Animateur
Synopsis:
A pool in the middle of a desert landscape: a cloud passes by, an animator performs a ballet in front of a deserted pool – otherwise nothing happens here. In minimalist coloured and pencil drawings, Alexander Gratzer ponders the relationship between animation (film) and audience.
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While two uniformed cave guards expose themselves as spineless, monosyllabic creatures, the animals reveal themselves here as the true spiritual beings.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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Employing the method of single frame editing, primarily focused on sound, the realistic film image transforms into a surreal, structuralist and finally even abstract film.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Several patients are waiting in a doctor’s office to hear test results regarding their remaining lifetimes. However in most cases, the allotted time is not as long as they had hoped for.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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A mediation on bad luck. Two animated manifestations of one character’s interaction as he follows the maxim: Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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- Experimental
- Non-narrative
- Music Videos
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People have the tendency to take whatever they want, regardless of the consequences. Maybe it’s without any bad intent, but unconsidered actions can lead to unexpected outcome. The short film Yachay– a Quechua word we could translate with “knowledge from the woods” – deals with the subject of being human.
- Experimental
- Abstract
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A music video - Yellow Mellow: The Music That You Play.
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A family is about to spend the afternoon on the beach to watch the fireworks of August 15th. But everything gets complicated when Bruno goes to grab the beach chair that his wife Sandrine has forgotten in the car: holidays don’t erase your little daily problems.
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Structured as a series of vignettes drawn in stark black and white, and to a soundtrack of mournful jazz, the film is a set of confessions anchored in fear, confusion, numbness, and anxiety.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The official music video for “a little too much” by kai
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A nurse, a Nazi, and a fish: this is the incredible tale of a young Czech woman who, in the face of Nazi occupation, trumps the invaders with her unique form of resistance. Her story is given an animated retelling that explores the collision of history, truth, and myth-making.
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While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Abstract
- Experimental