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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.

Po jabłkach / After Apples
Marta Pajek (ASP Krakow)
Poland, 2004, 5'20"
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2005

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, after all the apples have fallen from the trees everything is asleep. In a small flat mother and child are also sound asleep. Meanwhile, when the mind sleeps…

Krokodill / Crocodile
Kaspar Jancis (Esti Joonisfilm)
Estonia, 2009, 16'45" 
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2009

The story of a former opera star who must, by the will of Fate, work as a Crocodile in a styrofoam costume entertaining children in a shopping centre. This kind of life seems joyless and even disgusting to the former leading tenor, and he vents his frustration by behaving rudely. Until one day, into his life enters a fateful woman... and... a crocodile.

Miramare
Michaela Müller (Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb/ Michaela Müller)
Croatia, Switzerland, 2009, 35mm, 8’
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2010

A look at life on the Mediterranean borders of Europe, where tourists try to relax at the same time as "illegal" immigrants struggle for a chance for a better life.

Suur maja / Big House
Kristjan Holm (Silmviburlane)
Estonia, 2011, 10'24"
AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2012

On a totally ordinary warm summer night the residents of a totally ordinary apartment house happen to gather in the yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes advantage of the situation and the ending of course is quite expectable.

Boles
Špela Čadež (No History/Hupe Film)
Slovenia, Germany, 2013, 12’
AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2013

Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood, dreaming of writer’s glory and a luxurious life. One day his neighbour Tereza, an elderly prostitute, knocks on his door, asking him to write a letter for her fiancé.

Acid Rain
Tomek Popakul (Animoon)
Poland, 2019, 26'16"
GRAND PRIX AND AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2019

Somewhere in the Eastern Europe. A young girl runs away from her depressing hometown. That’s how she meets Skinny – a kind of unstable weirdo who lives in a camper and runs his not-so-legal errands. Their journey gradually leads them towards more and more eerie settings.

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Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds Sirocco et le Royaume des courants d’air

Benoît Chieux

Tuesday, 30. 04. 2024 / 10:00 / Main Hall

Agnès, the neighbour of Juliette (4 years old) and Carmen (8 years old), writes children’s books that take place in a fantastic world, The Kingdom of the Winds. The two sisters discover a passage between their world and this extraordinary universe. Once there, the two girls are transformed into cats and separated from each other. They will have to show temerity and daring to find each other. With the help of the singer Selma, they will try to reach the real world by confronting Sirocco, the master of winds and storms… But is he as terrifying as they imagine?

Radical Radical

Christopher Zalla

Tuesday, 30. 04. 2024 / 15:15 / Main Hall

“There are so many people in the world who never get a chance. This is a story about what happens when they do.” Based on a true story about an unconventional Mexican teacher, Radical won the audience award at the Sundance Festival.

Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna

Maja Weiss

Tuesday, 30. 04. 2024 / 17:00 / Small Hall

Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.