Kým sa ucho neodbije
An ironic yet always forgiving look at human foibles and weakness, set to a commentary of peasant proverbs. This path-breaking animation is anchored in the image narratives found on Habaner faience ware – ceramic art created by a persecuted Anabaptist community, whose imagery and craft over time merged with Slovakian folk culture.
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Bear of Happiness
When a village is in danger, the inhabitants set out to find the Bear of Happiness.
Film details
- Country of production
- Czechoslovakia
- Year
- 1971
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
