Alongside a selection of films by this year’s artist-in-residence Pierre-Luc Granjon, who is joining us from France, the strand features films by the British artist Lizzy Hobbs, Canadian illustrator and animator Michèle Lemieux, Argentinian filmmaker Juan Pablo Zaramella, and a programme of films by Chinese women filmmakers selected by Yantong Zhu, Festival Director of the Feinaki Beijing Animation Week.
Lenght: 75′
Tu in veliki drugod / Here and the Great Elsewhere
Michèle Lemieux (National Film Board of Canada)Canada, 2012, 14'42''
This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe. Through four tableaux that explore her character’s thoughts, filmmaker Michèle Lemieux takes a look at the profound reflections of this everyman, whose questions are part of humanity’s eternal quest for meaning.
Cesar / The Emperor
Elizabeth Hobbs (Red Kite Animation)United Kingdom, 2001, 4'20''
Comic colour capers as we learn the tabloid tale of Bonaparte and his not-so bony part. A sensual wash from Waterloo to auctioneers as his pickled portion goes under the hammer. History was never this persuasive. History was never this.
Čarovnice / The Witches
Elizabeth Hobbs (Red Kite Productions for Cineworks)United Kingdom, 2002, 6'30''
In 1590, the reigning monarch King James VI of Scotland was in danger of being toppled from his throne; due to the blight of witchcraft. In North Berwick, three fishwives – Margaret, Ina and Sandra – have good reason to believe that they might be targets of the King’s witch hunt and so set about devising a plan to save themselves from the fearful witch-dooking apparatus.
Resnična zgodba Sawneyja Beana / The True Story of Sawney Beane
Elizabeth Hobbs (National Film Board of Canada, Red Kite Productions)United Kingdom, Canada, 2005, 10'38''
In 16th-century Scotland, young Sawney Beane yearns to itch and scratch and buccaneer. So he bids farewell to his parents and their life of honest toil. The True Story of Sawney Beane reveals what really happened to the infamous Scottish cannibal. Not only was he the vilest felon in the kingdom of King James VI, he was also a son, beloved of Betty.
Cesarski provizor Frombald / Imperial Provisor Frombald
Elizabeth Hobbs (Animate Projects for Random Acts)United Kingdom, 2013, 4'20''
The true story of the first documented testimony of the exhumation of a suspected vampire, in Serbia, in 1725.
G-AAAH / G-AAAH
Elizabeth Hobbs (neodvisni)United Kingdom, 2016, 1'25''
Amy Johnson worked as a typist for a firm of solicitors before her record-breaking solo flight from Croydon to Darwin, Australia in 1930. This animated film is a celebration of Amy Johnson and her journey. The number plate of her aeroplane was G-AAAH and the plane can still be seen in the Science Museum in London.
Mala dogodivščina / A Little Adventure
Pierre-Luc Granjon (Folimage)France, 2001, 5'39''
Perched on the top of a wall, a child who lives in the depths of a large forest observes people passing by on the sidewalk below. At the end of the day he heads home, smiling. He has his own very personal interpretation of his observations from high up on the wall.
Grad drugih otrok / The Other Kids' Castle
Pierre-Luc Granjon (Folimage)France, 2003, 5'38''
A group of pupils visits an immense castle. One of the children lingers a few seconds in front of a statue and gets split off from the rest of the group.
Izziv smrti / The Challenge to Death
Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZ Studio)Argentina, 2001, 3'30''
For the very first time in front of a camera, Fahaki Ayunanda introduces his whole body into a blender and assures that he will remain alive even after turning it on.
Stvar je taka / The Way Things Are
Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZ Studio)Argentina, 2018, 2'00''
Everyday objects have their own lives and personalities. This series opens a new universe to the audience that is very similar to the one we know.
Potovanje na Mars / Journey to Mars
Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZ Studio)Argentina, 2004, 16'08''
In the mid 60's, Antonio is 5 years old. He is fascinated by a TV serial about Mars, and one day he tells his grandfather that he would love to travel to Mars when he grows up. To his amazement, his grandfather offers to take him there with his tow truck.