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Festival Darlings

941–953 of 953 films

  • A Cat Is Always Female

    2019 16+ 16 min

    by Martina Meštrović, Tanja Vujasinović

    Through a feminist lens, the authors are paying tribute to their teacher, one of the most important Croatian sculptors, Marija Ujević Galetović. In a combination of images and animation, Marija’s revitalised female sculptures convey their author’s life story and views.

    • Documentary
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • by Bára Anna Stejskalová

    A candid discussion between a director and a producer on the challenges and triumphs of creating a stop-motion musical. Featuring acclaimed director Bára Anna Stejskalová (Love Is Just a Death Away, 9 Million Colors) and Emmy Award-winning producer Jakub Košťál (Bionaut Animation, CZ), the session will dive into the intricacies of the genre, touching on topics like working with directors of photography, navigating budgets, overcoming production setbacks, and handling very tricky puppets. It’s an honest talk about the highs and lows of stop-motion filmmaking.

    • Musical
    • Fantasy
    • Making of
  • A Beautiful Summer Night

    2022 16+ 7 min

    by Aleksandar Savic, Arthur Dupuy, Barbara Derail & others

    A group of animals decide to avenge the death of one of their own one beautiful summer night.

    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • 9 ways to draw a person

    2016 16+ 6 min

    by Sasha Svirsky

    Nine short and unexpected stories that tell us how a person can be depicted. By mixing abstraction, collage and drawing animation, the author invites us into a spontaneous and unsystematic research of the potential of animation and leads us into the world of irrepressible imagination.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • A Backbone Tale

    2005 Adults 9 min

    by Jérémy Clapin

    A man whose physique forces him to look down tries to find love.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • 0 New Kind

    2013 7+ 6 min

    by Kateřina Karhánková

    This is a story about three kids who find a mysterious bone and their journey in trying to find the creature, that the bone belong to.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Family
  • Q&A for the Cannes Award-winning animated film and Latvia’s selection for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, Flow with Director/Co-Writer GintsZilbalodis (Moderated by Marshall Shaffer) at the Angelika Film Center & Cafe in New York City on 10/17/2024.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Making of
  • 27

    2023 Adults 11 min

    by Flóra Anna Buda

    Alice lives at her parents’ place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it’s time to move out.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragicomedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • (Fool Time) Job

    2017 Adults 17 min

    by Gilles Cuvelier

    Pedro has found a new job. A kind of strange one, but these days, he can’t afford to be fussy. It’s a real chance! Anyway, he’s never been the kind of getting cold feet…

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • 1000

    2014 16+ 6 min

    by Danijel Žeželj

    Everything is grey. The sun has not risen for years. A legend circles the city: paint the sun a thousand times and it will rise again.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • 10

    2017 16+ 8 min

    by Paula Konjušić

    A young man experiences other people’s lives and emotions. Unable to find his own self, he visits a psychiatrist who immediately diagnoses the problem. It can be resolved in ten steps, with the help of a cassette player. As the metronome sounds the start of the treatment, the patient is launched deep into his own subconscious.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • 14

    2015 7+ 7 min

    by Juliette Coutellier, Charlotte Da-Ros, Cyril Flous & others

    In 1914, during a stage of the Tour de France, the national champion is alone in the lead but falls while going down the Col du Tourmalet.

    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Family