Much like in the real world, everything in the latest film by the classic of Czech hand-drawn animation has its dark side. The author elaborates on that quite literally as his film has two parts: an optimistic part taking place on one side of the paper and a pessimistic part taking place on the other.
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?
Film představuje vizi pochmurného města. Hlavní hrdina, Pan Pavouk je úředník pracující v obrovské kanceláři, dobrovolný otrok, člověk osamělý a ztracený v labyrintu ulic, chodeb a vlastní mysli nasáklé alkoholem. Avšak kdesi mnohem hlouběji, v místech, kde se rozum rozpadá a začínají sny, se otevírá nekonečný prostor, ve kterém září křehká síla…
Birds are flying. The Birds a garden. The garden inside. Inside a man. The man through the center. Coming through the center. A house coming. The house closed. Closed heavily. Raining heavily. The house is raining. The house a storm. The storm a shadow. The shadow a shadow. The shadow out. The garden out. The garden is flowing away. It is flowing silently. Silently open. The open house. The house is leaving. Leaving through the center. The man through the center. The man out. The garden out. The garden the birds. The birds are flying. The BA film of Ondřej Dolejší captures the advent of a storm, and gradually develops the atmosphere, employing minimalistic yet powerful devices.
The atmosphere and the story of the music video come directly from the pages of Kafka’s Castle and its comic book adaptation by Jaromír 99 and David Mairowitz. Geodesist K. Falls in love with a girl called Frída in a village at the end of the world. Their love is passionate but also dark and self-destructive...
The animated drama Entangled is an intriguing love story. The relationship of two lovers from the realm of plants is constantly prevented or endangered. The exciting film does not use words to tell the story, but rather uses a dramatic soundtrack. It is an excellent example of wire stop motion animation.
The film is based on the classical painting by Vincent van Gogh. The painter wanders through the landscape of his paintings a watches scenes from rural life. In the end he gets invited to a country house where he sees the potato eaters. The suggestive film honours van Gogh’s handwriting but shifts it to black and white.
After the success of their animation marathon, Kreus organised a second animator happening. This time, they have chosen the form of car racing. Twenty four animators took part and in shifts animated the Rallye – it bizarre racers – for three days. The city of Prague played its role once again.
