Ukrainian filmmaker and writer Irina Hurvič directed dozens of beautiful and charming animated films, including the delightful stop-motion Hra, which uses scraps of cloth and yarn to craft a metaphorical tale about resilience. Pitting a creative needle against destructive scissors, it becomes clear that the violence of the scissors merely spurs on the needle to greater achievements, including a final collaboration that revels in the power of invention.
– Jennifer Lynde Barker
Also in this combined programme
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Button
Stop-motion brilliance transforms simple buttons, threads and cloth into playful patterns and games. -
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Skittish Brothers
Hermína Týrlová crafts a tender, cheerful film with animated yarn and simple objects. -
The Light Fantastic Picture Show
A jazzy experimental film that highlights how art is made with various animated methods. -
Voices
A vivid depiction of the relationship between animation and the transformation of individual perception. -
believe in it
Buoyant animated images soar across the artist’s notebooks like joyous thoughts in flight. -
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The Stitches Speak
An animated documentary about a community of artists who use Suf embroidery to tell their tales. -
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Lake Monsters
Alt-rock folk art: an embroidered music video for They Might Be Giant’s ‘Lake Monsters.’
Film details
- Country of production
- Ukrainian SSR
- Year
- 1985
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- Digital
