10 representative Ukrainian animation shorts during 1996 - 2006. A program presented by KROK International Animation Festival.
October 24th (Wed) 17:00 - 18:30
(1) LA DERNIÈRE FEMME DE BARBE BLEUE / BLUE BEARD’S LAST WIFE
Directed by: Oleksandr Bubnov / 1996 / 13:00 / 35mm / Ukraine-France
The story about how Blue Beard, the well-known fairy tale anti-hero, meets Medusa Gorgona, his last wife.
(2) CAFEINA HUSHCHA / CAFÉ GROUNDS
Directed by: Oleksandra Ilmenska / 1998 / 6:00 / 35mm / Ukraine
Sometimes our secret dreams and desires acquire such a strength that they become weightier and more material than real life.
(3) NASTUPNIY / NEXT
Directed by: Anatolij Lavrenishin / 2003 / 4:00 / DVD / Ukraine
Life is funny thing. Don't forget about it in any situation.
(4) ISHOV TRAMVAY No.9 / THE TRAM #9 GOES
Directed by: Stepan Koval / 2002 / 10:00 / 35mm / Ukraine
The film about how we live. The fragment from our everyday life: a trip by tram.
(5) PYESA DLYA TRYOKH AKTORIV / THE PLAY FOR THREE ACTORS
Directed by: Oleksandr Shmyhun / 2004 / 10:00 / DVD / Ukraine
Life is a theatre, people are actors...
(6) KHOCHESH - BIZHY, KHOCHESH - KHOVAYSYA / YOU CAN RUN, YOU CAN HIDE
Directed by: Alyona Pedan / 2006 / 2:00 / DVD / Ukraine
A little cockroach is having a nightmare. It awakes& safe?
(7) KOLYSKOVA / LULLABY
Directed by: Oleh Tsurikov / 2006 / 5:00 / DVD / Ukraine
A music video about three mystical creatures who shear and frighten those who are still not asleep. However, they are threatened by someone too.
(8) BLUKAYUCHY POMIZH... / WANDERING BETWEEN...
Directed by: Anatolij Lavrenishin / 2005 / 10:00 / DVD / Ukraine
What surrounds us can happen to be not so real as we think of it. If we step aside everything might change, transform, or disappear& There are always chances to change everything.
(9) ZASYPLE SNIH DOROHY / SNOW WILL COVER ROADS
Directed by: Yevhen Syvokin / 2004 / 8:00 / 35mm / Ukraine
An old man is recalling his childhood.
(10) ZLYDNI
Directed by: Stepan Koval / 2005 / 12:00 / 35mm / Ukraine-Russsia
Zlydni are the names of the little gremlins that can bring bad luck if they live in your home. The film is based on an old Ukrainian fairy tale.