Dead End ("Sof Ha-Derech")
Original Comedy Web Series
10 episodes X 4.5 mins.
Creator, Co-Writer, Director.
In a post-apocalyptic Jerusalem, two teenage siblings bicker their way through what's left of the city in search of their little brother whom they lost in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. They find that despite everything literally going up in smoke, nothing had really changed.
Season 1 has reached over 1.5M views in Israel in its first few months of airing.
Created for Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, with support of the Jerusalem Film and Television Fund.
Production Company: Mind the Gap Animation (Yael Ozsinay).

Nominations & Awards
Awards
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Rio Web Fest (Brazil, 2020) - Best Animated Series
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NZ Web Fest (New Zealand, 2020) - Best Animated Show
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T.O Web Fest (Canada, 2020) - Best Animated Content
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Melbourne Web Fest (Australia, 2020) - Best Animation, Best Sound Design
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Sicily Web Fest (Italy, 2020) - Best Animation
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Realist Web Fest (Russia, 2019) - Best Screenplay
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Asia Web Awards (Korea, 2019) - Best Creator in Animation & Webfilm
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Animix Festival (Israel, 2019) - Asif Competition - Best Commissioned Animation
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SHORT to the Point (Romania, Jan 2020) - Best Series (Web/TV)
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Short Film Factory (Romania, March 2020) - Best Short Film
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300 Seconds Short Film Festival (Canada, 2020) - Best Comedy, International
Nominations
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Slamdance Film Festival (US, 2021) - Episodic
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Israeli TV Academy Awards (Israel, 2020) - Best Web Series
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Raindance Film Festival (UK, 2019) - Best Web Series
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Kaboom Animation Festival (Previously KLIK & HAFF Festivals) (Netherlands, 2019) – Best Short Film
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Seoul Web Fest, (Korea, 2019) - Best Animation
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Houston Comedy Film Festival (US, 2020) - Best Animated Comedy Film Award, Best International Micro Film
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Apulia Web Fest (Italy, 2020) - Nominated
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Pilot Light TV Festival (UK, 2020) - Best Web Series
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T.O Web Fest (Canada, 2020) - Best Web Series, Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series, Best Screenplay, Best Music
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Asia Web Awards (Korea, 2019) - Best Comedy, Best Animation, Best Screenplay in a Comedy
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Melbourne Web Fest (Australia, 2020) - Best Screenplay
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Japan Web Fest (2021) - Best Animation (TBD)
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Discover Film Awards (UK, 2020) - Nominated (TBD)
Official Selections
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Moscow Shorts (Russia, April 2020) - Official Selection
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FIFES Comedy Film Festival (Croatia, 2020) - Official Selection
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Copenhagen Web Fest (Denmark, 2020) - Official Selection
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TAAFI - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (Canada, 2020) - Official Selection
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Olamot Con for Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Israel, 2020) - Official Selection
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Cardiff Animation Festival (UK, 2020) - Official Selection
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Grossman Fantastic Film Festival (Slovenia, 2020)
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rolling ideas (Romania, 2020) - Official Selection
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Thessaloniki Animation Festival (Greece, 2020) - Official Selection
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Budapest Jewish Film Festival (Hungary, 2020) - Official Selection
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Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest (Germany, 2020) - Official Selection
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New Jersey Web Fest (US, 2021) - Official Selection
Episodes
Episode 101:
Youtube
Vimeo
Episode 104:
Youtube
Vimeo
Episode 110 (season 1 finale):
Youtube
Vimeo
All of Season 1 (Youtube with English CC, currently geo-blocked to Israel. Can also be watched here):
Links
Credits
Creator and Director | Nir Berger
Screenplay | Ofir Sasson, Nir Berger
Production | Mind The Gap Animation
Art Director | Inbal Ochyon
Animation Director | Yael Ozsinay
Voice Acting | Gaya Beer Gurevich, Ofir Sasson, Yotam Perel,
Daniel Buxe
Additional Voice Acting | Guy Shahaf, Liron Narunsky, Rotem Bloch, Carmel Sela, Evyater Halimi
Guest Voice | Arik Eber
Soundtrack Design and Recording | Ori Kadishay, HaMazkeka Studios
Original Score | Nami Melumad
Storyboard | Ofir Sasson
Animatic Editor | Ofir Sasson, Nir Berger
Animation | Guy Shahaf, Netta Lahav, Shuli Tager, Gal Haklay,
Liron Narunsky, Yael Ozsinay
Layout and Backgrounds Design | Inbal Ochyon, Rotem Bloch,
Netta Lahav, Guy Shahaf
Rigging | Liron Narunsky, Netta Lahav, Yael Ozsinay
Compositing | Yali Herbet
Graphic Design | Tami Ozsinay
Arabic Translation | Dima Kanaan
English Translation | A.L. Fajores Industries
Subtitles | Jasmine Fadila