Simone Massi, Italy, 2004, Beta, 3'
“I go up to my ancestors back, then down, until home.”
Ivana Sebestova, Slovakia, 2005, 35mm, 6'30''
A true story about the origin of Leonardo da Vinci's La Gioconda. Florence, 1500 A.D.: A commedia dell'arte troupe performs a love story: Harlequin desires for Columbine but she loves a noble and mysterious painter – Leonardo da Vinci. As the story muddles up, nobody knows any longer what is the performance and what reality. Just Leonardo stays cool and transforms the emotional mess of the actors into master pieces.
Mahler, Austria, 2005, Beta, 5'
This park ain’ t no bed of roses.
Kolja Saksida, Slovenia, 2005, Beta, 6'
Koyaa, the main and only character in the film, lives alone on a hill in the Alpes. Because he is isolated from civilization, he makes up different tricks and activities to shorten his time and make it more colorful. The film contains four short episodes and in each one of them the character falls in a different comical situation.
Izabela Plucinska, Poland/Germany, 2005, 35mm, 9'30''
Theresa and Viktor, a middle aged couple, live in an appartment above a jazz club. They can't sleep at night because of the music coming from the club. Perhaps it is a welcome distraction from their mundane lives?
Igor čorič, Serbia and Monte Negro, Beta, 3'44''
Nature is beautiful, but not merciful.
Ferenc Cakó, Hungary, 2004, 35mm, 7'
Before going to a rendezvous, the hero of the film takes a bath, shaves, brushes his teeth and combs his hair. This can be a problem, if you are a character in a clay animation film. And then it isn’t even worth while.
Jelena Bešir, Serbia and Monte Negro, 2005, Beta, 8'
Love story.
Zoltán Szilágyi Varga, Hungary, 2004, Beta, 1'57''
There are many ways to “brighten up”. Most of them are complicated, but there are some simple ones among them. But what is brightening up? The film tries to answer this question while it shows one of the possible ways.
Brigitta Bödenauer, Austria, 2005, Beta, 2'
While most abstract films make use of monochrome and often digitally generated elements, Bödenauer drew her images with charcoal and pastels and then set them in motion: At first the picture condenses rapidly, accompanied by the rustling of Miguel Carvalhais’ soundtrack, then seems to gallop forward, driving and pulsing, along with a monotone ringing. Suddenly, a cut – tabula rasa: The screen turns almost completely white, the sound stops abruptly. And cautiously a new drawing of fragile lines takes shape.
Maria Miletič Dail, Slovenia, 2005, Beta, 7'
When did you last take a look and see what’s at the bottom of your garden? I mean a really good look? So come with us down to the cherry tree, get down on your hands and knees… Don’t breathe. Stay absolutely quiet…, look even closer and wait to see if anything moves. If you look hard enough – and if you believe hard enough – then before long you’re sure to see signs that the BeBuzz are about.
Václav Švankmajer, Czech Republic, 2005, 35mm, 25'
We can see a Town with an extensive Labyrinth. Day and Night alternate above the Town and Labyrinth, and the Sun and Moon revolve in a seemingly never – ending cycle. Suddenly the machine grinds to a halt and stops working. An endless night sets in... Our Hero enters the Labyrinth. He passes through its dark corridors, watched by Guards – at first sight immobile antique statues of women, which however come alive behind the Hero’s back. On his voyage into the heart of the Labyrinth the Hero passes through three tests
Vanja Matovič, Slovenia, 2005, Beta, 45''
Humorous short animation with two characters Errol and Flint, in its essence tells about shifty human nature when apparent looser becomes winner.