Nun or
Never!

The nuns living in the convent are happily melted together, doing their daily routines in harmony. One of the nuns finds a man underground while digging potatoes. The nun begins to dream of a man and loses the shared rhythm.

Nun or never is a film about secrets that we all carry with us, more or less hidden. It started from a joke and became a study of standing out from the crowd in an unwanted way, and falling in love with fantasy instead of reality.


Festivals & prizes (updated in December 2024):

Annecy 2023, France (France TV Prize, Audience Award)
Bridge Film Festival 2023, Italy (Best Short Film)
Cortocircuiti 2023, Italy (Best Animated Short Film)
Animix Animation Festival 2023, Israel
Imaginaria Animated Film Festival 2023, Italy
Turku Animated Film Festival 2023, Finland (Best National Film)
Odense Film Festival 2023, Denmark
Nikozi Animation Film Festival 2023, Georgia
Pixelatl 2023, Mexico
Varna World Festival of Animated Film 2023, Bulgaria
Kokkolan Kinojuhlat 2023, Finland
Toronto International Film Festival 2023, Canada
KISFF – Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2023, Ukraine
Atlantic International Film Festival 2023, Canada
Festival International du Film Grolandais de Toulouse 2023, France
Ottawa IAFF 2023, Canada
Nordisk Panorama 2023, Sweden
Tirana International Film Festival 2023, Albania (Best Debut Short Film)
Animasyros 2023, Greece
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2023, USA (Golden Eyeball (Grand Prize))
Animatou 2023, Switzerland (Grand Prix)
Animest 2023, Romania (Jury’s Special Mention)
BitBang International Festival 2023, Argentina
Primanima 2023, Hungary (Best First Film, Best Sound Design, PrimAlter Prize)
Animation Is Film Festival 2023, USA
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione 2023, Italy
Taichung International Animation Festival 2023, Taiwan (Jury Distinction Award)
Camera Action Festival 2023, Poland
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2023, Norway (Audience award)
Philadelphia Film Festival 2023, USA
REX Animation Festival 2023, Sweden (Winner of Nordic Competition )
Le Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2023, Canada
41 North Film Festival 2023, USA
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2023, Japan (Minister of Foreign Affairs Award)
PÖFF 2023, Estonia
Kurzfilmfestival Köln 2023, Germany
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2023, France
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2023, China
Kyiv International Film Festival 2023, Ukraine
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne 2023, France (Best Animated Film)
Animage Animation Film Festival 2023, Brazil
Leuven International Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium
Les Rencontres du Cinéma d’Animation 2023, France
Animateka 2023, Slovenia
Anilogue 2023, Hungary (Jury Special Award. 18.)
Les Nuits Magiques Festival 2023, France
P0rny Days – Film Kunst Festival 2023, Switzerland
Festival Séquence Court-Métrage 2023, France
Animators Guild India Fest 2023, India
Bilbao International Animation Community Festival 2023, Spain
PIAFF – Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris 2024, France (Special Mention for the creativity and the sense of humor)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2024, Australia
Premiers Plans 2024, France
FIAF Best of Annecy 2024, USA
Clermont-Ferrand 2024, France
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024, USA
Finn Filmnapok 2024, Hungary
Providence Children’s Film Festival 2024, USA
Anima – The Brussels International Animation Film Festival 2024, Belgium
Tehran International Animation Festival 2024, Iran
Imaxinaria 2024, Spain
Tampere Film Festival 2024, Finland (Verso Sustainability Prize, Tampere Candidate for European Short Film Audience Award)
Tricky Women 2024, Austria (MQ Residency Award)
Visioni Fantastiche festival 2024, Italy
Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius IFF 2024, Lithuania
Festival d’un Jour 2024, France
Festival Ciné Court Animé de Roanne 2024, France
REGARD – Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay 2024, Canada
Festival Music & Cinema Marseille 2024, France (Best Animation Film)
Aspen Film Shortsfest 2024, USA
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2024, Netherlands
European Film Festival 2024, France
Kaboom Animation Festival 2024, Hollanti (Special Mention by Paul Driessen)
Women+Film Festival 2024, USA
Milwaukee Film Festival 2024, USA
Animocje 2024, Poland (Junior Jury Award)
Filmfest Dresden 2024, Germany
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2024, Brazil
Festival international Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne 2024, France
Barnefilmfestivalen 2024, Norway
Trollywood Animation Festival 2024, Norway
Chilemonos International Animation Festival 2024, Chile (2nd Prize for International Animation)
Anifilm 2024, Czech Republic
Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknès 2024, Morocco
MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering 2024, Unkari (Student Jury award, Main jury award)
Le Cri du Court 2024, France
Rooftop Films Summer Series 2024, USA
Des Bobines et des Sons 2024, France
European Short Film Festival 2024, UK
IndieLisboa 2024, Portugal
Festival Les bAzaReTtes 2024, France
Vienna Shorts 2024, Austria
Zlin Film Festival 2024, Czech Republic
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2024, Hungary (Audience Award)
Animafest Zagreb 2024, Croatia
Sydney Film Festival 2024, Australia
Southside Film Festival 2024, USA
Minight Sun Film Festival 2024, Finland
Cinéma dans les étoiles 2024, France
Nevada City Film Festival 2024, USA
Festival du Film court en plein air de Grenoble 2024, France
Wiesbaden International Animation Festiva 2024, Germany
Cabriolet Film Festival 2024, Lebanon
Festival du film d’Animation de Savigny 2024, Switzerland
Festival Le Plein de Super 2024, France
Fest Anča 2024, Slovakia
IFF ART FILM KOSICE 2024, Slovakia (Special Mention)
Fantosfreak Festival 2024, Spain (Special Mention)
Galway Film Fleadh 2024, Ireland
Curtas Vila do Conde 2024, Spain
Supertoon International Animation Festival 2024, Croatia
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2024, USA (Best Animated Film: First Prize)
La Guarimba Film Festival 2024, Italy (Best Animation Award)
Odense Film Festival 2024, Denmark
Fantoche 2024, Switzerland
Animator Fest – European Youth Festival of Animated Film 2024, Serbia (Grand Prix)
Viborg Animation Festival 2024, Denmark (Special mention)
BLON Animation and Games Festival 2024, Lithuania (Special mention)
Pasaje International Film Festival 2024, Romania
Les Percéides 2024, Canada
Ningen Belgrade International Animation Film Open Air Festiva 2024, Serbia
Emily Awards 2024, Greece
OderKurz-Filmspektakel 2024, Germany
Weird Market’s International Animation Short Films Festival 2024, Spain (Award for Best European Film, Audience Award (ex aequo))
Bolton Film Festival 2024, UK
Arnhem edition of Go Short 2024, Netherlands
OFFline Film Festival 2024, Ireland (Best Animation Award)
Cinemira Budapest International Children and Youth Film Festival 2024, Hungary
Festival du Film de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 2024, France
New Orleans Film Festival 2024, USA
Canlandiranlar Film Festival 2024, Turkey (Jury Special Prize)
International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2024, Poland (Bronze Jabberwocky)
Jakarta Film Week 2024, Indonesia
HaHaArt Film Festival 2024, Portugali
Interfilm Berlin 2024, Germany
Shorts Not Pants 2024, Canada (Jury’s Special Mention)
Cinema Miúdo – Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil de Ames 2024, Spain
Festival International du Film d’Amiens 2024, France
Zubroffka ISFF 2024, Poland
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg 2025, Germany
Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival 2025, Antarctica

Director: Heta Jäälinoja
Length: 11 minutes
Audience: all ages, art house
Premiere: Annecy 2023
Production: Jani Lehto
jani@bohlestudios.com
+358 44 5305536
Sales & Distribution: Miyu Distribution
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festival@miyu.fr
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