Synopsis:
In 1941, Katja decides to go against the norm by joining the Soviet Air Force's first all-female night bombing squad to protect her country.
- Director:
- Julie Herdichek Baltzer
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Denmark
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Original title:
- Nachthexen
- Production type:
- Student
- Animators:
- Sidonie Vidal, Camilla Smidt, Szymon H. Kuran, Julie Herdichek Baltzer
- Script writer:
- Julie Herdichek Baltzer
- Music composer:
- Thomas Christensen
- Sound designers:
- Christian Roed Dalsgaard, Sofie Voight Simonsen
- Editors:
- Julie Herdichek Baltzer, Szymon H. Kuran
- Production:
- The Animation Workshop
- School:
- The Animation Workshop
- Genre:
- Drama
- Audience:
- Adults
- Language:
- Russian
- Website:
- animationworkshop.via.dk
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Submitted by:
- Eszter Gajdos
-
Black Tape
2014 16+ 3 min
by Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
In an entangled tango, the victim and victimiser dance, occupying the frame and the space between brushstrokes.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Vermin
2018 16+ 6 min
by Jérémie Becquer, Jeremie Becquer
Set in a contemporary society of mice and rats, Hubert, a young observing rat, recites slam poetry full of hope within his head as he passes by individualistic strangers in the Parisian metro. Hubert´s poetry remains optimistic and persistent, despite the harsh reality of the world he lives in.
- Drama
- Experimental
-
Have A Nice Dog!
2020 Adults 13 min
by Jalal Maghout
Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in his fantasies of fleeing and the inner dialogues with his dog.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Sunshower
2020 Adults 9 min
by Ádám Wator, Attila Fekete
Residents of a drought-stricken dystopian town invoke a mannequin for help.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
-
Deep Love
2019 Adults 14 min
by Mykyta Lyskov, Nykyta Lyskov
The place of this animated short is the city Dnipro (Ukraine). Partly a documentary, through the prism of absurdity and black humor, the film tells the story about a big city during historical changes and decommunization.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
- Abstract
-
The Physics of Sorrow
2019 Adults 27 min
by Theodore Ushev
The Physics of Sorrow is a potent portrait of a dislocated generation struggling to find home as they shift through everchanging personal and geographic landscapes.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Bio-pic
-
A fly in the restaurant
2018 16+ 6 min
by Chen Xi, An Xu, Xu An & others
In a restaurant in China, waiters try to swat flies while a number of diners eat their food.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
-
Mercurio
2018 16+ 10 min
by Michele Bernardi
Mercurio is a kid who loves cycling. One day he is stopped by members of the Fascist regime and incarcerated in a transit camp, ready to be sent to a concentration camp.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
SELFIES
2018 Adults 4 min
by Claudius Gentinetta
In a veritable firework display of digital self-portraits, hundreds of quaint, embarrassing and dreadfully disturbing selfies were arranged in a unique short film composition. Single photos, artistically reworked, consolidate to form a ghastly grin that outshines the abyss of human existence.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
-
5 years after the war
2017 Adults 17 min
by Samuel Albaric, Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund
How does one grow up between an absent Iraqi father and a pervasive Jewish mother? Tossed around by the great upheavals of the modern times, Tim tries as hard as he can to find his place in the world.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Compartments
2017 16+ 15 min
by Daniella Koffler, Uli Seis
Netta, a young Israeli woman, wishes to emigrate to Berlin. Her father, a son of Holocaust survivors, is horrified by her decision to live in the land that killed her ancestors. He refuses to speak to her again if she leaves.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
-
The Bystander
2017 16+ 8 min
by Sheyda Kashi
An old man is living with a window in front of his eyes. He sees a cold, black and white, and fragile world from behind the window. But the window was not always there. While the man was a young active participant in a big revolution…
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental