Fest Anča International Animation Festival’s 19th edition far exceeded expectations. The international jury announced the award-winning directors on Saturday during the closing ceremony: the main Anča Award went to God Is Shy by French director Jocelyn Charles, while Tourists was named Best Slovak Film. Both films now move a step closer to Oscar® consideration. The awarded films are united […]
Today, the 19th edition of the Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival kicks off in Žilina. Running from June 30 to July 5, Slovakia’s only festival dedicated to animated film will present a wide selection of works from 86 countries. This year’s theme, “FAKE”, explores the relationship between myths and facts, truth and fiction, and […]
Next time, when I interview Luce Grosjean, I’ll ask her about her favourite colour. Or if she prefers cats to dogs. Because whenever you ask her any question about the state of animated film today, or about distribution and production, you unleash unprecedented, unstoppable forces within her. It could hardly be otherwise for someone who, […]
A girl who was hurt as a child keeps the memory of it alive. Having lacked love and empathy from her father in the past, she is not able to share her feelings with him. She can’t get rid of the painful memories taking her back to the day when she brought home a dead little bird and her father gave…
A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.
Wrapped in a futon… Memories are coming up to the mind, the future is imagined, senses are recaptured, physical feelings as a woman are deeply ingrained… Everything melts pleasantly together. In the futon, the body wanders seeking for this sense.
On August 15, Paul, his family and friends have their annual picnic on Callot Island but get trapped by the tide. Upset and caught between childhood and adulthood, Paul becomes aware of his individuality.
A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.
a cinematic poem about unrequited love set on the rugged wind-swept west coast of jutland.
house thinks thought, has realization. landscape in translation
Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.
Official music video for Flying Lotus's "More".
Official music video for TOMORA's "RING THE ALARM".
Official music video for The Weeknd "Snowchild".
Official music video by for "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.
What's the future? A row of spectators is seeking answers while the world is in flames. WTF?!
A residential building stands on the outskirts of town. A college girl named Rin has moved into one of the room in the building. One night, she sees a huge insect coming out of the arm of a woman. She goes to a library, and learnes that they are called “Spirit Bugs”, and have existed since ancient times. Rin attempts to unravel the mystery of the Spirit Bugs, but this is only the prelude to a new form of terror…..
A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.
From out of the universe, a little boy is born with a quest for a voyage to planet Earth. During his journey, he comes to an absurd small town where a mysterious funeral is happening. With curiosity, the boy attends the funeral to see who is the dead one.
a cinematic poem about unrequited love set on the rugged wind-swept west coast of jutland.
house thinks thought, has realization. landscape in translation
A huge pig is lying down in front of a house man's family lives in.Each of them notices the other exist.but each of them doesn't understand how the other understands.The mother doesn't understand the father either.
This is the story of a fighter and a trainer, and the strange relationship that they have.
The borderland between sleeping and waking is the moment when the daughter melds into her father.
The short is deliberately minimal and surreal, focusing on an unusual encounter between a lost man and an enigmatic creature. Its atmosphere relies heavily on visual storytelling rather than dialogue.
During Mexico's colonial period, an ailing Spanish priest will have to endure in his own body the native rituals that he has been hunting down.
Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.
Pink gets a pet rock.
Pink tries to make breakfast.
Pink finds a magic wand and helps a girl in rags become glamorous to win a date with Pelvis Parsley.
A cat keeps Pink awake.
Pink keeps returning a lucky horseshoe to its bank robber owner – the problem is, the horseshoe only brings bad luck to the thief.
Pink joins a gym.
A cold Pink sneaks into a house owned by a magician.
Pink visits an amusement arcade.
Pink comes to the aid of a hen-pecked man who pulls a thorn out of his foot.
Pink has hidden in a department store, and spends the night trying to hide from the caretaker.
A burglar tries to steal a safe where Pink is hiding.
Pink learns to play the violin, and interrupts a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with the Pink Panther theme played on various instruments.
Pink sneaks into a house to stay the night and has to hide from the owner.
A naughty musical sexual education short for siblings.
The plains are populated with beds. Growing Plains is a sensory snapshot of an uncanny landscape where humans have an alternative biology. There is a system, refined over generations, an exchange between human and bird. The relationship between birds and humans are crucial for both of their survival.
Death of a beloved pet is hard to deal with, and even if we try to prepare for it, it often takes us by surprise. This is the story of a boy and his dog Dede, who suddenly passes away. Lost in the depths of grief, the boy eventually discovers that her death does not necessarily mean that Dede is completely gone.
Since the 1980s, Betti Forgó has made her living as a taxi driver. Sitting in her car, she recalls 25–30 years of stories from the world of taxis: from negative stereotypes and the taxi blockade of the ’90s, to the protests against Uber — and how she herself was present in all these moments.
This is the story of a fighter and a trainer, and the strange relationship that they have.
After a mysterious girl shows up at Gray’s doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.
The film takes place in a doctor’s waiting room where soothing music and the opportunity to enjoy an ice cream brings about an alleviating atmosphere. What could possibly go wrong in a healthcare institution where help is nearby? The cold and ugly sides of human nature reveal themselves as the narrative touches on the cycle of birth and death and the absurdity of life. Let’s hope the doctor can help!
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a cinematic poem about unrequited love set on the rugged wind-swept west coast of jutland.
Three diffferent stories about a relationship between a father and son, taking place in different social milieux.
A film based on free association, composed of loosely connected scenes that explore the often absurd nature of everyday life. It pays tribute to French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati.
Sweet Like Lemons (2023) is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on. The title is a play on the saying “when life gives you lemons make lemonade”, only in this case there is no lemonade to be made but the lemons still taste sweeter than what you left behind.
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Tho Moomins' new adventures.
Someone I Know” by Empress Of. From the album ‘Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan.
What can happen on Friday the 13th in the animated slapstick comedy by cartoonist Miroslav Barták.
A huge pig is lying down in front of a house man's family lives in.Each of them notices the other exist.but each of them doesn't understand how the other understands.The mother doesn't understand the father either.
Keep your Dream ON, it will make a happier tomorrow
Why spend money on a gym when you can create it in your basement. But also remember about the right diet.
The opening intro animated for Festival BAB – Biennial of Animation Bratislava which takes place biennially in October in Bratislava, Slovakia. The local music band PARA gave us their great song Celé tie roky which I used as a sountrack for animation. All the scenography is made out of used second-hand clothes and recycled textiles.
You’re watching the official music video remastered in 4K for Tom Tom Club – “Genius Of Love” from their 1981 self-titled debut album. “Genius Of Love” is sampled by Mariah Carey in “Fantasy”.
Bob and Bobby are two fun little characters who think up something new to do every day. Even with the best of intentions sometimes things go wrong, but their jolly adventures usually have a practical message: exercising is healthy, work can be fun, and sharing is a great way to be a good friend. Bob and Bobby also tell kids to never cheat, be lazy or start fights – and also that it’s wise to eat plenty of carrots.
In our short animated film we show you an alien civilizations’s very first visitation to planet Earth. The (fictional) visitation took place 54 years ago, when – to the misfortune of humanity – the participants of the actual alien encounter were not members of the human race.
Animated video for “Fly” by Djo. New album “The Crux”.
A parody of Czech fairytale clichés about three princes who have to go for a miraculous elixir to cure their sick father.
Music video created, produced and animated by Diego Cumplido.
This is an excerpt of the first track of Zoë Aqua’s new album “In Vald Arayn”
The Devil chills from a hard work day in his favorite hellish arcade in expense of some poor tortured souls. A fresh take on the classic stop motion/ heavy metal marriage, loaded with demons, explosions, candy and teddy bears.
Five friends, growing up in Berlin Spandau, experience the surreality of adolesence, with all its magic, emotion and adventure.
Cimpoiasca’s Czech music video is characterized by brilliant drawing, play with folklore elements and a number of visual ideas. A music video plunging into a nightmare and telling a story about female friendship, which is as bitterly delicious as homemade plum, was shot by a graduate of Prague’s FAMU.
Official Music Video directed by Joseph B. Carlin
Music video for Luis Ake, released on Mansion & Millions.
Music video by Tic Toc.
music video for London-based singer-songwriter Akweya
Attempting a backflip is not exactly safe. You can break your neck, or land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. So, I let my avatar learn the trick. He practices on a 6-core processor with the help of Machine Learning.
Adam Elliot an Oscar winning and multi AFI (ACCTA) award winning filmmaker. Full length interview that didn’t air on television.
The bull is wild. The man wants to subdue him. Tame him. Eat him. And this since the dawn of time. TAURO – a short film about the second-oldest relationship in human history.
Inspired by Desert Island Comics, the iconic Brooklyn shop now indefinitely closed, this cut paper animation speaks to the connective power of comic books.
The film reveals the secret of the magical revival of drawings.
A charcoal animated documentary about an ex-homeless man, and the changes he has made as a recovering alcoholic.
Actionlessness, wordlessness, slowness, alienation, transcendental cinema in the short animation format? Faiyaz Jafri talks about the importance of procrastination in the creative process and the deconstruction of linearity. Art is suffering, and that’s okay. This is a cinematic masterclass on making boring long films in short film format.
Walt Disney has always been mesmerizing us since childhood with unforgettable characters and movies. Animation is a tough job. This video shows how that was done, how 3D effect was created.
he cut-out patterns are from my father’s book Book cover collection in the West, which was published in 1988, when China’s leaders launched their great reform and opening up to embrace the world. Many leading concepts of book cover design were introduced in the book and this book had an eye-opening influence on the younger generation of Chinese designers since then.
In this webinar producer Martin Jůza from the Czech animation studio Krutart will tell you the story of the animated series Kosmix and what steps they had to take to produce 2 seasons of their home-grown IP. How they had to change their mindset, what they lost the most money on and what mistakes they made so that you don’t have to repeat them.
Creative Europe Desks NL and Luxembourg, together with Kaboom Animation Festival, organized an interactive online session to learn all about the ins and outs of highly acclaimed European training initiatives The Animation Workshop, CEE Animation & La Poudrière. This recording of the Masterclass gives insights into how these programs tailored to the animation industry promote expertise and help you build and nurture a professional network across Europe.
The Harbourmaster is an animated documentary made by Mia L. Henriksen and Konrad Hjemli for their thesis film at Volda University College in 2022.
This lecture will take us in space and time through the main contemporary art forum, the Venice Biennale. Every two years guest curators treat the international audiences to their own “cross-section of the world.” On the example of prominent projects starting from 2011 and up to now, we will explore the human image and its current ranking in the work of curators and in the imagination of artists. We will also try to establish why it is worth setting your “outlook clock” against the major arts exhibitions.
Aardman Animations is a legendary animation studio that has created classics like ‘Wallace & Gromit’ and ‘Chicken Run.’ See how they put together their latest move, ‘Early Man.’
Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.
Behind the scenes film about making of the film Zootopia.
In this MasterClass, the artist Aurora Gasull discussed her fascinating journey through what became known as Visual Music, abstract cinema, absolute cinema…; her personal motivations and tools at the beginning of this path, and their development until today, in chronological order.
Interview with Tomek Popakul who took both the Grand Prix and the ;DSAF Audience Award with Acid Rain at 16th Animateka.
“Missing Link” is the latest feature from Laika Studios, which makes some of today’s biggest stop motion animated movies. Their latest stars Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, and Zoe Saldana. Director Chris Butler talked to us about all the work that went into bringing this movie to life. It involved years of work and over 100 handcrafted sets.
Joanna Quinn, whose acclaimed body of work includes the Oscar-nominated shorts Famous Fred, The Wife of Bath and her most recent film Affairs of the Art, speaks with Ben Mitchell of Skwigly Online Animation Magazine in an exclusive talk as part of the Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival. Having achieved major success at the very beginning of her career with her multi-award-winning debut film Girls Night Out, Joanna has since become an inspirational figurehead to many in the animation world through the work of her studio Beryl Productions. In this talk Joanna will offer unique insight into the highs and lows of industry success and how she has navigated the emotional pitfalls that come with it, from grappling with feelings of failure against high expectations, balancing personal projects and professional commissions, to dealing with imposter syndrome, burnout, staying motivated when life gets in the way and the challenges the younger generation face in the current social media climate and the pressures to succeed that come with it.
Director interview with Ignas Meilunas at Animatricks 2021.
Q&A for the Cannes Award-winning animated film and Latvia’s selection for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, Flow with Director/Co-Writer GintsZilbalodis (Moderated by Marshall Shaffer) at the Angelika Film Center & Cafe in New York City on 10/17/2024.
An interview with artist-in-residence Gianluigi Toccafondo, who we were extremely happy to host in Ljubljana for the 20th edition of Animateka, since he was the winner of the 1st Grand Prix of Animateka back in 2004.
Through a collage of old family photos, buttons and string, I give texture to Mom’s memories of making clothes on Grandma’s Singer sewing machine.
Katariina Lillqvist is well known of her puppet animations. Her latest short animation Last Matador (2021) has just been released and will be seen in Animatricks 2021! In this masterclass Katariina will present her career, talk about puppet animation and about her study and work experience in Czech Republic.
Júlia Farkas is the first Hungarian artist who made a short for Adult Swim Smalls, a series dedicated to young artists who can realize their own vision. Júlia is an animation film director who is also an accomplished art teacher and active in the field of new media, her popular gifs have reached more than 2 billion views on her Giphy’s site. In this masterclass Juli will tell us about how to create an auteur animation even if it is a commissioned work. She will tell us how she came up with the initial idea, how to experiment during the production and let new ideas be born even in the later stages and how can you fit these into the original concept. Afterwards, she will examine why the extra short films and animation go well together and why it is interesting to work in this format and how a strange surreal humor feeds her work. She will also tell about the new challenge she faced, when she started to explore the relationship between the visuals and creative sound design.
Bringing a make-believe world to life through stop-frame animation takes a large and talented team! See how all the pieces come together to make a stop-frame animation scene.
Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Green Duck as they learn about family, electricity, and death. Beware the strange and dangerous twists that come their way as their seemingly-safe house reveals that they live in an actual nightmare.
Millie buys some new boots at lunchtime and wears them back to the office – but they are too tight – and now she’s worn them! Why did she buy them? her best friend June asks helpfully….. She nervously imagines what the assistant will say when she takes them back and how she will have an answer for everything …
A woman’s ambitions for everything she is going to do the next day get more outlandish as she writes a long To Do list and drinks flagons of red wine …
An animated sit-com about Dolly Pond, a woman trying to escape her dreary life. In the first episode Dolly falls madly in love with ginger-haired Sid Boatman but fantasies about ginger-haired babies give way to fears of a lifetime of drudgery.
Two women try to keep embarrassing noises down when they aren’t sure if there is someone in the next cubicle.
In this episode, a moment of calm descends over the garden, but beneath the stillness, tiny insects are busy with their secret lives. A spider weaves its web, ants march in formation, and other creatures go about their delicate routines all in a world where every subtle movement counts.
Monica is homeless and harmless so Dolly offers her a room. Meet the bathroom- hogging, note-leaving, food-labelling flatmate from hell.
In this episode, a rambunctious gang of ants forms a chaotic army, marching across the garden with a single-minded goal: to claim territory and resources. Their determined advance soon encounters rival insects, natural obstacles, and hilarious miscalculations that turn their mission into a series of comedic skirmishes.
Based on Veronika Marék’s famous book. Tommy is frightened of the dark. When he sees a dog he just runs away. How can such a timid little boy ever become a pilot? Only the lion can help Tommy to conquer his fears. But then the lion disappears.
In this playful episode, a group of flies gathers for what seems like a casual meal on a forgotten piece of food. As they compete for bites, their tiny interactions escalate into a frantic, humorous scramble. Unexpected interruptions from other insects or environmental hazards turn the simple meal into a chaotic and entertaining miniature adventure.
After sixty seconds sleep and a bout of diarrhoea, Dolly is more than ready for her driving test.
Moominfamily has already started hibernating when they are woken up by a busy Hemulen, who tells them they can’t possibly go on sleeping when Christmas is coming!
he vulgar, adults-only satire peppered with social critiques and references to prevailing politics, made in the same outspoken, provocative tone as South Park and Beavis and Butt-Head, is a humorous and authentic report card of the backward, post-millennium political and social apparatus of Eastern Europe as seen from the point of view of straight-talking children, that is, from the grassroots.
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek robot named EVE.
A secret Foundation is financing the work of a parapsychological phenomena and mental film research institute. Correspondence between the Foundation and the institute runs through a chosen reporter. In order to be informed objectively and confidentially, the Foundation uses agents with induced synthetic identity. This process temporarily curbs the agents’ true personality. Reporter Isidor Dukas arrives to the institute. Facing one of the test subjects, something which was supposed to be routine control turns into an infinite labyrinth…
When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her.
Set in the present day, Native American protesters confront the crew of an oil pipeline project, just down the hill from the land of their ancestors. The grandfather evokes the ancient tale of their Creation myth, reminding all of us that the challenges facing humanity are universal, and that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.
While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit’s realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It’s not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying each other.
