Synopsis:
Our newest Futures Director, Mahboobeh, chats to us about how she developed her unique style, where her inspiration comes from, and the purpose that drives her…
- Director:
- Mahboobeh Kalaee
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Iran
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Yek Nafar
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Mahboobeh Kalaee
- Production:
- Documentary & Experimental Film Center
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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Do Not Feed the Pigeons
2021 16+ 9 min
by Antonin Niclass
In Antonin Niclass’s short film “Do Not Feed the Pigeons, ” a flock becomes a source of unexpected wonder for a group of weary travellers.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Finnish directors’ Q&A, Animatricks 2022
2021 16+ 62 min
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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I’ll Be Your Kettle
2021 Adults 9 min
by Tobias Rud
When a woman finds her partner infatuated with their kettle, she is thrown into a desperate journey of self-transformation to try and keep the relationship going.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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Director interview with Michaela Mihalyi & Carolina Sandvik.
- Documentary
- Making of
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My Father’s Damn Camera!
2021 All audiences 7 min
by Miloš Tomić
A reckless boy desperately seeks the attention of his photographer father, whose obsession with his art creates both distance and connection between them. Through growing up amid this creative chaos, their bond slowly strengthens. Combining hand-drawn and stop-motion collage, the film journeys through the archive of Slovenian photographer Dragiša Modrinjak and the director’s own personal experience.
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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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Shoko Hara – Director interview, Animatricks 2020
2021 16+ 27 min
Director interview with Shoko Hara. Film referenced in this interview: Shoko Hara – Just A Guy (2020).
- Documentary
- Making of
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TO BE A PACIFIC SALMON
2021 16+ 2 min
by Julia Chien
What would it be like? You know, like to be a pacific salmon. The life cycle of a pacific salmon is a tragic, but inspiring one. Filled with strength, perseverance, and acceptance of the inevitable, it is a life worth discussing.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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White, Black and True Love
2021 16+ 5 min
by Anja Paternoster
Not every love story is the same. Some are tragic and others are intoxicating. But there is always hope, even when the film ends.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Romance
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Eyes and Horns
2021 Adults 6 min
by Chaerin Im
The exploration of masculinity begins with the Minotaur, a mythical creature the artist Picasso used to portray himself in his etching print series. The Minotaur goes through a violent struggle between being male and female. Finally, the lines blur, and the boundaries of sexes disappear.
- Experimental
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Black and White
2020 7+ 5 min
by Jesús Pérez, Gerd Gockell
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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Boy Oh Boy
2020 16+ 2 min
by Stephen Irwin
Study no. 1 – early words and scribbles. “A boy conjures the stars out of yogurt.”
- Experimental
- Non-narrative