Five minutes before the big performance Maestro is getting ready behind the curtain. Time is slowly ticking away. Oscar nominated short film by Geza M. Toth - KEDD Animation Studio - 2005.

Awards:
Nominated for an Academy Award by the American Film Academy, 2007;
Évora FIKE 2007 - International Short Film Festival, 2007, (Audience Award);
Kawasaki Digital Short Film Festival, 2007, (Grand Prix);
Lucania Film Festival, 2007, (Animation Grand Prix);
Sardinia Film Festival, 2007, (Best Short Film Award);
NAFF Neum International Film Festival, 2007, (Grand Prix);
Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo Film Festival, 2007, (Special Prize);
Smiths Falls River and Rails Int. Film Festival, 2006, (Best Short Film Award);
St. Petersburg MULTIVISION Festival, 2006, (Best Short Film Award); Stuttgart ULRICH-SCHIEGG Film Festival, 2006, (Special Prize); Trieste Maremetraggio Film Festival, 2006, (CEI Award);
Volgograd VIDEOLOGIA International Film Festival, 2006, (Audience Award);
Weimar BACKUP Film Festival, 2006, (Audience Award);
Zlín International Children's Film Festival, 2006, (Hermina Tyrlova Award);
Las Palmas CANARIASMEDIAFEST06, 2006, (Best Animated Film Award);
Leeds International Film Festival, 2006, (Certificate of Recognition); Gifu HIAFFF Film Festival, 2006, (Shared Grand Prix);
Reggio Film Festival, 2006, (Jury Prize), Rome CORTOONS Festival, 2006, (Best Short Film Award);
Sancy PLEIN LA BOBINE Film Festival, 2006, (Grand Jury Prize for Children);
Huesca International Film Festival, 2006, (Special Prize);
Budapest BUSHO, 2006, (Animation Grand Prix, Student Jury Praise); Campobasso THE LAND OF THE LIVING SHORTS, 2006, (Best Short Film Award, Audience Award);
Athens International Panorama Festival of Independent Filmmakers, 2006, (Best Animated Film Award);
Aubagne International Film Festival, 2005, (Best Animated Film Award, Audience Award);
Les Nuits Magiques International Film Festival, Begles, 2005, (Best Short Film Award);
Belgrade BALKANIMA International Animation Film Festival, 2005, (Special Prize);
Belo Horizonte ISFF., 2005, (Best Screenplay Award); Budapest AniFest3, 2005, (Special Award, Audience Award);
Budapest MAFSZ, 2005, (Special prize);
Bucharest DaKINO International Film Festival, 2005, (Special Prize); Changzhou CICDAF International Animated Film Festival, 2005, (Best Short Film Award);
Cordoba ANIMACOR, 2005, (2nd Best Short Film Award);
Espinho CINANIMA International Animation Film Festival, 2005, (Audience Award);
Izmir International Film Festival, 2005, ("Golden Cat" Grand Prix); Kecskemét Animation Festival, KAFF, 2005, (Special Prize); Miskolc CineFest, 2005, (Best Animated Film Award); Montreal GLITCH Film Festival, 2005, (Special Prize); Annecy Animation Film Festival, 2005, (In Competition); Nagoya JDAF Film Festival, 2005, (Nagoya Chamber of Commerce Special Award); Naoussa International Film Festival, 2006, (Special Prize); Patras International Screening of Independent Filmmakers, 2006, (Animation Grand Prix); Trenčín-Teplice Art Film Festival, 2005, (Special Prize); Wuerzburg Internationales Filmwochenende, 2005, (Special Short Film Award), Pécs Motion Picture Festival, 2005, (Special Award)