A film based on free association, composed of loosely connected scenes that explore the often absurd nature of everyday life. It pays tribute to French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A film based on free association, composed of loosely connected scenes that explore the often absurd nature of everyday life. It pays tribute to French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati.
A young woman enjoys, in ignorance of the world around her, until she reaches the limit of her own self-esteem.
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough. When kneading, he gets lost in intensive daydreams, not accepting that sooner or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread. Until he sees Alva’s looooong breasts.
Everyone is an alien at first.
Oh, little soldier, jaunting happily towards the war, you pay no heed to the red petal you carry, marking the ones who’ll fall. Such petal is the sign of the mustard yellow death that will smother you in the pestiferous, muddy trenches. Not, however, without introducing you to some of the damned that have left already, and who are waiting for you in the fields of desolation.
It Starts With is a mixed media animation short about characters making tiny teacups and also falling in and out of love. Made using digital tools and hand painted backgrounds, it’s a watercolour ode to love and friendship.
The main character finds a magic wand and runs amok using magic. The elves who guard the wand are entertained by his tricks so much that they finally decide to join him.
Cimpoiasca’s Czech music video is characterized by brilliant drawing, play with folklore elements and a number of visual ideas. A music video plunging into a nightmare and telling a story about female friendship, which is as bitterly delicious as homemade plum, was shot by a graduate of Prague’s FAMU.
On a small island a bunch of exotic creatures run across each other.
Pedro, a young, athletic man, share his life with his ironing board. Faithful, Pedro sleeps on his ironing board, carefully sets it when he wants to eat, uses it to iron his favorite jogging outfit, and even takes it under his arm when he goes jogging. In the village, everyone admires him and follow his example. One night, however, everything is turned upside down.
A batch of mushy sourdough. Two radioactive lizards. Three cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. When COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020, people around the world began reporting more vivid dreams.
Interview with Tomek Popakul who took both the Grand Prix and the ;DSAF Audience Award with Acid Rain at 16th Animateka.
A weird-acting girl draws a young man’s attention at an inn.
A young girl sees the world around her as brittle, depraved and ugly. She lives in a cold war where the weapon is not the gun or the bomb, but the alienation, aimlessness, selfishness, depreciation of the people.
A family arrives on a crowded beach to spend their holidays, however a mosquito will transform their wonderful day into hell …
The world is in perpetual motion, like an infinite dance which accelerates, slows down, alone or in company. In Your Hands depicts how difficult it can be to follow this dance by portraying a couple confronted with depression.
The fight between the squirrel and the big poster placed in front of her house that blocks the sun.
In a Good Wayis a 2D animation about a typical Asian salaryman who has decided to leave his job and returned to his hometown. En route, he encounters a pine tree blocking his path. He takes the tree home and tries to plant it in his garden, but finds that the tree has a will of its own – just like the salaryman.
A naked woman sits in an empty room in front of the mirror and brings gum bubbles to burst. What is content and what is the form?
In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man’s identity by taking his head off.