The Black Horse of Animation 1/3

competition set of animations

95'

27.09 THU 16.30 Kino Światowid BUY TICKET

28.09 FRI 14.30 Katowice Miasto Ogrodów: sala 211 BUY TICKET

Gabriela Palicka

Animation curator at Ars Independent. She (still) studies at the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts. A graphic artist and illustrator; still without a clue who she'd like to be when she grows up.

The film “Lumberjack” (POL 2011 15′) will be played before the competition set. This screening is our way of honoring the memory of Paweł Dębski (who died this year), the winner of the Black Horse of Animation 2012 and a member of the festival jury in 2015.

CUBED

SGP 2017 4'

DIRECTED BY: Enge Xue
SCREENPLAY BY: Enge Xue
PRODUCED BY: School of ADM Nanyang Technological University

How does blind pursuit of unification end? Perhaps an abstract mind isn’t a flaw, but an advantage, while our attempts to fit in only lead to overwhelming, crushing boredom.

Matylda Badera

Enge Xue

An artist from Singapore, she’s interested in illustrating, storyboarding, as well as 2D and 3D animation.

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Flood

Flut

DEU 2018 10'

DIRECTED BY: Malte Stein
SCREENPLAY BY: Malte Stein
PRODUCED BY: Malte Stein

As the water level rises in the neighborhood, so does tension between mother and son. In their apartment isolated by a flood, the border between reality and nightmare becomes distressingly fluid.

Gaba Palicka

Malte Stein

Born in 1981. An animator, screenwriter and organizer of animation workshops for children.

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Travelogue Tel Aviv

CHE 2017 6'

DIRECTED BY: Samuel Patthey
SCREENPLAY BY: Samuel Patthey
PRODUCED BY: Jürgen Haas

We take a look into a student’s travel drawings. In Tel Aviv everything is alien and time seems denser. The protagonist opens up to a new reality. But there’s no time for reflection - only a quick note.

Barbara Adamus

Samuel Patthey

He studied 2D animation, now works freelance in Switzerland.

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Gusła or the Spirits

Gusła ou les Malins

FRA 2017 9'

DIRECTED BY: Adrienne Nowak
SCREENPLAY BY: Adrienne Nowak
PRODUCED BY: Ikki Films - Edwina Liard & Nidia Santiago

Adrienne visits her grandma in Poland. Here, every nook hides a ghost. But when sitting down with the family, pierogi and vodka in tow, there’s nothing to fear. Magic sneaks into the everyday reality and it’s hard to tell what to believe in anymore.

Barbara Adamus

Adrienne Nowak

Born in 1985, a Frenchwoman with a lifelong interest in animation. She studied it in France and the USA.

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The Northeast Kingdom

USA 2017 8'

DIRECTED BY: Alan Jennings
SCREENPLAY BY: Alan Jennings
PRODUCED BY: Alan Jennings

A small, tight-knit community lives enduring the vitriol of the local pastor. But a newcomer and his flock of sheep bring chaos. Meanwhile, a mythical guardian of the forest observes the situation and tries to bring peace to nature.

Barbara Adamus

Alan Jennings

An independent animator, he works and lives in Los Angeles.

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Death of a Father

IND 2017 11'

DIRECTED BY: Somnath Pal
SCREENPLAY BY: Somnath Pal
PRODUCED BY: Chaitanya Tamhane, Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films

Babu must take care of his father’s funeral and some unfinished business. However, bombastic religious and family rituals can’t hide the unpleasant banality of death - sad memories, awkward silence, emptiness and tiring postmortem bureaucracy.

Jacek Wandzel

Somnath Pal

Somnath Pal studied animation, then spent years working as an assistant director. “Death of a Father” is his directorial debut.

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Undercat

Desempregato

PRT 2017 5'

DIRECTED BY: Sara Marques, André Matos
SCREENPLAY BY: Sara Marques, André Matos
PRODUCED BY: Frederico Serra

An eye-pleasing animation about the struggles of Gen Yers. Which path will the kitten choose on his path to catulthood?

Agata Leżuch

Sara Marques, André Matos

A duo of young Portuguese animators.

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Stay in line, Don't get a spine

NOR 2018 2'

DIRECTED BY: Adrian Dalen
SCREENPLAY BY: Adrian Dalen
PRODUCED BY: Adrian Dalen

PSA from Norway: children, if you can, please do not get a spine or a nervous system. You risk real pain which one day might turn into crippling, existential pain.

Jacek Wandzel

Adrian Dalen

A 20-year old student, animator, director and illustrator.

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Cops & Robbers

Räuber & Gendarm

DEU 2017 9'

DIRECTED BY: Florian Maubach
SCREENPLAY BY: Florian Maubach
PRODUCED BY: Florian Maubach

An engaging portrait of adolescence - owing it not only to its intimate POV. The author paints a painful portrait of those entire days spent at playgrounds with good friends, bores, thugs, and girls who chose those thugs.

Jacek Wandzel

Florian Maubach

An illustrator and animator, member of the animation collective “Sticky Frames.”

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The Animals

EST 2017 6'

DIRECTED BY: Ester Sall,Ottomar Sukko
SCREENPLAY BY: Ester Sall,Ottomar Sukko
PRODUCED BY: Ester Sall,Ottomar Sukko

Nevermind the Beatles, here’s the Animals. The forest’s illegal logging beggins. Ferret, Badger and Peacock - not the brightest nor most diligent trio - try to stop it with the power of rock’n’roll in this charmingly slapstick puppet animation.

Jacek Wandzel

Ester Sall, Ottomar Sukko

Born in 1995. A duo of animators from the Estonian Academy of Arts.

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Hide nor hair

Szőrén-szálán

HUN 2017 3'

DIRECTED BY: Tamás Rebák
SCREENPLAY BY: Tamás Rebák
PRODUCED BY: Melinda Kiss

An animation based on a dream about a couple journeying deep into the jungle alongside a tiger. Bright colors and style complement its mounting melancholy.

Gaba Palicka

Tamás Rebák

A young animator and animation student at the Budapest Metropolitan University. A proud cat owner.

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Gabriela Palicka

Animation curator at Ars Independent. She (still) studies at the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts. A graphic artist and illustrator; still without a clue who she'd like to be when she grows up.