Synopsis:
A western about a gunslinger Jimmy, a Wild West hero, and children who watch his films, admire his stunts and imitate him, until cowboy Jimmy falls off the screen into the real world.
- Director:
- Dušan Vukotić
- Year:
- 1957
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 14 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animators:
- Vladimir Jutriša, Vjekoslav Konstanjšek
- Script writers:
- Vatroslav Mimica, Vladimir Tadej
- Music composer:
- Aleksandar Bubanović
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Comedy, Western, Experimental
- Tags:
- Crazy, Surreal, Humor, Transformation, Light-hearted
- Audience:
- 7+
- Festival selections:
- Cannes Film Festival
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Piccolo
1959 7+ 9 min
by Dušan Vukotić
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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Revenger
1958 16+ 14 min
by Dušan Vukotić
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 Game
1962 4+ 13 min
by Dušan Vukotić
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 Thousand and One Drawings
1960 10+ 14 min
by Dušan Vukotić
The film reveals the secret of the magical revival of drawings.
- Documentary
- Making of
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Skyscrapper
1981 Adults 10 min
by Joško Marušić
A day in the life of a tower block of flats, where the two main vertical channels of communication are the lift and the drain.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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The Horsenapping
1962 10+ 8 min
by Dragutin Vunak
The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspector Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Crimi
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Cow on the Moon
1959 4+ 11 min
by Dušan Vukotić
An intelligent and hard-working girl is always foiled in her efforts by a happy-go-lucky boy who plays football. In order to turn the tables on him, she builds a small rocketship, persuades the boy to enter it, and fires it off.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
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The Substitute
1961 10+ 10 min
by Dušan Vukotić
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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The Egg
1959 16+ 10 min
by Vatroslav Mimica
Cartoon about a sculptor who lays an egg and his friends who give it various meanings.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Theft of Jewels
1959 16+ 9 min
by Mladen Feman
The short animated film Theft of Jewels.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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An Encounter In A Dream
1957 10+ 10 min
by Nikola Kostelac
In his dream, a teenage boy visits the Stone Age, which he imagines to be quite similar to the present day.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Opening Night
1957 16+ 10 min
by Nikola Kostelac
A poster announcing the opening night of an opera. A crowd of snobs, so called »music lovers« rushes by. The tenor, well aware of his magnificence, has some troubles in his wardrobe with his button refusing to fit in his collar.
- Comedy
- Musical
- Abstract
- Experimental