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Short stop-motion animation created by Žoel Kastelic at entrance exams of Academy of fine art and design in Ljubljana in 2017. The theme was reinterpretation of any artwork and he chose the serie of short animations, La Linea by Osvaldo Cavandoli.
Four elderly women recall their youth, when relationships between men and women were very different. Their voices merge into one — that of Grandmother Vera, who tells her story. Her memories reveal the position of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.
Don Quixote is a stick figure who travels around the world, searching for home though he doesn’t even know where it is. Chased by spooky ghosts and demons, he explores strange mountains, haunted forests, murmuring oceans and shimmering lakes.
Đulo falls in love with the Great Green Eye.
Two audiovisual and film basics – sound and image – are created by the same lines engraved directly on the primary audiovisual medium – film strip – in order to trigger the most harmonic relationship possible between them. In this film you can see the sound and hear the image.
Based on a song by Iztok Mlakar, this animated film follows a peasant couple from their wedding to their death. Throughout their life, the wife secretly serves her husband chicory instead of real coffee — a lie he never uncovers. A tender story about love, deception, and how we often fail to express affection until it’s too late.
A satire reflecting Europe’s political tensions through the relationships of neighbouring cats. In Catlands, a union of diverse feline territories, the peace is shattered by newcomers crossing borders. The local elites devise a clever plan to restore order — at the expense of a few innocent victims.
Role of a man is replaced by a cat and the religious tyranny. We follow a day of one of the humans and the process of the hegemony.
Caroline Leaf at Animateka 2012.
Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood. He dreams of writer’s glory and luxurious lifestyle in a more prosperous part of town. One day Filip gets a knock on the door. His neighbour Tereza, an older prostitute that Filip tries to avoid by all means, asks him to write a letter for her fiancé. Filip agrees. And it would all end up fine if a week later Tereza would not show up at his doorstep again, asking him to write an answer to the previous letter. Based on the short story “Her Lover” by Maksim Gorky.
Clearing his late father’s apartment, a young man is forced to relive the traumatic memories of growing up and losing his soul.
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.
Nikita Diakur on Ugly Aesthetics and Interactive Animation and his latest animated short Ugly.
An interview with the jury member and animator Robert Morgan.
An interview with Aisha Madu, author of the film Bodily Disfunctions (Student competition programme).
Interview with Suzie Templeton – Academy Award winner for Peter and the Wolf(2006).