/ CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN EUROPEAN ANIMATION
A tribute that aims to highlight the variety of expressive approaches and the range of creative concerns in the field of European animation. Pencils work together with 3D technology, play-dough joins forces with 2D styles, and markers, watercolors and all kinds of artistic tools gather together to embark on an exciting journey, where the only limit is the end of imagination.
The movies of the tribute:
Ύφεση / Bemol / Bémol
Oana Lacroix, Ελβετία / Switzerland, 6′, 2021
A featherless nightingale sings in the forest. Its lullaby puts the crying bear cub to sleep, calms down two fighting squirrels, and entertains a couple of swans in a nearby pond. One day, a storm breaks over the forest and the nightingale gets caught in it. It gets a cold and can't sing anymore.
Θα σκάσετε απ’ το κακό σας! / Don’t Blow it Up / Odpusť
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková, Τσεχία / Czech Republic, 8’, 2022
Two little girls are playing with a ball. But after a petty quarrel, they get angry with each other and take offense. Their umbrage makes them inflate like balloons, they fly all the way up to the clouds. Girls get stuck up there, with no idea how to get down and save their kitten stuck in the tree.
Πέτα / Fly / Vuela
Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado, Ισπανία / Spain, 15′, 2020
The story of a bird that has a deformed wing that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his flock, he sinks in despair. Everything changes the day Pio-Pio, a defenseless chick, appears.
Δεν φοβάμαι! / I’m Not Afraid! / Ich habe keine Angst!
Marita Mayer, Γερμανία-Νορβηγία /Germany-Norway, 8′, 2022
During a game of hide and seek Vanja leaves the bright living room and enters a dimly lit courtyard, which has far too many dark corners, weird shadows and strange noises. To overcome the fear, Vanja turns into a dangerous tiger!
Η Λουθ και ο Βράχος / Luce and the Rock / Luce und der Felsen
Britt Raes, Βέλγιο-Γαλλία-Ολλανδία / Belgium-France-Netherlands, 13′, 2022
One day, out of nowhere, a giant Rock lays in the middle of the peaceful little village where Luce lives. The villagers can’t even open the door to their houses anymore! Luce is angry: go away Rock, you don’t belong here! And why are you here anyway?
Η Ματίλντα και το εφεδρικό κεφάλι / Matilda and the Spare Head / Matilda ir atsarginė galva
Ignas Meilūnas, Λιθουανία / Lithuania, 14′, 2020
This is a story about a girl who wants to be the smartest person in the world. When all the things she’s learned can no longer fit in one head, her mother buys her a backup one. Two heads are better than one but Matilda soon becomes confused which head should she wear at what time and loses the second head shortly after. It is uncertain what would happen if not for a ball that accidentally flows in through her window. It changes Matilda forever.
The Queen of the Foxes
Marina Rosset, Ελβετία / Switzerland, 9′, 2022
In the hopes of making their queen smile again, the foxes descend on the city each night to rummage through the humans' trash, searching for all the love letters that were never sent.
Χαμόγελο/ Smile
Jonas Forsman, Σουηδία / Sweden,7′, 2021
GroM wakes up one morning to find that his mouth is stuck in a sour face. He, who wants to be happy and smile! His friend LobO comes visiting and together they embark on a journey to find GroM’s smile.
Ήχοι ανάμεσα στα στέμματα / Sound Between the Crowns / Zvuky spoza lúky
Filip Diviak, Τσεχία / Czech Republic, 15’, 2020
Ένας άστεγος μουσικός εκδιώκεται έξω από τα τείχη της πόλης, μόλις η βασίλισσα αντικρίζει το πρόσωπό του. Παρότι οι φρουροί καταστρέφουν το μουσικό του όργανο, αυτός βρίσκει την όρεξη να το ξαναφτιάξει.
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