Synopsis:
A short film inspired by a brief encounter between the director and an Icelandic whale lifts the veil on the ocean’s mysteries and portrays the dramatic life of a whale. I am Sorry Whale dives not only into the depths of international waters, but also into the deepest corners of our conscience.
- Director:
- Veronika Zúbek Kocourková
- Year:
- 2022
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Veronika Zúbek Kocourková
- Script writer:
- Veronika Zúbek Kocourková
- Production:
- Super Film
- Audience:
- All audiences
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Criss Cross (trailer)
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by Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár
We briefly experience with the animal protagnists their story, freely inspired by folk culture, in which good values conquer evil. The film works with a simple well known saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed“, making it accessible to viewers of any age or nationality. This short animated fable “Criss-Cross“ is both a children’s film with a moral, and an attractive film for an adult viewer thanks to its artistic style, combining animation with a cross stitch embroidery.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Wild Beasts
2019 Adults 9 min
by Marta Prokopová, Michal Blaško
Will the father-son relationship make the trip into the wild more enjoyable? Are the children really cruel or just playing innocent games? What will the teacher do when everything is already synchronized? Three stories set on a mysterious island.
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Free the Chickens (trailer)
2024 13+ 15 min
by Matúš Vizár
A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the inhospitable wilderness to experience a series of borderline situations and ethical dilemmas that lead to new insights, such as that nature is not a safe place for animals.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Hello Summer (trailer)
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Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. Just pick your dream destination from the catalogue, pack your bags and hit the road. But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels independently. Family above all!
- Comedy
- Family
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Writing Home
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A small bark beetle girl lives peacefully in a forest in a tree. However, a fire, caused by irresponsible humans, burns the forest down to ashes. Her hand gets burned to charcoal and she gets separated from her family. Lost in a human town, she has to face the dangerous world of giants on her own.
- Drama
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FIGURE DISFIGURED
2023 16+ 1 min
by Niko Mlynarčík
Don’t you hate it when your figure drawing model keeps shuffling?
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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My name is Edgar and I have a cow
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by Filip Diviak
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf would become a schnitzel.
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Wereawolf
2023 16+ 7 min
by Niko Mlynarčík
Film about sparkledogs, werewolverines and other things that are JUST drawings. The texting parts are based on real conversations I’ve had age 12-16 with a deviantart “friend”.
- Drama
- Experimental
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DOG WALK
2022 Adults 3 min
by Niko Mlynarčík
experimental animation or a shitpost noone will know
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Even Stone Flows
2022 16+ 3 min
by Veronika Obertová, Michaela Čopíková
Even stone flows — iron and glass flow too — just slower. Everything takes some moment. Time can be fluid. Short contemplative film about the time and our consistency.
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Funkiez: Ľúb Ma Takú
2022 16+ 3 min
by Radovan Marček, Lenka Mišincová, Alexandra Okálová
Czech-Slovak video clip in which a woman sings about a man liking her the way she is. But the man, represented here only by a giant hand, tries to change the woman, on the contrary, as in some mobile application. The creators reflect the insidious desire to improve the partner, supported by the possibilities of modern technologies.
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Once There Was a Sea…
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by Joanna Kożuch
In the footsteps of the vanished Aral Sea, whose memory still haunts the inhabitants of a small Uzbek town. A film about the consequences of human decisions, and how they can affect daily life.