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25 YEARS IN SLOVAC ANIMATION
Updated: 16-02-2019 23:44
Explore Slovak animation with a special selection 25 Years in Slovak Animation!
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary years of Slovakia’s independence, Slovak Film Institute and International Animation Festival Fest Anča prepared the compilation 25 Years in Slovak Animation, presenting widely recognized and renowned Slovak animated shorts made since 1993. The selected shorts introduce various precedencies, milestones and distinguish authors who have formed Slovak contemporary animation. Titles demonstrate literacy, technical prowess, thematic maturity and inventiveness of their authors. Slovak animation has gone through uneasy times since 1993. Drastic institutional changes right after the declaration of indepedence caused stagnation in Slovak animation that affected the whole community of animation filmmakers. The establishment of Department of Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts averted the risk of its total disappearance of Slovak animation. From this vague period arose a new generation of Slovak animators. At that time an important part for the growth of animation was represented by commissioned work on animated music videos.
More about the Academy and it’s Department of Animation
While Film and TV Faculty’s tradition is more than sixty years old, its Deparment of Animation was established only in 1993 (three years after the Faculty of Film and Television establishment as an independent body). Films of the graduates, characterized by strong autarchic visuality, have been seen with great success and recognition at many representative international events (Annecy, Los Angeles, Moscow, Stuttgart, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and many more). Among the winners of world prestigious awards for animators are names such as: Katarina Kerekesova, Vanda Raymanova, Ivana Laucikova, Michal Struss, Michaela Copikova, Peter Budinsky, Martin Snopek, Vlado Kral, Boris Simaor Martina Mikusova. During the last 25 years Department of Animation educated more than 80 graduates who are currently working in the professional field, have their own production companies and help educate next generations of filmmakers.
The Faculty of Film and Television has been founded in 1990 as the youngest of the three faculties of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. With more than 150 films produced every year, ranging from short exercises to medium-length films, it is the most important film school in Slovakia. The faculty offers ten academic specializations: scriptwriting, fiction film directing, documentary film directing, editing, cinematography, animation, sound design, production and management, audiovisual studies and visual effects. We encourage experimentation and research in artistic creation and help our students to adapt to the professional needs of contemporary audiovisual and multimedia arts.
The movies (70')
01. STEPS, JUMPS, YEARS... AND THE LAST ONE TURN THE LIGHTS OFF / Kroky, skoky, roky… a posledný zhasne, 5’
Slovakia, 1995
Directed by Katarína Kerekesová, Vanda Raýmanová, Michal Struss, Karol Holubčík, Maroš Končok, Vlado Král, Martina Matlovičová, Matej Klade, Martin Snopek
Screenplay:
Animation:
Technique: Hand drawing animation
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: No
A collection of first animation exercises by students of newly established Atelier of Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava.
02. DOUBLE VOICE INVENTION A-MINOR / Dvojhlasná Invencia a-mol, 2’
Slovakia, 1998
Directed by Vladimír Král
Screenplay: Vladimír Král
Animation:
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: No
The chase of the redhood and the wolf, with the sad end. Masters degree filmy by one of the first students of Atelier of Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava.
03. IN THE BOX / V kocke, 6’
Slovakia, 1999
Directed by Michal Struss
Screenplay: Michal Struss
Animation: Marcel Janovský, Michal Struss
Technique: Puppet, Stop-motion animation
Music: Michal Kaščák
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: No
A character is inside a cubical room; there is a hole in the roof, which is too high to reach. Short film about being trapped in space. Among other awards In the Box received the Student Oscar awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
04. LIONARDO MIO / Lionardo Mio, 7’
Slovakia, 2004
Directed by Ivana Šebestová
Screenplay: Ivana Šebestová
Animation: Ivana Šebestová
Technique: Shadow, Cut-out animation
Music: Marek Piaček
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: Yes
Florence, 1500 A. C. A theatre company performs a love story à la commedia dell’arte: Harlequin desires Columbine, but she loves a noble and mysterious painter Leonardo da Vinci. The story gets tangled, nobody knows anymore what fiction is and what reality. Only Leonardo keeps his head cool and makes use of the emotional disorder to create his masterpieces.
05. VILIAM / Viliam, 7’
Slovakia, 2009
Directed by Veronika Obertová
Screenplay: Peter Minár
Animation: Veronika Obertová, Michaela Čopíková
Technique: 2D, Cut-out animation
Music: Martin Hasák
Production: Ové Pictures
Dialogues: No
The story is about two Siamese twins fighting each other in the boxers’ ring. “Thanks” to their disability they are sharing professional and private life, both from the different social side. The story is coming to the head when the smaller from the brothers tries to win a common fight. However, situation present that one part cannot be without another part.
06. TWINS / tWins, 6’
Slovakia, 2011
Directed by Peter Budinský
Screenplay: Patrik Pašš
Animation: Peter Budinský
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Peter Kudlička
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: No
Siamese twins fight it out in the boxing ring but the competition really heats up when it’s time for bed.
07. LAST BUS / Posledný autobus, 15’
Slovakia, 2011
Directed by Martin Snopek, Ivana Laučíková
Screenplay: Patrik Pašš, Martin Snopek
Animation:
Technique: Mixed media animation
Music: Jakub Ursíny
Production: Feel me film (Ivana Laučíková)
Dialogues: No
It’s the start of the hunting season. The animals of the forest board a small bus and flee to safety. When hunters stop the bus in the middle of the night, its passengers reveal their true natures in fear for their lives.
08. PANDAS / Pandy, 11’
Slovakia / Czech Republic, 2012
Directed by Matúš Vizár
Screenplay: Matúš Vizár
Animation: Dan Stanchev, Dalibor Kristek, Marek Pokorný, Adrian Hantát
Technique:
Music: Adam Matej (a.k.a. Ink Midget)
Production: BFILM (Peter Badač, Tomáš Hrubý)
Dialogues: No
They are the product of millions of generations before them and yet they're left all alone in the forest to fend for themselves. One day an all to active primate, the human being, finds them and they quickly become a pond in man's games.
09. COWBOYLAND / Kovbojsko, 5’
Slovakia, 2015
Directed by Dávid Štumpf
Screenplay: Dávid Štumpf
Animation:
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Boris Berlanský, Larisa Krivosceková
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Dialogues: No
According to the justice of the Wild West, thieves must be punished. But when the sheriff's horse breaks, and there is no-one to oversee justice, it's hard to forecast if justice stays justice.
10. SPIRIT OF THE CITY / Duch mesta, 4’
Slovakia, 2015
Directed by Veronika Kocourková, Andrej Kolenčík
Screenplay: Veronika Kocourková, Andrej Kolenčík
Animation: Veronika Kocourková, Andrej Kolenčík
Technique: 3D computer animation
Music: Jana Kirschner
Production: Veronika Kocourková, Andrej Kolenčík
Dialogues: Lyrics
Pixel-art music video clip about the city and the life in it.
11. JOURNEY, 8’ 40’’
Slovakia, 2017
Directed by Marek Jasaň
Screenplay: Marek Jasaň
Animation: Marek Jasaň, Matej Babic
Technique: Hand drawing, Cut-out, Puppet Stop-Motion, 3D Computer animation
Music: Vlado Šarišský
Production: Artichoke, VŠMU FTF, People Animation
Dialogues: No
A man discovers that he is able to enter other people’s minds, explore their inner world and take their dreams and desires to put them in his head.
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