Letting Go
Synopsis:
Gurgling dough runs through laughing eyes past father and horizon. An intimate moment, so simple. Through the base of the pan into the world. Lost hands. Lost touches. And trying to grasp what is not tangible.
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The festival’s creative director Hämid Shajarian interviews the participants of the National Competition category of Animatricks 2021: Tove Johnson – Jumalolento by Juho Maurinen (2019), Left Behind by Minna Eriksson (2020), Rinse and Shine by Iiris Korjus ja Katariina Haukka (2021), The Things I Saw: Monday by David Graham (2020), Bad to the boner by Robert Lönnqvist (2021), Tiedänkö mitä etsin by Ylva-Lii Wahlström (2019)
- Documentary
- Making of
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Accompanied by a familiar melody, the Argentinian video clip draws us into the vortex of a world whose animation is based on the magic of the zoopraxinoscope. Combined with other animation techniques, the result is an unusual work using not only a fascination with primordial animation devices, but also hand-drawn or stop-motion animation.
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Dance
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Austrian animation director and media-artist Reinhold Bidner is working in the fields of animation, media art and games. In his Masterclass Encounters & Inbetweens, Reinhold talks about and discuss his artistic animated experiments in between various disciplines, formats and techniques. He will also present images and video excerpts. The session was moderated by Animatricks Creative Director Hämid Shajarian.
- Documentary
- Making of
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I forgot where you are, under Havel’s painting
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Liza is an abstract film that takes its name from a composition by George Gershwin. This music is interpreted by Jean-Michel Pilc. It is a kind of visual transcription of this music.
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Music Videos
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A group of factory workers become obsessed with a hill. They let loose on the marshy earth, succumbing to their strange desires.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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Apple, a puppy owner, has been miserably single for as long as she can remember.
- Drama
- Romance
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun?
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Whirlwind of emotions. The first sensations. An animation film which tries to demystify issues that, to this day, persist in society’s imagination about the virus.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Experimental
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between an angry ballerina and her audience
- Experimental
- Non-narrative