Best of Croatian Animation #2
05.09 – 15.30 – FLAGEY 5
06.09 – 21.30 – FLAGEY 5
In 2020, the ‘Travelling’ section takes you to discover Croatia ! To celebrate the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the BSFF dedicates a program to the Croatian animation which needs no introduction. Come and discover an inventive cinema thanks to a selection of the best animations of the last years made in Croatia.
Udahnut život (Imbued Life)
Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2019 - 10' - Color
A woman uses her talent for taxidermy to "return" the animals to their natural habitat. However, the true search for the answers begins when she starts finding a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals she treats. Her obsession drives her to seek the explanation of the connection she feels, haunting her dreams, as well as her waking moments.
Čoban (Choban)
Matija Pisačić
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2014 - 18'20'' - Color
Laika, a female dog, is kidnapped and then launched into outer space. Choban, her owner, starts the search and ends up in an underground city. Meanwhile, Laika travels to a planet inhabited by a mysterious black grandmother called Moira who tailors fate and bends time and space.
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves
Chintis Lundgren
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2019 - 18' - Color
Toomas, an exemplary office worker, has to support his family after losing his job, without telling his wife that he also works as a gigolo.
Tisuću (Thousand)
Danijel Žeželj
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2014 - 5'45'' - Color/B&W
Everything is grey. The sun has not risen for years. A legend circles the city: paint the sun a thousand times and it will rise again.
Dota
Petra Zlonoga
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2016 - 4'32'' - Color
An audiovisual weave in which an animated line represents the warp, while the female voice represents the filling. She who weaves and that what is woven intertwine through time.
Miramare
Michaela Müller
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2009 @en - 8'08'' - Color
A look into the life on the Mediterranean borders of Europe, where tourists try to relax and ‘illegal immigrants’ struggle. Breaking out of a strictly confined zone reserved for tourists, two Swiss children will learn very quickly that the reality that surrounds them is a far cry from a cushy life inside the camping site.
Kako se kalio celik (How Steel Was Tempered)
Igor Grubić
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2008 @en - 12' - Color
A father takes his son to an abandoned factory where he once worked. The building has long been reduced to a crumbling symbol of the new system. Nonetheless, the space will briefly be brought to life by recorded scenes of workers solidarity, inspiring a small gesture of defiance. That symbolic act will turn into a moment of catharsis and re-establish the relationship between the father and son.
Biciklisti (Cyclists)
Veljko Popovic
Pays Croatia
Genre Animation
2018 - 7'20'' - Color
During the final race of the cycling season, the two men in the lead are competing for more than the Grand Trophy: they are fighting for the affection of a lady.