Bear of Happiness
Laimes lācis
When a village is in danger due to its inhabitants’ laziness, they set out to find the Bear of Happiness who’ll surely restore their good fortunes. Based on one part of Andrejs Upīts’ famous children’s novel Sūnu ciema zēni, which had already inspired several other (Soviet) Latvian artworks.
– Olaf Möller
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A Portrait from Our Century
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The Age of the Barbarians
A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation. -
The Year of 1812 (War and Peace)
An almost psychedelically luminous invocation of the Battle of Borodino set to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture (1880). -
Pieseň
Proto-music video set to duet by Helena Vondráčková and Waldemar Matuška. Pioneering work of pre-independence Slovak animation. -
Kým sa ucho neodbije
Ironic yet forgiving look at human foibles and weakness, set to commentary of peasant proverbs. -
Kontakty
Three fables about Havettová’s main theme: help and abuse. A masterpiece of pre-independence Slovak animation! -
The Golden Sieve
Three stories-in-songs for children about the heavens above. A milestone in (Soviet) Latvian animation! -
In My Pocket
A cornucopia of stories-in-songs for children, based on poems by famous (Soviet) Latvian literato Ojārs Vācietis.
Film details
- Country of production
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1985
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
