Film Under the Stars 2018
Ida Who Sang so Badly Even the Dead Rose up and Joined Her in Song Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo
Ester Ivakič / Slovenia, Croatia / 2025 / 109 min / Slovene
Curious young Ida, who lives in a small village in remote Prekmurje, becomes convinced that she can ward off her grandmother’s death by singing.
Europe in Short - Section 3 (2022) Europe in Short - Section 3 (2022)
razno / 95 min
Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, Handbook, Will My Parents Come to See Me
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Dean Fleischer Camp / USA / 2021 / 90 min / English
The brainchild of director Dean Fleischer Camp and comedian, writer and actor Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On became an unexpected internet sensation when it made its YouTube debut in 2010. Now, Marcel comes to the big screen in a live-action/stop-motion feature that’s just the cutest and most soul-warming film you’ve ever seen.
Donbas Donbas
Sergej Loznica / Ukraine, Netherlands, Germany, Romania, France / 2018 / 110 min / Ukrainian, Russian
An unforgiving black comedy and an anti-militant anti-Russian farce set in Ukraine, Donbass depicts a world lost in post-truth and false identities.
She Said She Said
Maria Schrader / USA / 2022 / 135 min / English
The storyof two female journalists at The New York Times whose explosive 2017 exposé of the Weinstein scandal sparked the global #metoo movement, breaking decades of silence on sexual assault in the film industry. The film was directed by Maria Schrader (I’m Your Man, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe) and the script was written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida, Colette).
Crystal Swan Khrustal
Darja Žuk / Belarus, Russia, Germany, United Arab Emirates / 2018 / 95 min / Russian, English
A Kafkaesque comedy about a Belarusian girl’s dream to earn a living as a professional DJ in Chicago. This energetic debut from director Darya Zhuk, pulsating to the rhythm of 90s house, was the first Belarusian candidate for Best Foreign Language Academy Award.
Centaur Centaur
Aktan Arim Kubat / Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Germany, France / 2017 / 87 min / Kirghiz
Featuring director Aktan Arym Kubat in the leading role, Centaur is an allegorical tale about people living in harmony with nature and animals, caught between faith and superstition, modernity and tradition.
Dede Dede
Mariam Hačvani / Georgia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Croatia, Ireland, Qatar / 2017 / 97 min / Georgian
A young girl challenges the deep-rooted traditions of her patriarchal culture, customs that still survive in Georgia’s remote rural areas.
Petra Petra
Jaime Rosales / Spain, Denmark, France / 2018 / 107 min / Spanish, Catalan
Leading its titular heroine through unexpected twists and turns, Petra tells a dramatic story of buried secrets and lies.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Muayad Alayan / Palestine, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany / 2018 / 127 min / Arabic
Beginning as a psychosocial drama, the story about an extramarital affair between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman takes on a dangerous political dimension when their amorous activity is caught on video surveillance camera.
Person to Person Person to Person
Dustin Guy Defa / USA / 2017 / 84 min
Defa interweaves multiple eccentric stories taking place over one day in New York: a young journalist and her bizarre boss are investigating a suspicious death case that comes to hinge upon the victim’s watch, a rebellious teenager has trouble balancing her ideals with her ambitions, a young man has to make it up with his ex against all odds and a music lover centres his life around attaining a rare vintage LP.
Wildlife Wildlife
Paul Dano / USA / 2018 / 105 min / English, Slovene subtitles
Let film take you into the flames of life!
One Cut of the Dead Kamera o tomeru na!
Shin'ichirô Ueda / Japan / 2017 / 96 min / Japanese
A comedy horror film proving that even the zombie apocalypse genre can be raised from the dead. A satire of low-budget filmmaking, which gets very complicated when the cast gets drunk, and even more, when they start becoming real zombies themselves.
Scary Mother Sašiši deda
Ana Urušadze / Georgia, Estonia / 2017 / 107 min / Georgian
An eccentric black comedy about a woman who prefers writing to her family. A unique take on Virginia Woolf’s claim that “a woman must have a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Mellow Mud Es esmu šeit
Renārs Vimba / Latvia / 2016 / 105 min / Latvian
In his strong debut feature, promising Latvian director Renārs Vimba tackles the delicate theme of coming-of-age and a young girl’s fight for what’s left of her family.
The Interpreter Tlmočník
Martin Šulík / Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic / 2018 / 113 min / Slovak
Who suffers more – the son of a victim or the son of a murderer? A tragicomic road movie involving two elderly men – serious Ali and bon vivant Georg linked by the bond of their parents’ tragic history.
Loveling Benzinho
Gustavo Pizzi / Brazil, Uruguay / 2018 / 98 min / Portuguese
A deeply intimate and universal ode to motherhood which takes us into the chaotic but warm and humourful everyday life of a Brazilian family.
H4Z4RD H4Z4RD
Jonas Govaerts / Belgium / 2022 / 88 min
Noah really loves his girlfriend, his daughter and his car, but after accepting a seemingly simple driving job, he finds himself in a race that could result in him losing either his beloved car, his family or his life. Shot almost entirely from the inside of the car, this fast pace film banging with 90s trance and euro house is an over-the-top celebration of the lawlessness only genre cinema can afford. Be it wild chases, animal attacks, grenades, or straight on tripping, the viewer becomes the passenger in the backseat on this crazy ride through Antwerp.
Grand Prix: 20 years Grand Prix: 20 let
različni avtorji / various
To celebrate 20 years of Animateka, we are showing a selection of award-winning films from past festival editions: from a student work by Polish icon Marta Pajek, to animation gems by Estonian filmmakers Kaspar Jancis and Kristjan Holm, the films which put Michaela Müller and Špela Čadež on the world map of animation, to a masterpiece by the one and only Tomek Popakul.
In the Aisles In den Gängen
Thomas Stuber / Germany / 2018 / 125 min / German
When Christian loses his job on a construction site, he begins working at a supermarket. The introverted young man is soon taken under the fatherly wings of Bruno from the drinks aisle and falls in love with the secretive Marion, who stacks the confectionary shelves. They begin to meet frequently at the coffee machine, and Marion begins to warm up to this newcomer…