Synopsis:
As in the ancient fable of Aesop, the young poet is alone with his art until the goddess Venus gives him company, turning his cat into a beautiful girl.
- Director:
- Zlatko Bourek
- Year:
- 1971
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Cut-Out Animation, Mixed media
- Original title:
- Mačka
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Pavao Štalter
- Script writer:
- Zlatko Bourek
- Music composer:
- Franco Potenza
- Editor:
- Tea Brunšmid
- Productions:
- Zagreb Film, Corona Cinematografica Roma
- Genres:
- Drama, Musical, Abstract, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Identity, Sexuality, Death, Relationships, Love, Transformation, Dreams, Poetic, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
-
T-Rextasy: Gap Yr Boiz
2016 16+ 4 min
by Christian Larrave
Music video.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Musical
-
Dancing Songs
1966 16+ 9 min
by Zlatko Bourek
The film was made on the theme of short Slavonic couplets that are still sung today in Slavonia. Two girls, one rich, the other poor and more beautiful, love the same guy. The guy is a little hesitant, but still decides to go with the poor girl. Although the rich woman is insulted, she is quickly comforted by another, moustached, groom.
- Drama
- Musical
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Satiemania
1978 Adults 14 min
by Zdenko Gašparović
The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of corn, the swaying of men hanging from the gallows, the ripple of water – seen by the eye of the animator…
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Magnética
2020 16+ 16 min
by Marco Arruda
In a city of drawn characters, we witness the arrival of an entity of unknown materiality. With a mysterious presence and its exotic allegories, it starts to enchant people, awakening their most insane senses.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Sci-Fi
- Musical
-
Between Lips and the Glass
1968 Adults 10 min
by Dragutin Vunak
One endless line of people journeys incessantly and inevitably to their grave: the funeral of mankind. We bury one another but live nevertheless. As one person is happy, the other dies. No sooner than we draw a cup to our lips… fate has come.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Smile
2019 16+ 5 min
by Matea Kovač
The film questions the universal understanding of love, connecting that phenomenon with the phenomenon of rigid consumerism. Traders tend to dehumanize the human smile by continuously and aggressively offering goods and services on the market of absurdity. Osmijeh represents an act of resistance against uprooted social norms.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Dream Cream
2019 16+ 5 min
by Noam Sussman
An elderly couple is addicted to a psychedelic face cream.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Washed Out: Hard to Say Goodbye
2017 16+ 4 min
by Jonathan Hodgson
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
The Album
1983 16+ 11 min
by Krešimir Zimonić
As the film opens a young girl is thumbing through a family photograph album. Her childhood memories are brought to life, static pictures begin to move. Memory is transformed into a metaphoric story about the past finally turning into dreams of the future.
- Drama
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Everyday Chronicle
1962 16+ 11 min
by Vatroslav Mimica
How a blind barrel organist loses his dog and then finds him again.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Shagreen Leather
1960 Adults 10 min
by Vlado Kristl, Ivo Vrbanić
Poor and unhappy, Rafael leaves Pauline and tries his luck at the roulette, but loses his last coin. Fate gifts him with the miraculous “Shagreen leather” that fulfills all wishes. In his new, luxurious life he wins the heart of wonderful Foedora. But with the power of the leather comes a rule: for every fulfilled wish it becomes shorter, and so does the life of its owner. Using the leather abundantly, Rafael soon spends his time.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Experimental
-
Alone
1958 16+ 13 min
by Vatroslav Mimica
Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.
- Drama
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental