Animadok Film Retrospective

Intervju z Laure / Interview with Laure
Animated documentary trailer about Laure's story as a model.

Nekaj pomembnega / Something Important
The filmmaker's personal journey of self-discovery, woven as a tapestry of his memories. Liu uses an abstract montage style that combines hand-drawn elements with composited photo realistic scenes in tandem with music, to express his life experiences filtered through time and remembrance. The resulting film conveys a positive perspective that transforms psychologically difficult occurrences into a field of creative insights.

Upravljanje premoženja / Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates is a hand-drawn animated documentary satire adapted from a conversation overheard in a Santa Monica restaurant in 2011. Four lawyers engage in a bantering dinner conversation that quickly devolves into a grotesque and brutal comedy of cruelty and hypocrisy.

I Love Hooligans
A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity. A story of unconditional love.

Stems
A very short short film about making puppet making make music. Featuring the music of Poppy Ackroyd.

Zakrpaš in se znajdeš / Mend and Make Do
Cup of tea? Come and take a seat in Lyn's cosy front room, hear her story of wartime love and watch as her belongings come alive with the hope, fear and humour of one spirited lady. A blend of documentary, animation and magic.

Hrana / Food
Food is an animated short documentary that brings attention to food, the way we see it, the way we eat it and the way we think about it. Through interviews with a wide variety of eaters from around the world, the film raises many substantial issues about the environment and modern life. The consequences that food preferences have on the environment, the loss of the relationship with the earth, the often unsustainable methods of food production, the contrast between search for pleasure and responsible choices.

Daphné, prelepa rastlina /Daphné ou la belle plante
As any pretty plant, Daphné buds, opens, fills with fragrance and loses leaves. But it never allows itself to be picked.

Abdullah
Abdullah is growing up as the son of a migrant family. Being part of the music scene he starts increasing his consumption of marijuana until he faces a psychosis. At the hospital he experiences recognition from a psychologist who supports his return to normal life. Today Abdullah sells eyeglasses and wants to help people become visible.

Emil
If stuttering were allowed, I’d stutter loud and proud. I I I I’m Emil an an an an an and I stutter. I st st st st st st st stutter.

Obžalujem / Bánom azt / I Regret That
Eight people, with different ages and different social statuses are sunbathing on a nudist beach and talking about different topics, which become more and more personal and unpleasant. The dialogues are all true reports.

Dogovor / The Deal
A short animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikołaj Smyk’s diary - the author’s grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authentic headscarf, Polish and Russian books, the copy of Mikołaj Smyk’s diary and photographs help situate the story in its original environment and express the atmosphere of the times.