Dávid Dell’Edera
Dávid Dell’Edera is a director and CG artist whose work moves between personal animation and commercial projects. His graduation film, Balcony, won the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Since then, he’s worked across commercials, music videos and main title sequences, including videos for Odesza, Jorja Smith, Bastille, Bob Moses, Sad Night Dynamite and Leifur James, alongside productions for brands like Paramount Channel and Netflix.
Awards and nominations +
Motion Awards 2024 – Von Cramm main title, winnerPromax Awards 2022 – Sziget Festival ident44th Telly Awards – Bitrex, BronzeClio Awards 2019 – Paramount idents, winnerClio Awards 2019 – Bob Moses x Zhu “Desire”, SilverSXSW – Bob Moses x Zhu “Desire”, Official SelectionBalcony (graduation film)Annecy International Animated Film Festival – Jury AwardGuanajuato International Film Festival – Competition ProgrammeJameson CineFest International Film Festival – Best Picture AwardSzolnok International Film Festival of Fine Arts – Competition ProgrammeKecskemét Animation Film Festival – Film Critics’ AwardPrimanima International First-Time Filmmakers’ Animation Festival – Official SelectionCraft Awards – Best Direction, Gold AwardCraft Awards – Best Graphic Solutions and 2D Animation, Gold AwardCraft Awards – Best Visuals, Silver AwardEncounters Short Film and Animation Festival – Cartoon d’Or nomineeAnilogue International Animation Film Festival – Competition ProgrammeLondon International Animation Festival – Competition ProgrammeGo Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen – Competition Programme, Official Selection
Press +
5 of Central and Eastern Europe’s Most Exciting Young Animators – LBB OnlinePrimanima: Hullámzó érzelmek az animált vásznon – Film.huBalkon: Felforr az agyvíz a lakótelepen – Film.huBalkon – Panelsikoly – Filmvilág
Balcony
Balcony was Dávid Dell’Edera’s graduation film, made in collaboration between Budapest Metropolitan University and UMBRELLA.
The film mixes 2D and 3D techniques to create a world that feels both real and stylised, complete even with just a few elements. Animation could have offered magical, surreal solutions, but the interest lay in tipping everyday life slightly off balance while keeping both feet firmly on the ground.
The whole story is built on one simple idea: an old fella shows up from nowhere and shakes up the neighbourhood. It’s surprising how many meanings that idea can carry. Everyone sees something different in it, depending on the memories and experiences they bring to the screen. For some it’s about loneliness, for others community, and for others simply letting go. It’s funny how often the simplest things hit the hardest. The film leaves space for everyone to find their own story.
Leifur James – AAID
An immersive video for Leifur James by directors Balázs Simon and Dávid Dell’Edera. AAID drifts through the memories of a man trying to make sense of a past relationship. As Simon explains, the visuals reflect the alienation and loss that run through James’ album, and the way memories blur over time: “Our brain is quite selective, there are things we remember very vividly, while other things remain unsure, or even untrue. That’s where the aesthetic of broken/incomplete 3D scans came in. It was a really exciting, but also weirdly upsetting process to work on this. The places found in the film are our own living spaces. Every day when we came together to work on the film we were in the real spaces, creating their broken, imaginary memory versions at the same time.”
Adni öröm!
Christmas fundraising campaign. A 30-second animated spot for the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR about the hardships that usually go unseen, and how a single small gesture can reach someone we will never meet. Its restrained retro-graphic style traces a quiet path from isolation to connection, a reminder that kindness often travels further than we know.
see more