International Competition for Non-Narrative, Experimental and Boundary Forms of Animation

Fok Nabo Distorio

Francesco Rosso | Estonia | 2014 | 8 min

This experimental abstract animation is based on the piece Liivaterade Raamat composed by the Estonian harpist Liis Viira. It is an improvised stop-motion animation of various objects seen through optical lenses. Cold and technical camera shots are combined with organic elements such as running colours.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Alosis

Georgios Cherouvim | Greece | 2014 | 3 min

A disturbing image of a seemingly idyllic world (computer generated – as expected) which represents the relation between humankind and its natural habitat. We follow the lives of unified clerks routinely doing their jobs in ever-changing bizarre locations of this strange world.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Recycling

Paola Bristot | Italy | 2014 | 15 min

Ten authors from ten European countries made a collective experimental movie, drawing directly on film celluloid. Each of them contributed with an approximately one-minute-long film based on an item they received by mail. These ten unknown object became the ten subjects of the film dedicated to the memory of Norman McLaren.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Flavour of the Month

Samantha Palmer | United Kingdom | 2014 | 2 min

A playful spectacle from a slightly disgusting and surreal world of choc ices that literally melt in front the viewers’ eyes. Realistic time-lapse footage of sweet treats has a very refreshing effect and is as sensual as their consumption.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Black Tape

Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot | Denmark, Palestine | 2014 | 3 min

Black Tape deals with dominance. A chaser and his prey taped together move on recurring trajectories in the rhythm of tango. The film builds upon news and documentary footage depicting life in subjection. Black Tape is the second part of a trilogy started by the film White Tape.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Boing Doing Squeak Ping

Peters Lisan | Netherlands | 2014 | 1 min

The author of this black and white playfulness animates various sounds. These randomly created abstract figures dance in the rhythm of “their” sounds. Their roister reminds of mutual conversation that with increasing number of “figures” successfully turns into chaos.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Goodbye Utopia

Shiwei Ding | China | 2014 | 8 min

In the memories of our ancestors, God gave the commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai and said, "Thou shalt not kill.” However, Nietzsche tells us that God has already been dead. Human beings created God and also killed him. In the same way, we gave birth to ourselves but also annihilated ourselves.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Inside Me

Dmitry Zakharov | Germany | 2014 | 4 min

This project uses the technology of 3D scanning and the software that enables us to view the human body as an object from the inside. With fitting soundtrack by Nils Frahm, the film is a captivating probe of the human inner universe that resembles a colourful distant galaxy.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

China Violet

David Ehrlich | China, United States | 2014 | 4 min

This colourful enchantment inspired by the director’s five year stay in China is an ode to its landscape and people. Manifold amorphous images fill blank white space that harmonically fights with them for the screen. A meditative film flows carefully with the soundtrack full of Asian motives.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

MTL rush

Guimond Mathieu | Canada | 2014 | 3 min

A lively essay on colours and movement, scratched and painted directly on 35 mm film stock. Simple scratches are replaced by full-colour surfaces and the dynamic visual ride excellently corresponds with the rhythmical soundtrack. The film shows its admiration of traditional experiments and also uses found footage.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Sumsing

Martin Rahmlow | Germany, France | 2014 | 4 min

3D computer animation takes us into a bizarre space where a branched out worm-like organism grows on an inorganic structure. Is symbiosis possible? The German animator collaborated with a French musician called Ybrid.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Jiro Visits the Dentist

Gina Kamentsky | United States | 2014 | 2 min

Jiro has very strange dreams for example about The Artist formerly known as Prince. Together with his friend the lighthouse=phone man, Jiro visits the dentist. A brief but effective film follows the traditional principles of experimental films. It is hand drawn on 1997 frames of 35mm film stock.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Super 8

Rim Sharafutdinov | Russia | 2015 | 4 min

Much like storytelling, the hidden meanings in animated world can be varied. As we see here, the form can also consist of multiplication and cumulation of motives that turn a complicated gear powering a bizarre mechanism. It doesn’t matter how slow you go in it until you stop.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Reach

Kayla Parker, Stuart Moore | United Kingdom | 2014 | 4 min

The authors buried 16mm film stock into the mud of the Tamar river. The natural processes then took care of the rest. The soundtrack was also made at the banks of the river and under its reach. By animating the natural elements, the authors reached very interesting results.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

The Trip

antonio vicentini | Brazil | 2014 | 3 min

A van goes on an adventurous trip through a psychedelic landscape. As the music sounds, the vans shifts through space, changing in the process. The changes know no boundaries, much as the other motives that become apparent on the ways. Very light and uncomplicated. The author’s lesson goes: Don’t drive under influence!

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema

Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape

Jerzy Kucia | Poland | 2014 | 18 min

The classic of Polish animation returns after thirteen years with a new film. Once again, he focuses on the relation of music and image in a meditative story and a loosened form of a poetic film. It depicts the tender process of expressing emotions and looking for specificity of the land in events it once witnessed.

Th 07/05/2015
19.00-20.19
free seats: 65

Su 10/05/2015
16.00-17.19
free seats: 95

Světozor Cinema