Curiosa
Synopsis:
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.
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A dead body became stuck by a river bank. Its decaying insides still hide a human soul – a miniature of the deceased. Rotting organs part and a tiny creature gets out. Standing on the river bank, it says goodbye to the corpse and sets off on a journey through the post-mortem land.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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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.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A woman takes charge of her sexuality and gets lost in a sensual fantasy.
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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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)
- Documentary
- Making of
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What would it be like? You know, like to be a pacific salmon. The life cycle of a pacific salmon is a tragic, but inspiring one. Filled with strength, perseverance, and acceptance of the inevitable, it is a life worth discussing.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Three couples are facing different challenges: a hedgehog falls in love with a balloon, but finds it difficult to maintain his grooming routine. A couple of arctic/antarctic lovers are experiencing a coldness between them, and two naive oysters are impatiently waiting to be on the same schedule.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Nara and Tayra grew up in Guaxuma, a beach in the north east of Brazil, but as a teenager Nara had to leave this place of freedom. After an unexpected shattering event, Nara returns to Guaxuma but she doesn’t recognize the virgin paradise of her childhood anymore. Is it the beach that has changed or Nara herself?
- Drama
- Documentary
- Experimental
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An improvised stop-motion film about a woman exploring her own psyche through its manifestation as a sequence of identical yet progressively smaller rooms, inhabited by multiple selves.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Don’t do your gig at some cheap joint!
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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Raymonde is really fed up with peas, aphids, dirty panties and her kitchen garden to dig. After all, she would prefer sex, and love, and the immensity of the sky…
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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In the summer of 1992, Dujung, a boy in elementary school, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son’s body, Dujung suffers from side effects.
- Drama
- Experimental
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A lonely man finds himself in a strange place where everything is planned in advance for his arrival.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental