The Age of the Barbarians
A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
A Cornucopia of Visions and Stories
Combined Programme
IFFR 2023
A treasure chest of restored shorts by three masters of Central and Eastern European animation, including experimental works and children's treats!
Combined Programme
IFFR 2023
In this combined programme
Bear of Happiness
When a village is in danger, the inhabitants set out to find the Bear of Happiness.
10'
Soviet Union
IFFR 2023
The Golden Sieve
Three stories-in-songs for children about the heavens above. A milestone in (Soviet) Latvian animation!
10'
Latvia
IFFR 2023
In My Pocket
A cornucopia of stories-in-songs for children, based on poems by famous (Soviet) Latvian literato Ojārs Vācietis.
10'
Soviet Union
IFFR 2023
Kontakty
Three fables about Havettová’s main theme: help and abuse. A masterpiece of pre-independence Slovak animation!
11'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2023
Kým sa ucho neodbije
Ironic yet forgiving look at human foibles and weakness, set to commentary of peasant proverbs.
11'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2023
Pieseň
Proto-music video set to duet by Helena Vondráčková and Waldemar Matuška. Pioneering work of pre-independence Slovak animation.
5'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2023
A Portrait from Our Century
An associative animation of photos and paintings, showing mankind’s history and the fortunes and misfortunes of life in a human face.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
The Year of 1812 (War and Peace)
An almost psychedelically luminous invocation of the Battle of Borodino set to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture (1880).
12'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
Programme IFFR 2023
Cinema Regained
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
Read more about this programmeThe Age of the Barbarians
A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
Amar Akbar Anthony
A song, dance, action, laughter and romance-packed Hindi spectacle as a paean to religious tolerance.
175'
India
IFFR 2023
Autobiography of a Princess
Little-seen teleplay on memory and displacement – perhaps the model for Ivory’s A Cooler Climate!
58'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023