Technique
‘Kiki de Montparnasse’ was the unwary muse of major avant-garde painters of the early twentieth century. Memorable witness of a flamboyant Montparnasse, she emancipated from her status as a simple model and became a Queen of the Night, a painter, a press cartoonist, a writer and a cabaret singer.
Troubadour-sur-Yvette mall, it’s 8 a.m. and employees are finishing preparing the store for the opening. Just as the first customers are starting to shop, a man steps into the main aisle and removes all his clothes
Katariina Lillqvist is well known of her puppet animations. Her latest short animation Last Matador (2021) has just been released and will be seen in Animatricks 2021! In this masterclass Katariina will present her career, talk about puppet animation and about her study and work experience in Czech Republic.
The video for the band’s biggest hit playfully combines folk motifs and those that are more typical of techno.
JUST A GUY is an animated documentary short film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: A serial killer and rapist they contacted after he was convicted in the 80s. Through their perspective, we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.
Personal stories fuse together as man and bird in a cinematic commentary on immigration.
Global warming is on the news. What is global warming? What solutions do you propose?
This animated video clip by Johuš Matuš gently transports us into his world of rural pop full of nature, horses, dogs and sick people. During the train journey, we witness how through song one can find a brief moment that may or may not last forever. Right now, forever.
Borges meets Murnau in a spinning nightmare. And the baby sings: “No, not be scared old bird, to awake and see I am dreaming you.”
In a huge shut down factory we encounter the ghost-like girl Jila. When her treasured musical clock misses a figurine, she sets out on her quest to find its whereabouts. There she discovers a scratch in a wall. At the turning point she needs to decide if she will make a step into the unknown, deal with the difficulties that may occur or if she will just turn back and stay in her familiar universe.
The music video features Chubby Cherry and Jenny driving to a dance club. Once they are there Chubby Cherry posts “(Jenny’s Boyfriend’s) head is small.” Once this happens, Cherry tells Jenny that they should be lovers and soon they run away together. In this video, Cherry did not sing during the video except for the bridge.
Dots, Lines, Planes and Forms set themselves in motion and get drown into their own choreographic world. Within the ecstasy of touch they engage with Jazz Tones into a play of colours and forms which results in a total explosion.
I wasn’t a bad kid. I just made bad decisions.
A music video for a song On a Blacjk Horse by Jana Kirschner.
A couple’s trip to a mountain is interrupted by a black cat who leads them astray into the forest where they discover dark secrets.
Daniel Bruson created this very still world where two characters try to understand loneliness, loss and healing. The basis for the animation was created digitally and then painted frame by frame on paper.
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.
On a small island a bunch of exotic creatures run across each other.
Iris is a girl who fell in love with her own reflection and one day disappeared in the bathtub. Inspired by the Narcissus myth. This Greek hero has become the first person in the world to comprehend art and the first person to fall in love with an image rather than the reality. His is hence a story about vanity, as well as about the perception of art. The motivation of this film is to refocus on the female character, Iris, and to retell the old story from her point of view in the social media era.