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Animateka 2012

Animated Film and Literature Retrospective V (2012) Retrospektiva Animirani film in literatura V (2012)

various / 69 min

Les morceaux d'amour / Pieces of Love
Géraldine Alibeu (Géraldine Alibeu)
Francija/France, 2011, HD, 5'10''

A young woman discovers the eye of a soldier buried in the snow. She tries to reconstruct the man.

Don Quijote de la Mancha
Isabelle Nouzha, Alex Baladi (Goûter Raté)
Belgija/Belgium, 2011, digiBeta, 5'52''

In this adaptation of the first chapter of Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes, we will see how Alonso Quichano looses his mind and becomes a knight.

Bleus à petit pois / Pea Bruised
Aline Faucoulanche (La Poudrière)
Francija/France, 2011, BetaSP, 4'05''

Young lady Bobo puts herself in search of a new mattress to relieve her back ache. Based on Andersen's tale "The Princess and the Pea".

Crvenkapica, još jedna / Little Red Riding Hood, Once Again
Ana Horvat (Bold Studio)
Hrvaška/Croatia, 2012, HD, 1'

 Little Red Riding Hood reluctantly goes into the woods... how will she overcome her fears?

Bił sobie Król / Once there was a King
Tytus Majerski (Kolektyw Film)
Poljska/Poland, 2010, HD, 5'15''

A king, his daughter, their page and three animals. A film based on a traditional Polish lullaby. The tragedy in the song has a happy ending, the story though dissolves with the reality.

Želva / O cágado / The Tortoise
Pedro Lino, Luís Matta Almeida (Zeppelin Filmes/Sparkle Animation)
Portugalska, Velika Britanija/Portugal, UK, 2012, HD, 9'55''

There was once a man quite sure of himself. Everyday he would have a morning stroll. On one such occasion, he spotted something he had never seen before: a tortoise. He examined it thoroughly, noticing every detail; Soon he ran home to tell the family. But would anyone believe him?... An animation based on a short story by Almada Negreiros.

La Douce / The Tender Wife
Anne Larricq (Les films à carreaux)
Francija/France, 2011, 35mm, 8’50''

Along with the bad weather, this woman changes her partners as often as she does her shirts in this musical adaptation of a Chekhov tale.

Beltapoi
Gustavo Arteaga (Gustavo Arteaga)
Velika Britanija/UK, 2010, HD, 3'30''

A tale of unrequited love based on the music of prince Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa.
"Beltà poi che t’assenti" recorded for this animation by the "Gesualdo Consort of London".

Vlkulka / Little Red Riding Wolf Hood
Matej Mazák (Univerza Ostrava)
Slovaška/Slovakia, 2011, HD, 4'29''

Deep inside every one of us, there is another, smaller SELF which we are running from or which runs after us. The Little Red Riding Hood is quite surprised when she finds the inner self that lives inside her.

Os milionários / The Millionaires
Mário Gajo Carvalho (Zeppelin Filmes)
Portugalska/Portugal, 2010, digiBeta, 14'38''

Five characters and the deadly sin of greed. A vicious cycle. A short animated film noir about avarice, with a texture that gives another dimension to the story. Five times greed. If anyone tells you that money brings happiness, distrust. Adaptation of the comic book by Thomas Ott.

Je ne suis personne
Jonas Schloesing (ENSAD)
Francija/France, 2011, HD, 6'

A portrait of Fernando Pessoa, a poet of Disquiet…

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