Animated Documentaries I

Animation has the power to put on the screen the situations and emotions which no camera can capture. This makes its combination with the documentary form a perfect medium to discuss sensitive issues. The programme of best animated documentaries of this festival season demonstrates that what seem as incompatible genres, when combined, produce an even more powerful result.

Deklica s hodnika / Girl in the Hallway

Directed by: Valerie Barnhart
Short synopsis:

A story from childhood and an indelible image continue to haunt Jamie many years later.

Richie

Directed by: Romane Granger
Short synopsis:

Richie, a joyful drinker, talks about the 2014 New Year's Eve he spent at the hospital. Between piping malfunctions and other scatophilic problems, he evokes his love for his daughter, his relationship to death and his desire for descendants.

Veliki val / La grande onda / The Big Wave

Directed by: Francesco Tortorella
Short synopsis:

Calabria. Mid-seventies. We are witnessing the entrepreneurial turning point of the most brutal and powerful criminal organization on the planet: the ‘Ndrangheta. The words of the journalist Giuseppe Fava introduce us to the twisted criminal plot that involves the mafia, institutions, banks and business groups. Through his daughter Adriana, we learn about the life and death of an ordinary man: the engineer Gennaro Musella, who tried to denounce that rotten system. Adriana embarks on an intricate journey in search of the truth about her father’s death.

Kids with Guns

Directed by: Sadko Hadžihasanović
Short synopsis:

Kids are on the street playing. In the end they are ready for war.

Meso / Carne / Flesh

Directed by: Camila Kater
Short synopsis:

Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the body, from childhood to old age.

Moj drugi sin / Mi otro hijo / My Other Son

Directed by: Gustavo Alonso
Short synopsis:

Sometimes children are like drawings, they do not come out as you imagined. This is Gusti's story. A father who goes through bewilderment and denial, to the most unconditional love for his new son, upon discovering that he has Down Syndrome.

Animated Documentaries I

Animation has the power to put on the screen the situations and emotions which no camera can capture. This makes its combination with the documentary form a perfect medium to discuss sensitive issues. The programme of best animated documentaries of this festival season demonstrates that what seem as incompatible genres, when combined, produce an even more powerful result.

Deklica s hodnika / Girl in the Hallway

Directed by: Valerie Barnhart
Short synopsis:

A story from childhood and an indelible image continue to haunt Jamie many years later.

Richie

Directed by: Romane Granger
Short synopsis:

Richie, a joyful drinker, talks about the 2014 New Year's Eve he spent at the hospital. Between piping malfunctions and other scatophilic problems, he evokes his love for his daughter, his relationship to death and his desire for descendants.

Veliki val / La grande onda / The Big Wave

Directed by: Francesco Tortorella
Short synopsis:

Calabria. Mid-seventies. We are witnessing the entrepreneurial turning point of the most brutal and powerful criminal organization on the planet: the ‘Ndrangheta. The words of the journalist Giuseppe Fava introduce us to the twisted criminal plot that involves the mafia, institutions, banks and business groups. Through his daughter Adriana, we learn about the life and death of an ordinary man: the engineer Gennaro Musella, who tried to denounce that rotten system. Adriana embarks on an intricate journey in search of the truth about her father’s death.

Kids with Guns

Directed by: Sadko Hadžihasanović
Short synopsis:

Kids are on the street playing. In the end they are ready for war.

Meso / Carne / Flesh

Directed by: Camila Kater
Short synopsis:

Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the body, from childhood to old age.

Moj drugi sin / Mi otro hijo / My Other Son

Directed by: Gustavo Alonso
Short synopsis:

Sometimes children are like drawings, they do not come out as you imagined. This is Gusti's story. A father who goes through bewilderment and denial, to the most unconditional love for his new son, upon discovering that he has Down Syndrome.