The 22nd edition of Animateka officially opens with a programme that introduces the esteemed members of our international jury, kicks off the festival retrospective, honours the memory of the recently deceased Phil Mulloy, and voices support for Palestinians with a screening of films made as part of the project To Gaza With Love: A Global Anijam.
Length: 55′
The Sound of Music / The Sound of Music
Phil Mulloy (Spectre Films for Channel 4)United Kingdom, 1993, 11'00''
By day Wolf cleans windows, by night he plays saxophone at the most decadent nightclub in town, but things get out of hand when the food runs out and the customers begin to eat anything they can. A world gone undeniably to hell.
Gazi z ljubeznijo: Globalni Anijam - A Boat to Palestine / To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam - A Boat to Palestine
Brane Solce (neodvisni)Slovenia, 2025, '30''
A boat comes to Palestine and transforms into a flag.
Gazi z ljubeznijo: Globalni Anijam - This Land is a Woman / To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam - This Land is a Woman
Joanna Quinn (neodvisni)United Kingdom, 2025, '52''
“My little film was inspired by the poem Hamza by the great Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan. I chose the part of her poem that compares and connects the mystery of the fertility of the Palestinian land to the mysterious power of its women.” Joanna Quinn
Tri teme / Three Moods
Alexandre Alexeïeff, Claire Parker (Les Films Roger Leenhardt)France, 1980, 6'50''
A non-narrative illustration of three musical themes from composer Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydło sings the slow movement of foliage and the majesty of a bull walking through the morning mist, while Promenade offers a visual escape on a virtual wall, where animals, characters and phantasmagorical creatures are projected. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle suggests an allegory of the labor of the animation filmmaker faced with the demands of his poorly paid work, and his precariousness. Piano music by Alfred Brendel.
Viharna noč / Stormy Night
Michèle Lemieux (NFB)Canada, 2003, 9'00''
In this short animation, a little girl wonders aloud about herself and the world while a storm rattles the night sky. The film, which explores thoughts of the universe without making concessions or providing answers, is based on Michèle Lemieux’s Gewitternacht, a children’s book first published in 1996 and translated into 13 languages.
Otrok brez ust / The Child with No Mouth
Pierre-Luc Granjon (Studio Corridor)France, 2003, 4'10''
An animated tale about how a child without a mouth manages to find a way to communicate with his new pet rabbit.
The Debutante / The Debutante
Elizabeth Hobbs (Animate Projects)United Kingdom, 2022, 8'07''
A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance held in her honour. Their plan requires a surprising amount of artistry and violence.
Krava v moji skodelici / My Milk Cup Cow
Yantong Zhu (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)Japan, 2014, 11'03''
A father tells his daughter Nunu a lie that there is a cow in her milk cup. She believes it and drinks up milk, but there isn't any cow. Nunu starts to wonder what else he may have made up.
Lapsus / Lapsus
Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZ Studio)Argentina, 2007, 3'30''
A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her world. Never underestimate the dark side.