The Wave of Life
Synopsis:
This metaphoric story made using various natural materials is set at the seaside. Its director was inspired by the words of a friend dying of cancer: ‘Our life is like a wave of the sea hitting the shore and we are the drops thrown by the waves on the ground.’ The film was his graduate project at the Graphic College Jihlava.
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Musical Traumas came to fruition as the result of the director’s obsession with music schools. It is a rhythmic compilation of traumatic, but amusing confessions of former students, as well as an attempt to visualise music with scrumptious, hand-drawn animation. The experiences may be documentary, but the image comes straight from the world of musical impressions.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Musical
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A visual journey that challenges us to think about a universal belonging that doesn’t confine itself to a city, region or national boundary in an age where xenophobia, nationalism and intolerance are ubiquitous.
- Documentary
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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It’s a normal day in a communal apartment. Someone is reading, someone else is ironing. A child runs down the corridor. Then suddenly the room quakes; everything changes and life is turned upside down.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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After is a documentary animation that traces the emotional journey of three people as they journey from isolation and despair to discover a newfound hope in their lives.
- Drama
- Experimental
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Doubt is a short animated essay, which through voices of four different authors from various fields of art, the film describes all stages of creative process.The combination of every animation technique imaginable, from 3D to animation on a carpet tufting, can only be matched with an equally important rich soundscape and original music.
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Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies.
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Magdaleda leaves her home town, friends and a dog. On her journey, she is surprised by a strange with the Bear, with whom she has more in common than she knows. They reunite at a bonfire, where Magdalena spends time with children as their kindergarten teacher.
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A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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This short but impressive experimental animation was made by students of the Studio of Animation at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia during a traditional school plein-air. It was inspired by the endlessly elaborate structures of the bark on trees near the Wallenstein Loggia. The students fittingly used the technique of non-phased animation – animation of real photographs.
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The short animated film “Dominik’s Stories” is a collaboration between George Radojčica, a neurodiversity artist working at the Studio of Joyful Creation, and animator Magdalena Hejzlarová. The film was created as part of the Artist Statement project of the non-profit organization Barvolam, which supports neurodiverse artists.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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I forgot where you are, under Havel’s painting
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The village party has begun and Róza hasn’t been invited to dance. Suddenly, an unknown stranger appears, inviting Róza to dance, giving her a pair of red shoes. Róza starts to dance with great passion, quickly becoming the centre of attention. Soon after, she realizes she can’t control the shoes, as the shoes are controlling her…