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Animateka 2012

Competition Programme I (2012) Tekmovalni program I (2012)

various / 79 min

Rojen je orakelj ... / Prohveti sünd...? / Oracle Is Born...?
Rao Heidmets (OÜ Nukufilm)
Estonija/Estonia, 2011, HD, 13'

Human being is the slave of his imagination. It is a long and complicated journey of finding the way out of it and it requires a good memory.

Poplava / Fiumana / Flood
Julia Gromskaya (Julia Gromskaya)
Italija/Italy, 2012, digiBeta, 5'20''

A girl at the window watches the passing of time, the waltz of seasons, waiting for her man.

In vino veritas
Aneta Kýrová Žabková (FAMU)
Češka/Czech Republic, 2012, digiBeta, 10'13''

A woman is preparing for a reunion with her girlfriends after 25 years. But everything seems to be going wrong. She cannot fix her hair, the children are bothering her, her husband is constantly in her way and the cat keeps destroying everything within its reach. And to cap it all, she is attacked by a furious bat!

V začetku časa / Priča s početka vremena / In the Beginning of Time…
Božidar Trkulja (Bonobostudio)
Hrvaška/Croatia, 2012, HD, 10'

A large threat is menacing the village. The mythical demon Garmah – half squid, half bird – has awoken and brings utmost darkness... The tribe shaman, disturbed by the vision of the mythical monster’s coming, chooses a young warrior who needs to go to the end of the world and find the White Girl, the only one who can help him conquer the demon and defeat eternal darkness. The journey is uncertain, time is scarce and the village shaman is talkative.

Morda se srečava, morda ne / Galim Susitikti, Galim Nesusitikti / We may meet, we may not
Skirma Jakaite (Vilnius Art Academy)
Litva/Lithuania, 2011, HD, 7'40''

A story of communication between mother and daughter, where the fear to confront reality leads to tragic consequences.

Oddaljenost / Distance / Distance
Marcin Wojciechowski (Polish Filmmakers Association / Telewizja Polska / Anima Art Foundation)
Poljska/Poland, 2012, HD, 9'12''

Distance – remoteness, detachment estrangement, disintegration… An experiment that integrates the media of film and motion graphics without any anecdotes or dramatic twists. Two people and the space between them.

Tihi-um / Silenziosa-Mente / Silent-Mind
Alessia Travaglini (Fondazione Milano)
Italija/Italy, 2011, HD, 5'06''

The idea is to tell dreams and nightmares through a “metaphor of vision” that shows the shapes of the world beyond the realism.

The Back Room
Michael Kren, Mirjam Baker (Mirjam Baker and Michael Kren)
Avstrija/Austria, 2011, HD, 5'55''

Black Screen. A door opens. Light from the inside illuminates the silhouette of a man. He enters an empty, run-down room with yellowed wallpaper. The view outside the single window reveals a sparse tree in front of a desolate city. Suddenly the door closes shut barring the only way out.

Paper Scratch
Brane Solce
Slovenija/Slovenia, 2012, HD, 2'10''

Simply playing with papers, and having fun with smashing, stretching, scratching, animating.

Velika hiša / Suur maja / Big House
Kristjan Holm (Silmviburlane)
Estonija/Estonia, 2011, HD, 10'24''

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.

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