Falafel Cart
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| Directed by | Abdullah Al-Wazzan |
| Written by | Abdullah Al-Wazzan |
| Music by | Dan Phillipson |
| Animation by | Abdullah Al-Wazzan |
| Color process | Color |
Production company | RoyalTales |
| Distributed by | RoyalTales |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Kuwait |
| Language | English |
Falafel Cart is a 2019 animated short drama film produced by RoyalTales and directed by Abdullah Al-Wazzan with an original score by Dan Phillipson and sound design by Andrew Vernon. The short blends stop motion animation with traditional and some computer animation. In 2019, the film was submitted for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film making it Kuwait's first short film to ever be submitted to the Academy Awards. In 2020 The film earned an official selection at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and received a special mention as "best of the world". In 2021 the film won best animated short at the Burbank International Film Festival. In 2019 the film won best international short film at the Los Angeles Animation Festival.