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Creepy Animation Night: New Wave Creepy Animation Night: New Wave

različni avtorji / various / 110 min

Welcome to the dark side of animation! This is an invitation into the reign of a special genre of animation, to sink in the darkest corner of your imagination, struggle to survive to all those strange creatures and weird stories, while enjoying every second of it. In collaboration with Animest International Animation Film Festival, the only festival in Romania dedicated to animated film.

Stockholm
Jean-Baptiste Aziere, Victor Chavanne, Thomas Nemery, Morgane Perrin, Camille Roubinowitz (Supinfocom Rubika)
France, 2017, 6’25’’

Two naked humans in the snow and a dog standing in a costly coat. Welcome to the freezing tale of Stockholm, the story of an animal who only wanted to be human...

Mang-ja-ui Seom / Island of the Deceased
Kim Ji-hyeon (Kim Ji-hyeon)
South Korea, 2018, 9'

For a young man with a questionable hobby, a secluded graveyard island is the perfect place to set up his workshop.

DÉMONOS: A Clarity of Indignation
Ricardo Jabardo (Tropikal Dream Studios)
USA, 2017, 6'48"

A conquistador on his deathbed is waiting for the priest. But his confession of the killings he performed during his trips to America will materialize in a macabre procession...

Schnarff Schnarff; Flip the Cross
Amin Haghshenas (Schnarff Schnarff)
Iran, 2016, 4’06"

Official animated music video for Scottish rock band Schnarff Schnarff.

Rotting Christ: Threnody
John Kaimakamis, Jon Toussas (Rotting Christ)
Greece, 2017, 5'37"

Greek black metal pioneers Rotting Christ are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their iconic album Theogonia, and have released an animated video for the song "Threnody".

The Cutie Patootie of Hugsville
Luke Bacci (The Panda Galaxy)
Australia, 2020, 8'8"

A group of aliens murder the composer Rossini to steal and claim his music as their own. Not for fame or fortune, not even for hugs and kisses. No, only for pasta. However, they are quickly distracted, which leads to more distraction, which then cascades into an escalation of distraction.

Furia / Fury
Julia Siuda (Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow)
Poland, 2021, 5'30"

An animation that expresses, through organic lines and a remarkable visual expressiveness, an aggression and frustration that break the limits of the physical.

Farce
Robin Jensen (Mikrofilm AS)
Norway, 2019, 11'

Ko pripadnik ljudstva Sami skuša rešiti svojo čredo jelenov in žensko, ki se jo trudi osvojiti, konča v krempljih pohlepa in dekadence. Pošastna basen o usodni strasti.

A man, a woman and a meat grinder. Love is messy.
A Sami man ends up in greedy and decadent claws as he tries to save both his reindeer herd and the woman he desires. An awful fable about fatal passion.

Night Bus
Joe Hsieh (independent)
Taiwan, 2020, 20'

On a late-night commuter bus, a necklace was stolen. This was followed by a tragic and fatal road accident, and a series of intriguing twists which revealed love, hatred, and vengeance.

Toothless
Andrea Guizar (Polish National Film School in Lodz)
Poland, 2021, 12'7"

An essay film with a narrative, constructed with drawings from old anatomical books, some images from esoteric magazines and a bunch of public domain internet videos’ soundtracks. Dragging from the individual to the collective unconscious, it tells the story of an existential journey: the journey of a toothless heroine in her pyjamas.

Our Love Is Immortal
Ender Yıldızhan (Kalt)
Turkey, 2022, 3'32"

A little boy worries about his parents' relationship in a dystopian future.

Vulvina Queen of Ecstasy
Clémence Andre, Nawel Bahamou, Ming Chieh Chang, Théo Guyot, Mariia Yanko (Gobelins Paris)
France, 2022, 7'30"

A Queen languishing in a desert kingdom falls in love with Death, with whom she begins a carnal relationship. This morbid union becomes an obsession for her. An obsession that will lead the Queen to her end…

The Cactus
Ricardo Kump (independent)
Brazil, 2022, 10'

A man troubled by a severe nervous system disease finds himself paralyzed in a remote and hostile environment after an accident. His situation takes new directions as he surrenders and accepts his new reality. A horror film inspired by Santiago Dabove's (1889–1951) short story "Ser polvo".

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