Synopsis:
The film reveals the secret of the magical revival of drawings.
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Boy and girl are fighting as a part of their game. They start slowly by drawing pictures: girl draws flower, boy draws car which run over flower, girl destroys car on a drawing etc… Their fight is increasing until they destroy all the papers and pencils. Nice mixture of animation on real film with very anti-war statement.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A short animated documentary on immigrants who left their home and crossed borders for love.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Experimental
- Making of
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A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
- Making of
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In Chains consists of a couple of non-related episodes. Among other things we see two monsters insulting each other, auctions of royal weapons, and passive participants in their own misery.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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The too fast pace of life in polluted cities makes people sick. Neuroses are an everyday occurrence. Overcrowding, pollution and noise are enemies no. 1. What can happen to a man who is irritated by some sound while he wants to read his newspaper in peace, is the subject of this film. From a calm everyday person exposed to constant sound bombardment, a person becomes dangerous. He is able to tear down and destroy. But maybe it’s all just a fairy tale, because each of us carries everything that accumulates in us during our short human life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
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Two men live in neighboring apartments. They are good friends and help each other out however possible. However, when one of them starts playing his piccolo to accompany the song of a nearby bird, the other gets angry. They proceed to play louder instruments than the other, even hiring extra people to assist.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A film about an unhappy man who catches his wife with a lover. He leaves to buy a gun, while plotting to kill the wife and the lover. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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The festival’s creative director Hämid Shajarian interviews the participants of the National Competition category of Animatricks 2021: Tove Johnson – Jumalolento by Juho Maurinen (2019), Left Behind by Minna Eriksson (2020), Rinse and Shine by Iiris Korjus ja Katariina Haukka (2021), The Things I Saw: Monday by David Graham (2020), Bad to the boner by Robert Lönnqvist (2021), Tiedänkö mitä etsin by Ylva-Lii Wahlström (2019)
- Documentary
- Making of
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On a beach at the seaside, a tourist is blowing up and creating an entire camp out of plastic. In this colourful inflatable environment there is a plastic surrogate for everything, even feelings. The beach sees the birth of a thrilling love, jealousy and revenge, and finally tragedy. Everything deflated and came down with the appearance of one small realistic nail.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Interview with Olga Pärn, illustrator, animator, and director from Belarus who currently lives in Estonia.
- Documentary
- Experimental
- Making of
- Non-narrative
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A batch of mushy sourdough. Two radioactive lizards. Three cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. When COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020, people around the world began reporting more vivid dreams.
- Documentary
- Drama
- Experimental
- Making of
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Lou tells their story, the way they feel about gender. Girl or boy, he/she chose not to choose, for now.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Coming-of-Age
- Experimental
- Making of