Focus on Martin Smatana
Martin Smatana is an award-winning freelance director of animated films and illustrator from Slovakia. In his work, he brings stories to life through stop motion animation, crafting poetic worlds by hand from everyday materials, most often textiles and paper. His graduation film The Kite premiered at Berlinale 2019 and reached the semifinals of the Student…
Titles in collection
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Once upon a starry night, a small boy with the head full of fantasies witnesses dreamlike circus performances. Dazed by endless chain of glittering attractions he realizes that the price for a ticket to the fantastic circus tent is too high and gate between reality and dream is closing.
- Fantasy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Next is a stop motion film about the next boss in mafia family.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. Just pick your dream destination from the catalogue, pack your bags and hit the road. But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels independently. Family above all!
- Comedy
- Family
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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.
- Family
- Comedy
- Experimental
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A short paper cut-out stopmotion animation made for the nomination of Tomas Gabriel´s book „Obvykle hrdinstvi“ for Czech annual literary and book award Magnesia Litera.
- Family
- Adventure