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
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
IFFR 2023
A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
Three stories-in-songs for children about the heavens above. A milestone in (Soviet) Latvian animation!
10'
Latvia
IFFR 2023
A cornucopia of stories-in-songs for children, based on poems by famous (Soviet) Latvian literato Ojārs Vācietis.
10'
Soviet Union
IFFR 2023
Three fables about Havettová’s main theme: help and abuse. A masterpiece of pre-independence Slovak animation!
11'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2023
Programme IFFR 2023
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
Read more about this programmeA gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
A song, dance, action, laughter and romance-packed Hindi spectacle as a paean to religious tolerance.
175'
India
IFFR 2023
Little-seen teleplay on memory and displacement – perhaps the model for Ivory’s A Cooler Climate!
58'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023