A program of the recent Croatian animation shorts during 1999 - 2006, presented by ASIFA-Croatia, compiled especially for International Animation Day.
November 3rd (Thu) 14:00 - 15:30
(1)IN DIVIDU
Directed by: Nicole Hewitt / 1999 / 7:05
Produced by: Zagreb Film
Deconstruction, decomposition and dislocation of alive and unalive.
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(2)PLASTICAT
Directed by: Simon B. Narath / 2003 / 9:30
Produced by: Kenges Night. City.
A pocket full of money. A begger in a busy street. Adds up to trouble, doesn't it? See how a casual walk down the street can turn a life upside down. Or downside up.
(3)EVERY DAY FOR ITSELF, NEVER TOGETHER
Directed by: Goran Trbuljak / 2002 / 7:00
Produced by: Zagreb Film
Inspired by a painting of the famous Croatian/German animator and painter Vlado Kristl, it speaks about two people seating in the cafe and drinking coffee. The real life, so different from what the newspaper say, is happening around them. But at the end we see that they are not real either ...
(4)COMPLEX PREMONITION
Directed by: Dusan Gacic / 2003 / 8:00
Produced by: Zagreb Film
It is an animated film that, through the obsession of the film's main character with the art of Kazimir Maljevic, tells us of a world in which a man and his surroundings lose their natural form and character, and all that is left is just a shell, a sign ...
(5)TRAIN
Directed by: Goran Stojnic / 2005 / 8:44
Produced by: Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb and Krakow
A study of reality and the relationship between real life and and abstract world.
(6)LITTLE HOUSE ON A TREE
Directed by: Darko Krec / 2005 / 6:30
Produced by: Ars Animata Studio
A story about loyalty and friendhip.
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(7)GIPSY SONG
Directed by: D. Medjurecan & M. Mestrovic / 2004 / 9:19
Produced by: Kreativni Sindikat
A film inspired by the dark ballad "Ciganjska" (1936) written by famous Croatian writer M. Krleza. Character's anxious inner worlds are brought to us in poetic way, evocative of German expressionism, telling about the future of an alienated and autodestructive civilisation.
(8)SOLDAT
Directed by: David Peros Bonnot / 2006 / 4:00
Produced by: Kenges
What happens when a monument of a soldier comes to life?
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(9)LEVIATHAN
Directed by: Simon B. Narath / 2006 / 15:00
Produced by: Kenges
Jerky but smiling characters from this short film will take the audience through this animated pageant inspired by a book by Thomas Hobbes called "The Leviathan" written in 1651.