Technique
Being a poetic experience, the film unfolds a plant fresco at the edge of intimacy and fantasy, where the eye, like the one spread by the butterfly, wanders from specimen to specimen. In the garden of a dream, the living metamorphoses and beings unveil.
Fish Boy lives in darkness, his guilt about the past slowly consuming him. His girlfriend Laura is a light of hope in his dark world. But despite his efforts, his past continues to chase him, eventually putting them both in danger.
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)
A documentary series about life under socialism, exploring the phenomena of popular, fashionable, desirable, and often unattainable objects of the era — the things that captured the imagination and longing of the majority.
The opening intro animated for Festival BAB – Biennial of Animation Bratislava which takes place biennially in October in Bratislava, Slovakia. The local music band PARA gave us their great song Celé tie roky which I used as a sountrack for animation. All the scenography is made out of used second-hand clothes and recycled textiles.
Fest Anča 2015 spot.
Animated spot for the 5th International Animation Festival FEST ANČA.
Two friends, lovers, soulmates, a pair of two, searching and ultimately finding each other. This pair traveling between worlds and changing forms, expressed through 15 styles of animation, by 15 animators from across the world.
A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.
When you buy a product, you become a product.
In this webinar, award-winning stop-motion director Martin Smatana (The Kite, Berlinale 2019) will take you on a deep dive into the creative applications of artificial intelligence in animation. Known for his hands-on work with textile and paper, Martin will explore how AI can complement traditional artistry. He’ll showcase various tools such as Dall-E, and Runway, offering practical insights into how these technologies can aid in generating ideas, optimizing workflows, automating tasks, and enhancing creative processes. Whether you’re designing storyboards, generating visuals, or working on sound design, this session will give you concrete strategies to integrate AI into your animation projects, helping you streamline repetitive tasks while maintaining your unique artistic voice.
Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?
Moments of lost self-control.
A 10-year-old girl longed for a puppy as a birthday present. Her disappointment was very big when instead of a puppy she got a father she had no idea was still alive. This documentary-based film tells a story about a very long-standing dream that kept him alive through many years and actually will come true only now, through this film.
Documentary film mixed with animation which tells about an unusual collection of toys. Like most of his peers, the protagonist begun from collecting stamps, drink labels and stickers. Presently his collection consists of a couple hundred thousand objects and he became known as the Emperor of Collectors.
A lonely man finds himself in a strange place where everything is planned in advance for his arrival.
It all started with a power outage.
In an old Mexican neighborhood, Elena is alone in her world. Felix causes a miracle when he enters her life and shows her how to access other universes. Sharing those secret places with him, the child will recognise that her world can be broader and deeper than she previously thought, and that a blind child, like Felix, is much more than his visual impairment.
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies.
An electrifying view to a buzzing micropolis.