Event description
The best short animation works from the Baltic and Nordic countries for your enjoyment. The programme presents carefully selected films from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany, competing for the Best Animated Short Film Award, which will be presented by an international jury. There was a man2023 / Poland / 1 min. 53 sec.A short story about a man, a member of a species that once inhabited the Earth. This story is as intriguing and unexpected as a bathroom renovation, as condensed as a cistern built into the wall, and as impenetrable as a valve in a sewer pipe.Director. 32 sec.At night, the ghosts of discarded bottles come to life in a park. They gather to dance and conjure up rain, which they drink deliciously. But the sun comes out and they eventually melt into dew. This is a fictional tale of nature inspired by Disney's animated musical Fantasia (1940) and the gentle, theatrical aesthetics of animator Jiří Trnka.Day of the Crab2023 / Poland, UK / 11 min. During a festival in a fishing community, a young boy must perform a ritual to kill a crab in order to become a man and win his father's approval.Directed by Ross StringerScript by: Aleksandra SykulakProducer: Bartosz Stanislawek Dodo2023 / Germany / 12 min. Dodo's dad is a big blue bird. One day he flew out of the window and didn't come back. Since then, Dodo has stopped growing.Director. 4 sec.Alone in the world, the last survivor walks through an empty city to find out what lies ahead.Director: Joanna ŻybulScreenwriter: Joanna ŻybulProducer: National Film School of Lodz Migration2023 / Latvia, Korea, UK / 1 min. 56 sec.A bird migrates to warmer climes.Director. A very short, three-act story.Director: Malgorzata RybakScreenplay by: Malgorzata RybakProducer: Malgorzata RybakThe Machine That Came from the Sea2023 / Poland, Switzerland / 10 min. 48 sec.Huddled together in a tiny, bendy car, six spunky and windswept friends drive to the Baltic Sea coast in Poland. Their car and their country fall apart on the way. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is intertwined with flashes of memories from the past.Director: Jadwiga KowalskaScreenplay by: Jadwiga KowalskaProducer: Jadwiga KowalskaProduction Company: Jadwiga Kowalska Animation & IllustrationMostly2023 / Latvia / 5 min. 16 sec.In a remote Latvian village, close and distant relatives and neighbours gather to celebrate the last important ritual of human life. The sequence of events and details reveals two overlapping eras.Director. 4 sec.Ula is a shy and unconfident teenager who loves to swim. She is a teenager who is a bit of a daredevil, but she is not happy with herself.During a routine workout, she gets involved in an unexpected adventure that helps her to mature, accept herself and see her body in a new light.Directed by Eglė DavidavičėScript written by Eglė DavidavičėProduced by Agnė Adomėnė, Delphine Schmit Production company.