In a fantasy world, life-size cardboard animations interact with children clad in clown wigs, monkey masks, and princess costumes. Together, they host a carnival of surreal goings-on.
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In a fantasy world, life-size cardboard animations interact with children clad in clown wigs, monkey masks, and princess costumes. Together, they host a carnival of surreal goings-on.
One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.
Pillow talk takes a surreal turn in a shape-shifting blend of live action and animation.
Two soldiers, voiced by Dizzy Gillespie and Dudley Moore, patrol the border between their countries. One of them drops his hat, and a dialogue (and an improvised jazz duet) about the possibility of peace through world law ensues.
This brash, inventive cartoon musical—a landmark of independent animation—satirizes Eurocentric beauty standards while celebrating the natural beauty of Black hair.
The story of one girl's Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can't stop pulling out her hair.
Official animated music video for Shugo Tokumaru's Poker created by Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi.
When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred…
A circular looping animation projection installation.
1923 aka Heaven is one of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage. 1923 is based on Lesage's painting 'A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World' from 1923.
Using the New Age idea of a 'dimensional shift' as inspiration, Shift combines science fiction themes through abstract, stop motion animation of objects and colour.
Filmmaker and pedagogue Martin Kukal occasionally makes music videos. One of his latest creations is the music video for a song by Sváťa and Martina from the town of Slaný, set near the Red Pond and starring various good-natured ghosts and fairy-tale beings.
The Norwegian director’s abstract animation works with floating and unstable organic shapes. Constantly moving, they create entirely new forms. The film’s plasmatic structure unusually combines digital images with natural motifs and conveys feelings of cold and warmth.
A conversation with the viewer about the mutual influence between news and people: how news affects people, how people shape events and how events in turn become news. The story unfolds across two worlds: semi-realistic and abstract/metaphorical. These worlds complement each other, occasionally interact and often flow seamlessly into one another.
The Primanima International First-Film Animation Festival is back, marking its 10th edition in Budaörs this year. This year, the animated short films arrive earlier than usual—running from October 5 to 8—at the Mór Jókai Cultural Center and BABtér, with Saturday events also taking place at the Municipal Youth Club. In addition to screenings for adults, teens, and children, there will once again be workshops, discussions, and, of course, parties. Professional programs are taking on a new format, and Primanima Jumpstart—a hybrid talent development program—is launching as well.
An interview with Virginia Mori, the author of the short animated film Haircut (Animateka 2015 Jury Jean_Luc Slock's Special mention)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wallace & Gromit we asked members of their official website to submit their questions to Nick Park. 20 of the best were selected and put to Nick in a special video interview shot in the brand new Aardman cinema!
The interview was conducted by Kata Incze and István Kürti.
Billy Roisz is one of the best-known figures on the Austrian experimental scene. Her ability to translate experimental music into visual memory images is particularly noteworthy, revealing borrowings from minimal art and conceptual art. She specializes in feedback video and video/sound interaction by using monitors, cameras, video mixingdesks, a selfbuilt videosynth, computer, a bass guitar and sometimes turntables for video and sound generating.
We interviewed Panni Gyulai, whose film *Broken Things* won the PrimAlter Jury Award at the 8th Primanima festival, while Csaba Kalotás took home the PrimaSound Special Award for the film's sound design. Panni spoke to us about the process of creating films inspired by personal experiences.