Papier-mâché marionettes, the passengers from Noah’s Ark and an astronaut who gives his genitals to a girl – The Ark opens an exuberant world in which the Bible and psychoanalysis are whipped into a heady mix. Animators Léon and Cocina elevated their talents to new heights (during courses at De Ateliers in the Netherlands) and in the process honour Athanasius Kircher, a seventeenth-century scientist/fantasist.
Also in this combined programme
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Restricted Sensation
Disturbing fiction recounts the systematic homophobia of the Soviet regime through the experience of an aspiring theatre director in Vilnius.
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Manque de preuves
Experimental, animated documentary tells the tragic tale of a Nigerian refugee who becomes entangled in European bureaucracy.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Chile, Netherlands
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 17"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
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