The Doctor's Wife

When a doctor sees his wife going through depression, he comes up with all sorts of ways to cheer her up, but no matter how hard he tries, things just keep getting more complicated.

Public screenings, Festivals & Awards

2023 Portuguese Cinema DaysGermany (Official Selection)

2023 AnimalcoiSpain (Official Selection)

2023 El FestivalicoSpain (Official Selection)

2023 35th Girona Film FestivalSpain (Official Selection)

2023 Most – Wine International Film FestivalSpain (Official Selection)

2023 XV Festival Cortos RodiniaSpain (Official Selection)

2023 Animae CaribeTrinidad and Tobago (Official Selection)

2023 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Comedia de BegurSpain (Official Selection)

2023 HaHaArt Film FestivalPortugal (Winner Best National Film & Best National Director)

2023 Filmets BadalonaSpain (Official Selection)

2023 MotelXPortugal (Official Selection)

2023 Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, France (Semi Finalist)

2022 Hollywood Shorts FestUSA (Official Selection)

2022 AmarcortItaly (Official Selection)

2022 ManifestumPortugal (Invited Film)

2022 The Unprecedented Cinema – International Festival of Short FilmEstonia (Official Selection)

2022 Curtas em FlagrantePortugal (Official Selection)

2022 AnimanimaSerbia (World Panorama)

2022 AnimasyrosGreece (Official Selection)

2022 Open Air Short Film FestivalBelarus (Official Selection)

2022 NAFFBosnia and Herzegovina (Official Selection)

2022 Constantine’s Gold Coin International Festival of Animated FilmSerbia (Official Selection)

2022 Prémios Sophia, Portuguese Film Academy AwardsPortugal (Winner Best Animated Short)

2022 Leiria Film FestivalPortugal (Official Selection)

2022 WICA New York, USA (Winner Best Animation)

2022 The Indie for You Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)

2022 VII FICMARC – Caribbean Sea International Film Festival, Venezuela (Official Selection)

2021 C (H) ORTA – Short Film Festival of FaialPortugal (Official Selection)

2021 La Mirada Tabú 2021, Spain (Official Selection)

2021 Entre Olhares, Mostra de Cinema Português, Portugal (Official Selection)

2021 Festival de Cortometrajes GAU LABURRA 2021, Spain (Official Selection)

2021 Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal (Official Selection)

2021 Animainzón 2021, Spain (Official Selection)

2021 Baixada Animada, Brazil (Official Selection)

2021 Prémio Nacional da Animação, Portugal (Honorable Mention)

2021 Cinanima, Portugal (Official Selection)

2021 Cortoons Gandia Film Festival, Spain (Official Selection)

2021 Mostra Internacional de Curtas Metragens Alto Tieté, Brazil (Official Selection)

2021 MinIndie Festival, USA (Winner Best Mini Animation)

2021 Urban Films Festival, France (Official Selection)

2021 Curtas Festival do Imaxinario, Spain (Official Selection)

2021 Cartoons on the Bay, Italy (Out of Competition International Showcase)

2021 Manchester Animation Film Festival, UK (Out of Competition)

2021 3 in 1 Film Festival, Portugal (Official Selection)

2021 Short of the Year, Spain (Special Jury Mention)

2021 Fescilmar, Spain (Winner Best Animation)

2021 Pixelatl, Mexico (Official Selection)

2021 Monstra, Portugal (Invited Film)

Producer
HUMBERTO SANTANA

Written and directed by
BRUNO SIMÕES

Based on characters by
HUGO VAN DER DING

Character Design
JOÃO VAZ DE CARVALHO

Set Design
ALEXANDRE PINTO

Storyboard and Animatic
JORGE RIBEIRO

Layout
BRIAN MARTINEZ
BRUNO SIMÕES

Textures and Lighting 
IGNAZIO ACERENZA

Backgrounds
ALEXANDRE PINTO

3D Modeling
LUCIE PRIGENT

Character Rigging
IRAKLI KUBLASHVILI

3D Animation
SÉRGIO DIAS

2D Animation
SIMONE KROGH
JORGE RIBEIRO

Compositing
BRUNO SIMÕES

Music
AURÉLIEN VIEIRA LINO

Sound Design
RITA GRADIM

Production Coordinator
MANUELA COSTA

Accounting
ANA SANTOS / CONTIMPORTA

© 2021 Animanostra / Studio Kimchi

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