Mum’s Hair
Synopsis:
When Maja was 16, her mother got cancer. She and her three younger siblings did not know what would happen, but they knew their mother would lose her hair and look quite different. Maja wanted to gather the good memories.
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Attempting to escape her realty, a desperate girl climbs down into a deep dark silo. She finds solace in an injured bird. In an intense but quietly told story, we see the struggle of a depressed young girl. We don’t always see what’s going on in mind of our children. A small thing can be enough to give them new energy to continue their lives.
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Three couples are facing different challenges: a hedgehog falls in love with a balloon, but finds it difficult to maintain his grooming routine. A couple of arctic/antarctic lovers are experiencing a coldness between them, and two naive oysters are impatiently waiting to be on the same schedule.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Herman lives in peaceful harmony with his teddybear inside a large tree surrounded by a beautiful garden. One night an unexpected and for Herman unwelcome visitor arrives. When Herman throws the visitor out it gets stormy outside and he realizes that he has to go out on a rescue mission. We follow Herman´s journey through the thick fog before he eventually understands that a heart can accommodate many and the fog clears.
- Fantasy
- Drama
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In these times of uncertainty and anxiety the film follows a day in the life of a young teenage boy as he faces his fears and concerns. Will he be able to confide in his school mates? Are they going to help him or ignore him?
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A rhythmic animation of 3, 475 individual masks from all over the world.
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An animated children’s film about tolerance towards strangers. The proverbial “black sheep” is mobbed out of the herd, but only the courageous outsider can save the herd from great disaster.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Study no. 1 – early words and scribbles. “A boy conjures the stars out of yogurt.”
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Catcalls is a short stop motion animation exploring street harassment using cats, dogs, and real sentences that humans said to other humans.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A peek into the life of an eccentric old toymaker named Dr. Coppelius. Based on the ballet Coppelia by Léo Delibes, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Charles Nuitter.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Experimental
- Musical
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Employing the method of single frame editing, primarily focused on sound, the realistic film image transforms into a surreal, structuralist and finally even abstract film.
- 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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The opening intro animated for Festival BAB – Biennial of Animation Bratislava which takes place biennially in October in Bratislava, Slovakia. The local music band PARA gave us their great song Celé tie roky which I used as a sountrack for animation. All the scenography is made out of used second-hand clothes and recycled textiles.
- Family
- Comedy
- Experimental