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Animateka 2012

Competition Programme IV (2012) Tekmovalni program IV (2012)

various / 83 min

Kohatu olmeheidutus / Domestic Fitless
Hardi Volmer (OÜ Nukufilm)
Estonija/Estonia, 2011, HD, 13'

A young and strong human body is mother nature’s piece of art. But should everything it faces become art as well? And if all art is only an imitation, then what does the world of fine arts imitate if some its closets are full of hidden 3D ghosts?

Transition 89
Lia (Lia)
Avstrija/Austria, 2011, HD, 5'45''

Transition 89 is a new audiovisual work by Lia and @c. Based on the composition “89” by @c, Lia has created a visual transcription of the sound in HD 16:9 format.

Tulipán / Tulip
Gábor Ulrich (Kecskemétfilm)
Madžarska/Hungary, 2012, HD, 3'15''

"… the night before it had thoroughly fertilized its pistils, after which it had a good night’s sleep. But at five in the morning – flowers are notoriously early risers – it flung itself down into the street from the fourth story window…"

Kärbeste veski / Fly Mill
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (Estonian Academy of Arts)
Estonija/Estonia, 2012, DCP, 7’

A miller who lives in an old water mill bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes to one day set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.

Agnieszka
Izabela Bartosik-Burkhardt (Donten & Lacroix Films/WFDIF/Les Films de l'Arlequin)
Poljska, Francija/Poland, France, 2011, 35 mm, 09'30''

Following some harmless children's game, Agnieszka experiences a family breakup which causes her to withdraw into herself. The events she goes through in her loneliness allow her to finally reconnect with her mother and come out of seclusion.

Fliper / Pinball
Darko Vidačković (Bonobostudio)
Hrvaška/Croatia, 2012, HD, 7'30'

As in a pinball game, the trajectory of the ball after launching is undetermined. The player’s actions direct the ball, make sense of its movements, leave their trace, but not in the long run.

Borderline
Dustin Rees (Gerd Gockell)
Švica/Switzerland, 2011, HD, 7'

A border guard tries to take his own life, but not all barriers can be crossed.

Dobrá rada / A Well-Meant Advice
Pavel Koutsky (AniFest s.r.o.)
Češka/Czech Republic, 2011, HD, 4'17''

What happens when animals enslaved by people decide to rebel? Lab rabbits, hares in fields running away from hunters and pigs going to slaughter revolt one day and angrily decide to strike back. This film carries an important message - if we want somebody to treat us nicely, we need to treat them nicely first.

Ursus
Reinis Pētersons (Atom Art)
Latvija/Latvia, 2011, HD, 10'30''

A story about a bear who works as an acrobat-motorcyclist in a traveling circus during the day, but yearns for wildlife and forest at night, where his true happiness seems to dwell. One day, the bear decides to leave everything and takes off to the forest.

Předposlední Myšlenky / Penultimate Thoughts
Kaoru Ishida (Jiří Slavíček)
Češka/Czech Republic, 2012, digiBeta, 5'02''

A film inspired by Erik Satie's music and text Avant-Dernieres Pensees.

Kolmnurga afäär / The Triangle Affair
Andres Tenusaar (OÜ Nukufilm)
Estonija/Estonia, 2012, HD, 10'

There is no triangle without corners. There is no direction without a triangle. There is no movement without a direction.

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Gints Zilbalodis

Thursday, 10. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Cat is a solitary animal. However, as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In this lonesome boat sailing through mystical flooded landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. »A survival epic full of mysteries and magic, it’s an animated epic worthy of Ghibli.« – Time Out. »One of the most moving animated films in recent memory, and, beyond that, groundbreaking too.« – IndieWire. Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

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Friday, 11. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

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Wes Anderson

Saturday, 12. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

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