house thinks thought, has realization. landscape in translation
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house thinks thought, has realization. landscape in translation
Guys working on a construction site have a problem – their shovel got stuck in the sand. A student from the Plzeň Studio of Animation, known to Anifilm audiences from previous festival editions, has once again chosen a provocative topic and form. Can the guys solve their problem by lunchtime? And if not, will something happen?
Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe.
"Carrotica" is a stop motion film about loneliness, desire, family, and growing pains. Made by hand over 4 years across ten miniature sets, shot frame by frame, carrots and all.
A small bark beetle girl lives peacefully in a forest in a tree. However, a fire, caused by irresponsible humans, burns the forest down to ashes. Her hand gets burned to charcoal and she gets separated from her family. Lost in a human town, she has to face the dangerous world of giants on her own.
A perfectionist illustrator has to face her own mistakes when she accidentally creates an ink blot that gives life to Wolfie, a small wolf with an inky nose.
1st year short film, Why not Mushrooms”
The protagonist is so engrossed in her reading that she doesn’t notice how her room gradually starts to fill up with ants. Her inattention, however, does her a great deal of harm.
TV Spot Veľký Tresko.
Animated music video for NY band Frog. A comedic story about a loser frog and his failing love life. In other words, the princess and the frog of 21st century.
Gab was thrown out of the flat by her mother. In the hustle and bustle of Paris she now searches for an apartment.
A wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.
Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn’t being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden…
Told through expressive monochrome animation on a pinscreen, The Night Boots is a tale about childhood, centered on the friendship between a young boy and a strange creature.
Five forest cubs explore the secrets of the world and especially the most important one – FRIENDSHIP.
Animated poem Bleeding sea from Kanayan Deniz
Director Don Hertzfeldt joins moderator Miguel Penabella (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of his films ME and It’s Such a Beautiful Day. They discuss his time as a UCSB student and his early interest in animation, as well as the development of his new film. Hertzfeldt also shares insights into his influences from silent cinema, and his thematic interests in deep time and memory across his work.
Gaspard is still very much in love with Leïla. They meet in a crowded bar a month after she left him. The conversation turns awry and Gaspard seeks refuge under the tablecloth, away from prying eyes and closer to his memories.
Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis, director of FLOW, at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
ROBOT DREAMS director/screenwriter/producer Pablo Berger discusses the film at the AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Video shot live on location, organized, assembled, written (via editing), & edited by TheMovieReport.com