NIR BERGER

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.

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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

• Rio Web Fest (Brazil, 2020) - Best Animated Series

• NZ Web Fest (New Zealand, 2020) - Best Animated Show

• T.O Web Fest (Canada, 2020) - Best Animated Content

• Melbourne Web Fest (Australia, 2020) - Best Animation, Best Sound Design

• Sicily Web Fest (Italy, 2020) - Best Animation

• Realist Web Fest (Russia, 2019) - Best Screenplay

• Asia Web Awards (Korea, 2019) - Best Creator in Animation & Webfilm

• Animix Festival (Israel, 2019) - Asif Competition - Best Commissioned Animation

• SHORT to the Point (Romania, Jan 2020) - Best Series (Web/TV)

• Short Film Factory (Romania, March 2020) - Best Short Film

• 300 Seconds Short Film Festival (Canada, 2020) - Best Comedy, International

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Nominations

• Slamdance Film Festival (US, 2021) - Episodic

• Israeli TV Academy Awards (Israel, 2020) - Best Web Series

• Raindance Film Festival (UK, 2019) - Best Web Series

• Kaboom Animation Festival (Previously KLIK & HAFF Festivals) (Netherlands, 2019) – Best Short Film

• Seoul Web Fest, (Korea, 2019) - Best Animation

• Houston Comedy Film Festival (US, 2020) - Best Animated Comedy Film Award, Best International Micro Film 

• Apulia Web Fest (Italy, 2020) - Nominated

• Pilot Light TV Festival (UK, 2020) - Best Web Series

• T.O Web Fest (Canada, 2020) - Best Web Series, Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series, Best Screenplay, Best Music

• Asia Web Awards (Korea, 2019) - Best Comedy, Best Animation, Best Screenplay in a Comedy

• Melbourne Web Fest (Australia, 2020) - Best Screenplay

• Japan Web Fest (2021) - Best Animation (TBD)

• Discover Film Awards (UK, 2020) - Nominated (TBD)

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Official Selections

• Moscow Shorts (Russia, April 2020) - Official Selection

• FIFES Comedy Film Festival (Croatia, 2020) - Official Selection

• Copenhagen Web Fest (Denmark, 2020) - Official Selection

• TAAFI - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (Canada, 2020) - Official Selection

• Olamot Con for Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Israel, 2020) - Official Selection

• Cardiff Animation Festival (UK, 2020) - Official Selection

• Grossman Fantastic Film Festival (Slovenia, 2020)

• rolling ideas (Romania, 2020) - Official Selection

• Thessaloniki Animation Festival (Greece, 2020) - Official Selection

• Budapest Jewish Film Festival (Hungary, 2020) - Official Selection

• Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest (Germany, 2020) - Official Selection

• 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

• IMDB page

• Official mini-site by KAN (Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation)

• Official Facebook group

• All episodes on KAN's Youtube Channel

• Deadline - Slamdance Reveals Full Lineup For 2021

• Article about the series in Time Out Tel Aviv (HEB)

• Article about the series in Mako (HEB)

• Article about the series in Geektime (HEB)

• Article about the series in Fisheye (HEB)

• IGN Israel - Best 15 animation shows for adults (HEB)

• Interview with the creative team in IGN Israel (HEB)

• Interview in Short Close-Up Film Magazine

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