Jurors Programme
Jury Programme: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Atal matal
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1974 | 5 min
Childishly naïve drawings metamorphose accompanied by fitting commentary. This combination brings humorous punchlines and unexpected artistic games. The main protagonists are various animals and also human beings with extraordinary fates.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Pood, Persian Carpet
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1998 | 17 min
After an introduction in which the director confesses his love for Persian carpets and impressively introduces their variants, a story about the creation of these peculiar works of art begins. Due to a draught, a shepherd is forced to leave his family and take his herd up north. When he returns, he is unable to describe the beauties he saw to his family, and so he begins to weave a carpet.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Association of Ideas
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 5 min
The telling title perfectly describes the nature of this playful film, based on rapid transformations of various things, symbols and known and unknown people. The shapes, portrayed in matching colour on a white background, transform according to an inner sense and in perfect rhythm with the music and sounds.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
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One Two Three More
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1980 | 18 min
This film composed of five parts is a classical morality tale about human greediness. Each story is connected by the character of a man avid for precious stones. But his efforts always lead him to perdition. He either digs through the entire planet into space, the whole world turns upside down under the weight of his gargantuan construction or he is killed by the powerful mining machines he invents.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Way to Neighbor
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran, Germany | 1977 | 1 min
A Way to Neighbor is a jingle created for the Oberhausen film festival. It has a simple setting and its characters are two pixilated actors. In the hallway leading to their apartments, the two men tip their hats to the sound of festive music. But when they shake hands, one of them finds he is still holding the ripped-off hand of his neighbour and disappears into his apartment.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Super Powers
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1987 | 12 min
This minimalistic film depicts events with far-reaching consequences that unfortunately we know only too well. Two neighbouring countries are portrayed as the plus and minus signs. At first, they only violate each other’s borders but this petty dispute eventually turns into a fierce fight which the director ingeniously portrays with limited visual elements and accompanies with original sounds.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Duty First
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran, Belgium | 1992 | 1 min
A fellow on the run passes various characters who seem to be the ones he is running towards, as they appear to be waiting for him. It turns out that there is nothing more important to a man than his specific duty and calling. In this case, it is unsticking a broken gramophone record. The repeating musical motif finally subsides, the melody finishes and the film can end.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
A Playground for Babousch
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1972 | 7 min
This poetic cut-out film builds on the humorous resemblance of a half moon and a balloon. A little boy’s balloon gets stuck in the half moon and neither the firefighters, the sultan on his flying carpet or the astronaut in his spaceship can set it free. Luckily, a wise turtle calls other animals for help and together they retrieve the balloon. But the moon is not what it used to be…
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Mad, Mad, Mad World
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1975 | 3 min
This lively and original black-and-white film builds on the premise that the inhabitable part of our planet is a many-headed monster with various limbs forming the known parts of the world and individual countries. They are fighting and consuming each other and, in the form of various animals, hunt smaller ones. A hen pecks small islands as seeds until it eventually seems to be the central mover of the Earth.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Human Beings
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 2011 | 11 min
At an assembly of world leaders, intelligent speeches and beautiful slogans about humanity, love, freedom and friendship are heard. But they turn out to be completely naïve. The film denounces international organizations that do no more than further escalate tense relations between nations only to meet their own dirty ambitions. But the symbolic animals from the flags of the individual countries eventually come up with a conciliatory conclusion.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Amir Hamza the Lover and Dancing Zebra
Noureddin Zarrinkelk | Iran | 1977 | 23 min
Prince Amir likes to hunt zebras. One day, a strange thing happens to him. He finds a zebra that he’s unable to catch and he cannot take his mind off it. It turns out it is a girl cursed by a demon that Amir has to outwit. This modern fairy-tale animated in captivating Persian style is full of strange situations and absurd humour.
Fr 06/05/2016
12.00-13.39
Světozor Cinema
Jury Programme: Chintis Lundgren
Unexpected Waltz
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2008 | 5 min
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
The Great Grey Shrike
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2009 | 7 min
The Great Grey Shrike is a strange story from the wilderness about the peculiar behaviour of the Great Grey Shrike, the common cuckoo, starlings and other birds. While starlings are social and like to a swig of something strong, the little bittern likes to frighten passers-by and the goldfinch is simply musical. The simple, “nervous” drawing perfectly resonates with a humorous take on the world of birds.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Egg
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
Another humorous “half-minute” from the beer commercial series “Birds and Beer.” The author has managed to find a way to portray the resourcefulness of birds - her favourite heroes - when it comes to drinking the hop manna. Ultimately the client did not approve the spots, so they were never used for commercial purposes.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Bats
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
As far as drinking beer, especially quality beer, is concerned, birds can be quite creative. This funny, made-to-order commercial from the “Birds and Beer” series still retains the author’s original artistic approach. Ultimately the client did not approve the spots, so they were never used for commercial purposes.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Pirate
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
The fourth spot from the “Birds and Beer” series pits a thirsty pirate against a beer-drinking bird. The author’s typical illustration is complemented by comic-book elements. Ultimately the client did not approve the spots, so they were never used for commercial purposes – that means they can be appreciated by festivalgoers rather than beer aficionados.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Volli Pall
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2010 | 12 min
Volli is an Estonian guide who takes tourists around his homeland and acquaints them with the quirkiness of his countrymen. One day he wakes up only to find himself in a world of weirdos and paranormal phenomena. In this film, Chintis Lundgren abandons her beloved birds and showed that she can animate human characters with equal beauty.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Cannibal
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
A rather morbid but again humorous clip from the “Birds and Beer” series that was never broadcast. In order to get good beer, a female bird doesn’t hesitate to resort to cannibalism. Ultimately the client did not approve the spots, so they were never used for commercial purposes, but it turns out they work pretty well as stand-alone animated anecdotes.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Dangerous Migration Route
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 2 min
Chintis Lundgren has made several spots for the Estonian Ornithological Society. This one-minute film depicts the dangers awaiting migrating birds. Unsuspecting, they set out to Africa, but how many will reach it? The sad thing is that it is mankind and its inconsiderate behaviour that puts obstacles in the birds’ way.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Birthday
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
This humorous spot with Lundgren’s typical artistic style and sense of humour and exaggeration was created to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Estonian Ornithological Society. It shows that birds themselves know best how to celebrate this anniversary and how to seize the birthday cake.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
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Birdwatching
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
Yet another spot for the Estonian Ornithological Society. This time, it focuses on birdwatching. It can be a very fun and educational activity – that is, when you actually see some fledglings. The author depicts birds as fond pranksters and their watcher as someone likely to be robbed and fooled.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Wind Park
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 1 min
Birds again are the main characters of another one of Lundgren’s spots for the Estonian Ornithological Society. This time, the author links absurd humour, exaggeration and horror while again using a comic book style. She manages to create an atmospheric mix of genres supported by a disturbing soundtrack.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
About the Hard Life of the Barn Swallow
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2011 | 6 min
The life of a barn swallow is not easy. There are a lot of dangers on the way back home from Africa, bigger birds are pesky and some people even want to eat it. The weather is not always nice and there is not always a tasty insect to eat. The film humorously depicts facts from the life of this migrating bird.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
I Love Your Face
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2012 | 4 min
Apart from her own films and commissioned commercials, Chintis Lundgren also makes music videos. One of them is for the song I Love Your Face. The main heroes are once again birds, this time posing as professional musicians. Their music accompanies the story of a neurotic bird… everything is supported by constant changes to the colour tone.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Animated Dreams 2012
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2012 | 1 min
Chintis Lundgren also animates festival jingles which, again, make use of her original style. Her clip for the Estonian international festival of animated film, Animated Dreams, once again stars her versatile bird protagonists. And while the birds are enthusiastically playing a concert, a frog wakes up in its bed and goes crazy.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Anilogue 2012
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2012 | 1 min
In 2012, Chintis Lundgren made a spot for the festival of animated films Anilogue. In this blurb, a man comes home to find a strange surprise waiting for him. Once again the director uses humour, light horror and exaggeration, casting a scary fledgling watching TV in the lead role.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Mysterious Swamp
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2013 | 3 min
One of Chintis Lundgren’s most mysterious horrors takes place in an Estonian swamp. A black stork sets out into this hostile and dark area unaware of what dangers lie ahead… Dark tones provide the film with the right atmosphere, but the author does not forget to ease it with humour.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Fox in the Boat
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2013 | 2 min
This commercial, made for the Annecy Dailymotion competition, introduces the Absinthe Rabbits, the stars of Lundgren’s series in development. They are sailing on a ship drinking their favourite beverage and singing when suddenly they see a fox’s tail in the water… and they can’t believe the things that can happen in stagnant waters.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Plastic
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2013 | 2 min
Another music video by Chintis Lundgren takes us back to the animal world again. While the musical birds are playing a concert observed by a cat, the fox gets a bit neurotic. This short video is a series of scenes in which the fox and the cat’s worlds intertwine. The music video was made for the Danish punk group with international members Cannon Birds.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Jäälind
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2014 | 5 min
After a young kingfisher falls out of its nest, it realises it will have to start living its own life. The film was again made for the Estonian Ornithological Society, this time to celebrate a year dedicated to kingfishers. Despite using humour, the film reflects important moments of the kingfisher’s life.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Musical Interlude with Manivald and the Absinthe Rabbits
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2015 | 1 min
The range of Chintis Lundgren’s work has recently gone beyond her artistic and commissioned work, and she has begun filming a series for young audiences called Manivald and the Absinthe Rabbits. But Lundgren hasn’t forgotten her sense of humour or the expressiveness of silent animal faces. This short music video, which for some may be reminiscent of Alexey Alexeev’s Log Jam, is one of the first teasers of the series.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Müürileht
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2015 | 1 min
The Absinthe Rabbits, who never miss an opportunity to drink their favourite beverage, also appear in this spot for the Estonian cultural newspaper Müürileht. The director created a short, light horror in which the frightened rabbits see a murderer approaching their home. The film ends with a fitting punch line.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
#merrychristmas
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia | 2015 | 2 min
This Christmas parody has the Absinthe Rabbits starring alongside foxes. But it is not only they who delight in Absinth, it’s mainly Santa Claus. He has just been through a very exhausting day… and he certainly looks like it. The film contrasts peaceful Christmas music with crazy visual spectacles.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Life with Herman H. Rott
Chintis Lundgren | Estonia, Denmark, Croatia | 2015 | 12 min
Chitnis Lundgren’s latest art film tells the story of Herman the rat who lives in a disorganised and chaotic household. One day though, a small and timid cat appears on his doorstep with its luggage. And thus begins a very peculiar relationship that gradually leads to catastrophe.
Sa 07/05/2016
16.00-17.02
Světozor Cinema
Jury Programme: Vera Neubauer
Cannon Fodder
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 1971 | 1 min
The debut film of tireless experimenter Vera Neubauer. This black and white “one-minute” is a cartoon comedy with serious overtones. Shot on 16mm film stock (which gives it a distinctly old finish), the film was funded by the British Royal College of Art.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
Animation for Live Action
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 1978 | 25 min
Childish scrawl, devilish cartoon figures and black-and-white photography compete to represent the woman in what’s been described as a literal battleground, with animator and animated fighting over the editing machine and fantasising about each other’s murder. Nothing is taken for granted, not even the authenticity of the animation.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
Wheel of Life
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 1996 | 16 min
A mix of live action and animation drawing on an Old Testament text to tell a tale of original sin and destinies controlled by the forces of nature and man. Images of creation and destruction, of pre-history and modernity, of love and hate and of life and death punctuate the narrative. The film won an award for its originality at the Trickfilm festival in Stuttgart.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
Woolly Wolf
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 2001 | 5 min
To make this trully non-traditional version of the popular fairy-tale Little Red Riding Hood, Vera Neubauer animated wool. The hard-boiled Little Red Riding Hood does not fall victim to the wolf, on the contrary. With this film, Czech native Vera Neubauer once again attracted the interest of the British professional public and won two prestigious BAFTA awards (Best Animation and Best Short Film).
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
The Last Circus
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 2004 | 23 min
Vera Neubauer animated wool in her next film as well in order to create characters and backgrounds while provocatively playing with fairy-tale (and other) stereotypes. In The Last Circus, legends, religion and real life events, all dance and summersault through the arena in an absurd, choreographed splendour, competing for time and space.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
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All Done and Dusted
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 2010 | 4 min
When Vera Neubauer moved out of her family home she had to go through her things and, as it often goes, get rid of some. And so came a time of reflection which gave birth to the story for her next film. The film is at the same time a surprising commemoration of the victims of concentration camps.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
Scarred Skies
Vera Neubauer | United Kingdom | 2014 | 4 min
Vera Neubauer’s recent, self-produced and self-edited experimental film balances on (or even beyond) the boundaries of video art. Scarred Skies documents the industrial pollution that, despite the harm it causes, creates visual delights and by association awakens a sense of desire and of loss in the onlooker who bothers to look upwards.
Th 05/05/2016
20.00-21.17
Světozor Cinema
Jury Programme: Rosto
Beheaded
Rosto | Netherlands | 2000 | 4 min
The boundaries between a dream – in this case more like a nightmare – and wakefulness, when everything is “as it should be”, are often unclear for little children, and their night terrors become a part of real life. A little boy tries to capture his strange dream and separate it from reality. But what if it’s impossible? In this dark film with a bright ending Rosto experiments with, among other things, the textual elements in the picture.
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
(the rise and fall of the legendary) Anglobilly Feverson
Rosto | Netherlands | 2001 | 10 min
Méliès meets Kerouac in a surrealistic road movie though the clouds. Instead of a hole in the head, Diddybob get a story about a hole in the sky. The legendary Anglobilly Feverson once flew off to leave his cursed life behind and see what it was like on the other side. His journey was long and arduous. He had to deal with the smallest and largest residents of the sky before he reached his destination...
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
Jona / Tomberry
Rosto | Netherlands | 2005 | 12 min
Rosto’s preferred setting for his gloomy films is a sort of a dark side of the world ruled by shadows and terror and inhabited by deformed characters. His films thus acquire an undefinable existential dimension. And that is the case with Jona/Tomberry where Borges and Murneau meet in a nightmare.
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
No place like home
Rosto | Netherlands | 2008 | 6 min
This atmospheric musical film is the first part of a short film series for the musical project Thee Wreckers. The film, combining animation and live action, deals with death and decay. The director uses shady scenes, weird characters with holes in their heads, dark colours, shadows and disturbing image movements to build a “Lynchian” horror atmosphere.
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
Lonely Bones
Rosto | Netherlands, France | 2013 | 10 min
This combined, horror-like film takes the viewers to a cold, black-and-white world. The protagonist of this psychedelic and significantly surreal work is a hunted man who is driven into a well. After the fall he wakes up in a strange world. Will he manage to get back? And if so, at what price?
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
Splintertime
Rosto | Netherlands, France, Belgium | 2014 | 10 min
“Shut up and come dance to the sound of shattering glass,” says the motto of the third film of the “Thee Wreckers” project. You will see a ghost band slumbering in an ambulance driven by a very peculiar nurse. This film confirms Rosto’s position as one of the most extravagant animators of today – not only in Holland but also internationally.
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
The Monster of Nix
Rosto | Netherlands, Belgium, France | 2011 | 30 min
Willy is looking for his grandmother who has mysteriously disappeared. He finds out that the fairy-tale town of Nix has turned into a scary place dominated by an omnivorous monster. The boy sets out on a journey to save his grandma, the town and all fairy tales. This musical, inspired by Tim Burton’s films, offers quality 3D animation. Two of the characters were voiced by director Terry Gilliam and singer Tom Waits.
Fr 06/05/2016
20.30-21.52
J. K. Tyl Theatre
Jury Programme: Ondřej Švadlena
Trick
Ondřej Švadlena | Czech Republic | 2006 | 4 min
“Disgusies, symbolic incompatibility of bodies, longing, promises, seduction, deception, pretence and taking advantage of others.” This black and white music video for Guillaume Blondeau‘s electronic composition follows two strange creatures in what appears to be an act of copulation. Their rounded orifices correspond to a hypnotic motif of a free fall through a spinning spiral. This visual element can be observed also with other characters created by the director.
We 04/05/2016
20.00-20.41
Světozor Cinema
Sanitkasan
Ondřej Švadlena | Czech Republic | 2007 | 8 min
In a complex embryonic environment combining organic and artificial elements, we follow a new embryo on its journey. It is soon revealed what exists inside it, how cyclical its processes are and how desperate its situation is. This computer-generated world is formally unique and extremely disturbing.
We 04/05/2016
20.00-20.41
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Mrdrchain
Ondřej Švadlena | France, Czech Republic | 2010 | 10 min
Composed of nothing but sheets of meat that are connected by arteries, a sad deformed figure roams a dark and obscure world. The reality is driven by mutual associations and a generous dose of physicality. You are in for a consuming dystopian experience!
We 04/05/2016
20.00-20.41
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Time Rodent (unfinished version)
Ondřej Švadlena | Czech Republic, France | 2016 | 15 min
“In a distant future where the night has devoured the day, the inhabitants of a mutating world feed exclusively on artificial light.” Ondřej Švadlena’s latest film again makes full use of the true creative capabilities of 3D computer animation.
We 04/05/2016
20.00-20.41
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not named game
Ondřej Švadlena | 2016 | 5 min
Partially building on the themes used in Time Rodent, this videogame enables the players to explore the world in a gameplay set a few months after the Earth was plunged into darkness. It emphasizes our dependency on power sources and explores the issues of civilizational injustice and migration.
We 04/05/2016
20.00-20.41
Světozor Cinema