The two Best of International Short Film programmes have been hand-picked from other international animation festivals, by the festival's administration. The total of 12 films represents some of the highlights of the international animation scene in the last couple of years.
Somehow the Best of International Short Film programme 1 reads like a fairy-tale in itself, self-proclaimed kings, smugglers, drugged authors and fighting forest spirits are all crucial elements of this programme. What more could you want?
The techniques stretch from good old stop-mo and multiplane to new and creepy ways to use 2D animation and it all ends up in a flashy and at the same time grotesque 3D animation. But it’s not as frightening as it all sounds, the programme has a good portion of humour, often very dark.
Age limit: 15
Once upon a time, there was a sea, the Aral Sea. The sea that has vanished. And along with the sea, seaside life and work disappeared. Only the dead desert terrain remained here, and wrecks of huge fishing boats lying in the sand and people who have been living on the shores of the dry port for years, dreaming of high water and longing to sail at least once again.
Joanna Kozuch graduated in fine art studies from the University of Arts, Poznan, and the University of Silesia, Katowice. Now, she is a teacher in the animation department at the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, where she finished her Ph.D. studies.
- Year2021
- Runtime16:40
- CountryPoland, Slovakia
- DirectorJoanna Slovak
- ProducerBFILM, ANIMA-POL, Telewizija Polska S.A., plackartnyj, EC1 Lodz, and RTVS
- AnimatorMarek Jasaň, Joanna Kozuch, Michaela Mašáňová, Agata Mikina, Marta Magnuska, Jolanta Dudzińska, Matej Babic, Michalina Musialik, Justyna Pazdan, & Janusz Martyn
The two Best of International Short Film programmes have been hand-picked from other international animation festivals, by the festival's administration. The total of 12 films represents some of the highlights of the international animation scene in the last couple of years.
Somehow the Best of International Short Film programme 1 reads like a fairy-tale in itself, self-proclaimed kings, smugglers, drugged authors and fighting forest spirits are all crucial elements of this programme. What more could you want?
The techniques stretch from good old stop-mo and multiplane to new and creepy ways to use 2D animation and it all ends up in a flashy and at the same time grotesque 3D animation. But it’s not as frightening as it all sounds, the programme has a good portion of humour, often very dark.
Age limit: 15
Once upon a time, there was a sea, the Aral Sea. The sea that has vanished. And along with the sea, seaside life and work disappeared. Only the dead desert terrain remained here, and wrecks of huge fishing boats lying in the sand and people who have been living on the shores of the dry port for years, dreaming of high water and longing to sail at least once again.
Joanna Kozuch graduated in fine art studies from the University of Arts, Poznan, and the University of Silesia, Katowice. Now, she is a teacher in the animation department at the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, where she finished her Ph.D. studies.
- Year2021
- Runtime16:40
- CountryPoland, Slovakia
- DirectorJoanna Slovak
- ProducerBFILM, ANIMA-POL, Telewizija Polska S.A., plackartnyj, EC1 Lodz, and RTVS
- AnimatorMarek Jasaň, Joanna Kozuch, Michaela Mašáňová, Agata Mikina, Marta Magnuska, Jolanta Dudzińska, Matej Babic, Michalina Musialik, Justyna Pazdan, & Janusz Martyn