birth she goes to older women for consolation and advise but their stories scare her even more.
Festivals
CinEast Film Festival, “Carte Blanche” for Paul Thiltges (October 23, 2013, Luxembourg)
MOVE Film Festival (October 8-13, 2013, Umeå, Sweden)
Berlinale Shorts (Competition, February 5-15, 2009)
Florida Film Festival (March 27 - April 5, 2009)
16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (May 5-10, 2009)
2009 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival (March 13-21, 2009)
Short Film Festival Cellu l'art in Jena/Thuringia (April 22-26, 2009, Germany)
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2009 (MIAF), (June 22-28, 2009)
International Competition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (July 3-14, 2009)
BeFilm The Underground Film Festival (April 28 - May 2, 2009)
Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 8-13, 2009)
Huesca International Film Festival, International Short Film Contest (June 4-13, 2009)
London International Animation Festival (August 28 - September 6, 2009)
FEMINA - International Women's Film Festival (June 1-7, 2009, Brazil)
2009 Rooftop Films Summer Series (June 10,, 2009)
58th Melbourne International Film Festival (July 24 - August 9, 2009)
17th Intl. Animation Festival of Brazil ANIMA MUNDI 2009 (Rio de Janeiro, July 10-19, Sao Paulo, July 22-26)
Giffoni Film Festival, Troubled Gaze section (July 12-25, 2009, Italy)
2nd International Animated Film Festival, Animator 2009 (July 6-12, 2009, Poznan, Poland)
11th Seoul International Youth Film Festival (July 9-15, 2009)
13th annual L.A. Shorts Fest (July 23-31, 2009)
SICAF - Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (July 22-26, 2009)
33rd Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (August 13-17, 2009)
Wiesbaden Animation Festival 2009 (October 15-18, 2009)
International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot (September 7-13, Israel)
International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA (August 7-15, 2009, Russia)
10th Anniversary Women & Girls Fund Film Festival (August 6th, 2009, New London, CT)
Göteborg International Film Festival (January 29 - February 8, 2010)
3rd International Animation Festival ANIMANIMA 09 (2009, Serbia)
Ottawa 2009 International Animation Festival (October 14-18, 2009)
Rehoboth Beach Film Festival (November, 11-15, 2009)
29th Atlantic Film Festival (September 17-26, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Eksjö Animation Festival 2009 (September 24-26, 2009)
Woodstock Film Festival (September 30 - October 4, 2009)
Cucalorus Film Festival (November 11-15, 2009)
Anim’est – International Animation Film Festival (October 2-11, 2009, Romania)
Hamptons Film Festival (special screening with New York Women in Film and Television, 2009)
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK (October 26 - November 1, 2009, Leipzig)
FIAE 2009 – 4th International Festival of Erotic Animation (November, 2009, Brazil),
Voxfeminae Festival (September 29 - October 4, 2009, Zagreb)
7th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis (October 21-25, 2009, Lithuania)
Project Twenty1's 2009 Philadelphia Filmathon (October 1-4, 2009)
Femmina International Film Festival (October 29 - November 1, 2009, Norway)
V Córdoba International Animation Festival – ANIMA’09 (Animated Stories Category, International Competition, October 8, 10, 2009)
International Short-Film Festival La Boca del Lobo (October 21-30, 2009, Spain)
Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival (September 10-13, 2009)
Film Columbia (October 22-25, 2009)
l'Alternativa 2009 – 16th Barcelona Independent Film Festival (November 13-31, 2009)
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (November 5-26, 2009)
ALE KINO 27th International Young Audience Film Festival (September 6-13, 2009, Poland)
London Film Festival (Oct 22nd, 23rd, 15th, 2009)
Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival GIRAF, 2009 (Canada)
Kinofest 2009 (October 22-24, 2009, Bucharest)
NO TABOO – 4th Intl. Festival of Animation and Sex Education (November 10-12, 2009)
Anchorage International Film Festival (December 4-17, 2009)
XII Edition of the International Short Film Festival of Soria City 2009 (November 25, 2009, Spain)
PLATFORMA VIDEO9 International Film Festival (December 3-6, 2009, Athens)
I Castelli Animati – International Animated Film Festival 14th Edition (November 25-29, 2009, Italy)
Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games (February 8-12, 2010)
Animateka International Animation Film Festival (December 7-13, 2009, Slovenia)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (December 14-16, 2009, Italy)
International Film Festival ETIUDA&ANIMA 2009 (November 30 – December 2, 2009, Poland)
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage-Tricky (November 18-21, 2009, Hamburg)
The Filmfestival del Garda Short Movie Competition Program (December 4-8, 2009, Italy)
Athens 5th AnimFest (March 11-14, 2010)
IV International Festival of Actual Animation & Media-art LINOLEUM, 2009 (St. Petersburg, Russia)
ANIMA 2010, the 29th edition of the Brussels Animation Films Festival (February 12-20, 2010)
La Enana Marron Independent Cinema in Madrid (February, 2010)
The Eleventh Edition of “Maremetraggio – International Short Film and Debut Work Festival” (June 25-July 3, 2010, Trieste, Italy)
Future Film Festival (January 26-31, 2010, Italy)
Animex (February 8-12, 2010, UK)
Cortoons Intl. Short Animated Film Festival of Rome (March 24-28, 2010)
International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne (Panorama, April 14-18, 2010)
Festival du Court Métrage d'animation de Roanne (March 12-14, 2010)
Delray Beach Film Festival (March 22-28, 2010)
AniFest 2010 (May 18-23, 2010, Czech Republic)
Arizona International Film Festival (April 15-25, 2010)
Cartoons on the Bay (April 15-18, 2010, Italy)
The South Side Film Festival (June 15-19, 2010)
Toronto Animated Image Society for consideration to be part of the TAIS Animation Showcase (June 24th, 2010)
Anibar International Animation Festival 2010 (August 27-30, 2010, Kosovo)
Coney Island Film Festival (September 24-26, 2010)
12 min, 2009. Written, Directed, Animated by Signe Baumane
Awards
Honorable Mention in the Animation Category of BeFilm, 2009
Special Jury Mention «Most Ironic Film about the Pregnancy» at International Competition ‘LABORATORY OF DISCOVERIES' at International Short and Animation Film Festival – OPEN CINEMA, 2009
SIYFF Eyes Award by Audience Juries at Brilliant Moment section at Seoul International Youth Film Festival, 2009
Grand Prix winner of animation festival + forum animasyros 2.0 (September 24-27, 2009, Syros Island)
Honorable Mention at Project Twenty One 2009 Philadelphia Filmathon
Honorable Mention at Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival GIRAF, 2009
Special Mention at Fredrikstad Animation Festival, 2009
Special Mention at I Castelli Animati, 2009
Student’s Jury Award at 16th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, 2009
Best Short Film at Filmfestival del Garda, 2009
Special Mention in the Prize Simona Gesmundo for Animated Films, 2010 (October 30, 2010, Cetraro, Italy)
"Teat Beat of Sex"
A take on Sex from a woman's point of view.
Festivals
BeFilm The Underground Film Festival, 2007 (New York)
ASIFA-East Festival, 2007 (New York)
Finalist of NFB Short Film Online Competition Cannes Special, 2007
15th International Animation Festival of Brazil – ANIMA MUNDI, 2007
First Sundays Comedy Film Festival, 2007
Annecy Plus, 2007
Just for Laughs Film Festival (July 12-22, 2007, Montreal)
FunFest NYC (July 17, 2007)
Ottawa Int'l Animation Festival (September 19-23, 2007)
3rd Zurich Film Festival 2007 (September 27 – October 7, 2007, Switzerland)
Marbella International Film Festival (October 5-7, 2007, Spain)
IV Córdoba International Animation Festival (September 19-22, 2007, Argentina)
13th Cucalorus Film Festival (USA, November 7-10, 2007)
Rooftop Films (September, 2007, NY)
Capetown Comedy Festival - Best of Just for Laughs program (September 3-23, 2007, USA)
Calgary International Film Festival - Best of Just for Laughs program, 2007
2007 Taiwan International Animation Festival (September 28 - October 7, 2007)
2007 Woodstock Film Festival (October 10-14, 2007)
15th Raindance Film Festival (September 25 - October 7, 2007, UK)
2nd San Francisco International Animation Festival (November 8-11, 2007)
Coney Island Film Festival (October, 2007)
9th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation 2007 - Best of International Animation (October 18-21, 2007)
Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig (October 29 - November 4, 2007)
8th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, 2007
27th Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (October 18-28, 2007)
FIAE 2007 - International Festival of Erotic Animation (November 6-8, 2007, Brazil)
Darryl's Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival (October 13, 2007, Canada)
Chicago Short Film Brigade (October 25, 2007)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Animated Dreams (November 21-25, 2007)
18th Annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival (October 16-20, 2007, Canada)
FIKE 2007 - Evora International Short Film Festival (November 16-24, 2007)
Anipact 2007 (Korea)
Best of Independent Exposure 2007 Edition (Juice)
Sundance Film Festival 2008 (January 17-27, 2008)
San Francisco Independent Film Festival (February 7-19, 2008)
Florida Film Festival (March 28 - April 6, 2008)
Tricky Women 2008 (March 27-31, 2008, Austria)
15th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (May 1-6, 2008)
CineKink New York (February 26 - March 2, 2008)
12th edition of the REGARD sur le court métrage au Saguenay festival (March 12-16, 2008, Canada)
Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival (February 16, 2008, Ottawa)
Sundays in the City March Movie Marathon (March 9, 2008, NYC)
Ann Arbor Film Festival (March 25-30, 2008)
MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival (April 25 - May 3, 2008, Hungary)
SWAN Day of Merging Arts Fearless Femmes in Film (March 29, 2008)
Film Fest Dresden (April 15-20, 2008)
Indianapolis International Film Festival (April 23 - May 3, 2008)
2008 Arizona International Film Festival (April 18-27, 2008)
39th Annual Nashville Film Festival (April 17-24, 2008)
KARRATU section (short films in DVD) in the 4th edition of ANIMABASAURI (Spain)
55th Belgrade Short and Documentary Film Festival, 2008
Winnipeg Cinematheque (April 4-5, 2008, Canada)
18th Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film Animafest (Panorama, May 31 - June 5, 2008)
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2008 (June 16-22, 2008)
34th Seattle International Film Festival (May 22 - June 15, 2008)
"Around the Très Courts" in the thematic program "They Dared" (May 2-5, 2008, France),
International Women's Film Festival FEMINA 2008 (June 2-8, 2008, Rio de Janeiro)
2nd Annual West County Film Festival (October 17-19, 2008, CA)
Brooklyn International Film Festival (May 20 - June 8, 2008)
SouthSide Film Festival (June 17-21, 2008)
WILDsound's Film Festival (May 23-25, 2008 Toronto)
FESTROIA International Film Festival (special program, June 6-15, 2008, Portugal)
10th Annual Hi Mom! Film Festival (September 5-6, 2008)
Utopia Filmfestival of the art exposition "Utopia Project" (June 7, 2008, Italy)
Sundance Shorts Sunday at Brooklyn Academy of Music (June 1, 2008)
Frozen Film Festival (July 10-12, 2008, San Francisco)
Expresión en Corto Intl. Film Festival, "Midnight Madness" Showcase (July 18–27, 2008, Mexico)
Best of Filmfest Dresden, Powerful Women special program (July 18, 2008, Quedlinburg, Germany)
32nd Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (August 17, 2008, Germany)
Molise Film Festival (August 5-10, 2008, Casacalenda, Italy)
Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival, Special Program of Erotic films, “Blue Toons” (September 17-21, 2008)
28th Atlantic Film Festival, FramexFrame program (September 11-20, 2008, Halifax, Canada)
Pornfilmfestival Berlin (October 22-26, 2008)
Riga Night Brussels (September 5-17, 2008)
28th Amiens International Film Festival (November 7-16, 2008)
Ellensburg Film Festival (October 2-5, 2008)
2008 Tallgrass Film Festival (October 23-26, 2008)
9th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival (December 3–7, 2008)
Schwenninger Kurzfilmfestival (November 29, 2008, Germany)
Rated X Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival (January 15-18, 2009)
Athens Porn Film Festival (January, 2009)
Time Film Festival (June 19-20, 2009, Switzerland)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, special program “Body Parts” (September 8-13, 2009, Switzerland)
2009 Sexy International Film Festival (October 23 - November 1, 2009, Melbourne)
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2009, Eros & Anima Program(September 17-20, 2009)
Brussels Pink Screens Film Festival (October 22 - 31, 2009)
7th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis (October 21-25, 2009, Lithuania)
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage-Tricky (November 18-21, 2009, Hamburg)
Venetian Carnival 2010 Carnascial Art esca (February 6-16, 2010)
Sexy International Paris Film Festival (April, 2010)
7th VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Festival (May 27 - June 2, 2010)
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation (November 27, 2013, Montreal, Canada)
4 min., 2008. Written, Directed, Animated and Narrated by Signe Baumane
Watch the full collection of 15 "Teat Beat of Sex" episodes on Vimeo.
Awards
Second Place in Animation category at BeFilm The Underground Film Festival, 2007
Excellence in Writing/Humor at ASIFA-East Festival, 2007
Jury Award at The First Sundays Film Festival, 2007
Best Film Award at FunFest, 2007
Honorable Mention at Ottawa Int'l Animation Festival, 2007
Honorable Mention at Woodstock Film Festival, 2007
Fez d'Or Award at Darryl's Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival, 2007
Honorable Mention at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Animated Dreams
Film Brigade: Best Of 2007
The Eileen Maitland Award at the 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2008
The Best International Animation of FIAE, 2007
Special Mention at International Women's Film Festival FEMINA, 2008
Winner of “K” award at Molise Film Festival, 2008
Best Animation at 10th Annual Hi Mom! Film Festival, South Bronx Film Festival, 2009)
"Tarzan"
A man meets a woman on NYC subway and they flirt until it hurts.
Joe Cartoon song animated by Signe Baumane
"Infomercials for Dentists"
Five infomercials for dentists promoting professionalism and kindness.
This informercial praises the virtue of using latex gloves.
The informercial instructs dentists to use the proper tools.
The infomercial teaches the importance of kindness.
The informercial explains the dangers of playing with crowns.
The infomercial warns about the dangers of eating chocolate.
"Veterinarian"
17 min, Rija Animated Film Studio, Latvia
A veterinarian with a broken heart receives an unexpected help to heal.
Festivals
CinEast Film Festival, “Carte Blanche” for Paul Thiltges (October 23, 2013, Luxembourg)
15th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival(October 17-21, 2007)
2007 Taiwan International Animation Festival (September 28 - Oct 7, 2007)
3rd Annual Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival GIRAF3 (Nov 2-3, 2007, Canada)
4th International Animation Film Festival Animateka (December 3-9, 2007, Slovenia)
10th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka (February 14-22, 2008)
San Francisco Independent Film Festival (February 7-19, 2008)
Tiburon International Film Festival (March 13-21, 2008)
50th Annual Exhibition for the Society of Illustrators (January 30 - February 16, 2008)
Dam Short Film festival 2008 (February 7-9, 2008)
Sundays in the City March Movie Marathon (March 9, 2008, NYC)
Florida Film Festival (March 28 – April 6, 2008)
Philadelphia Film Festival (April 3-15, 2008)
MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival (April 25 - May 3, 2008, Hungary)
Anima Basauri / Basauri-Bizkaia International Animated Film Festival (April 18-25, 2008, Spain)
2008 Arizona International Film Festival (April 18-27, 2008)
15th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (special program), 2008
NexT Intl. Short and Medium Length Film Festival 2nd edition (April 7-13, 2008, Bucharest)
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2008 (June 16-22, 2008)
Chicago Short Film Brigade (April 10-13, 2008)
Staten Island Film Festival (June 5-8, 2008)
SouthSide Film Festival (June 17-21, 2008)
Chocolate Factory's first experimental film screening (June 7, 2008, NY)
Rooftop Films 2008 Summer Series (June 27, 2007)
Melbourne International Film Festival (July 25 - August 10, 2008)
Animator 2008 - the 1st International Animated Film Festival (July 7-12, 2008, Poznan)
The London International Animation Festival (September 2-7, 2008)
28th Atlantic Film Festival, FramexFrame program(September 11-20, 2008, Halifax, Canada)
International Kino Forum Arsenals (September 12-21, 2008)
International Festival of Animated Films TINDIRINDIS 2008 (October 23-26, 2008)
28th Amiens International Film Festival (official section Cinéma d'animation européen,
November 7-16, 2008)
"Etiuda & Anima 2008" (November 17 - 21, 2008, Krakow, Poland)
My Europe Films Intl. Film Festival (November 21-30, 2008, Germany)
25th FESTIVAL DU FILM cinéma d'ici et d'ailleurs (November 25 - December 3, 2008)
Corto Imola Film Festival (European Short Competition, December 5-9, 2008, Italy)
The MergingArts Womanimation! 2009 Festival (March 28, 2009)
International Festival of Animated films AniFest 2009 (May 1–4, 2009)
2009 San Joaquin International Film Festival (May 14-23, 2009)
Anifest 2009 (Czech Republic)
Napoli Film Festival (June 10-15, 2009, Naples)
International Animated Film Festival KROK (September 28 - October 7, 2009)
Kinofest 2009 (October 22-24, 2009, Bucharest)
Long Island Film Festival 2010 (September 20-23, 2010, Bay Shore, NY)
Awards
Honorable Mention for the Best International Short Animation Award at GIRAF, 2007
Excellence in Animation at ASIFA-East Animation Awards, 2008
Best Animated Short at Staten Island Film festival, 2008
Special Prize for Ecological Film at Animator 2008 - the 1st International Animated Film Festival, Poland, 2008
Special Mention at Premio Simona Gesmundo Corti d'Animazione, 2008
Audience Award in the category "Politics and Policies" at My Europe - a week of European films, 2008
The Stuart Blackton Award for animation at Long Island Film Festival, 2010
"Woman"
2002, 10 min, Rija Animated film studio, Latvia
A personal myth of creation of a woman and her two ways to encounter a man.
Festivals
Arsenals - Riga 16th International Film Forum, 2003
Florida Film Festival, 2003
Tehran International Animation Festival, 2003
Taos Talking Picture Festival, 2003
21st International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, 2003 (Poznan)
First Latvian Animation Festival “Bimini”, 2003
Brooklyn International Film Festival, 2003
ASIFA East Festival, 2003
Newport International Film Festival, 2003
Anima Mundi 2003 -International Animation Festival of Brazil, 2003
27th Open Air Film Fest Weiterstadt, 2003
Woodstock Film Festival, 2003
Red Bank International Festival, 2003
Portland Independent Animation Festival, 2003
International Animated Film Festival KROK, 2003
Boston Underground Film Festival, 2003
Cine Eco 2003 -Environmental International Film and Video Festival, 2003 (Portugal)
ALTER-NATIVE 11th International Short Film Festival, 2003 (Romania)
The Hamptons International Film Festival, 2003
Black Nights Film Festival, 2003 (Estonia)
Siena 8th International Short Film Festival, 2003 (Italy)
Tindirindi 2003 - International Animated Film Festival (Lithuania)
FIKE 2003 - Evora International Short Film Festival (Portugal)
New York Exposition of Short Film and Video, 2003
FIPA - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuelles, 2004 (France)
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival, 2004 (Canada)
Annapolis Reel Cinema Festival, 2004
6th San Francisco Independent Film Festival, 2004
Garden State Film Festival, 2004
Chlotrudis Awards Short Film Festival, 2004
Philadelphia Film Festival, 2004
23rd Black Maria Film&Video Festival, Citation Selection (2004)
Eastern European Session of The London Intl. Animation Festival (August 23-28, 2005,
The Curzon Cinema in Soho, London, UK)
Eastern European Session at Melbourne Intl. Animation Festival (June, 2005, Australia)
Salt of Water, 2006 (Russia)
SouthSide Film Festival, 2006
Chily Film Festival (2006, UK)
Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival, 2006
SWAN Day of Merging Arts Fearless Femmes in Film (March 29, 2008, RI)
Awards
First Place at ASIFA East Festival, 2003
Kristaps Award (Latvian equivalent of Oscars) for Best Design in Animated Films Category, 2003
Silver at New York Exposition of Short Film and Video, 2003
First Place Award for Best Cell Animation at 2nd Annual Garden State Film Festival, 2003
Commissioned
In this (not published) Washington Post Feminism Projects segment United States senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about her feminism and subtle sexism at workplace. Animation by Signe Baumane
A curtain opener for Martha's Vineyard Film Society.
Demo Reel
A short demo reel showcasing Signe Baumane's work
This stop motion reel showcases Signe's ability to blend animated 3-dimensional paper mache sets with traditional hand-drawn animation.
Signe's director reel. With scenes from her films it showcases Signe's ability to visualize stories and concepts and her particular approach to directing.
Strange & Bizarre Series
Words originate and words are lost.
A man is only a blind half before he accidentally comes across another half. The greatest of the accidents.
