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Špela Čadež (* January 1977 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian animation film director and film producer.

Life and work
After graduating in Visual Communication Design (2002) in Ljubljana, she continued her studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Cologne in the Department of Media Design.
In Cologne she made the films "Zasukanec" and "Liebeskrank"; which were shown at over a hundred festivals all over the world and awarded with over 30 prizes. Since 2008, Špela Čadež has worked in Slovenia as an animated film director and producer.

In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which annually awards the Oscars.

Filmography (selection)
2013: "Boles"
2010: "Last Minute"
2008: "Marathon"
2007: "Love Sickness"
2005: "La Légende des Poissons Rouges"
2004: "Zasukanec"
2004: "Dr. Pill"

Awards (selection)
2013
Anim'est Trophy
"Best Animation Film", 12th Countryside Animafest Cyprus
Vesna Award for Best Short Film, Festival of Slovenian Film, Slovenia
"Audience Award", Animanima Festival of Animated Film, Serbia
"Best Film Of South Eastern Europe", Balkanima International Animation Festival

2011
Vesna for best short film, Festival of Slovenian Film, Slovenia

2008
“Audience award” Anilogeuge Inter. Animation Festival Budapest, Vienna
FIA International Animation Festival Stockholm, 1st place, People's Choice Award, Sweden
“Short Film of the Month”, FBW Award particularly valuable, Wiesbaden
“Special Mention”, Golden Lion Film Festival Taipei, Taiwan
“Special Jury Price”, ANIFEST, Inter. Animation Festival, Třeboň, Czech Republic
“Promotion Price”, Filmfest Dresden
“Audience award” in “Special Award of the Jury”, Tricky Women 2008, Vienna, Austria
“Best Animation” Aubagne International Film Festival, Aubagne, France

2007
“Best Student Film” International Animation Festival ANIMATEKA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
“Best Student Film” Animadrid International Animation Festival; Madrid, Spain
“FIPRESCI Diploma”, Balkanima, International Animation Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
“Best Animation”, FICA- 35th Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal

2006
Audience Award, The Fourth Annual Red Shift Festival, New York, USA
Nomination for promotional award of the film “Liebeskrank”, Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart

2005
FBW Award particularly valuable, Wiesbaden
Debut Award, 8th festival of Slovene Film Portoroz, Slovenia
Special award of the Jury, International Animated Film Festival TINDIRINDIS, Latvia
Special award of the Jury, DIFECA Seoul, Korea
Audience Award, Open Air Cinema, Cologne
Award of the Film Fund DEFA, Dresden
2. place, Debut Award, Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. place, Debut Award, Anima Mundi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Best Student Film, Anima – International Animation Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Nomination for Cartoon d’Or, European Association of Animation Film, Brussels, Belgium

2004
Best First Five, Animateka International