VTISI / EMPREINTES / IMPRINTS
Jacques Drouin (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2004, 35mm, 6’03’’
Jacques Drouin nas potegne v nepozabno čutno doživetje. Na površje igličastega ekrana vtisne svoje želje in slutnje ter se požene v neposreden spopad s svojim najljubšim orodjem.
Jacques Drouin draws us into an unforgettable sensory experience. On the surface of the pinscreen he imprints his desires and his intuitions, hurling himself into a hand-to-hand tussle with his favourite instrument.
NOTA C / CNOTE
Chris Hinton (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2004, BetaSP, 6’55’’
Nota c predstavlja bohotno ustvarjalen spoj zvoka in slike, glasbe in animacije. Režiser Chris Hinton v tem mojstrskem opusu razpne svoj neznanski animatorski talent. Dinamika gibanja njegove vizualne umetnosti tu sinkopirano poplesuje z drznim glasbenim utripom originalne sodobne klasične kompozicije.
cNote is an exuberant creative synthesis of picture and sound, animation and music. Filmmaker Chris Hinton stretches his formidable animation skills in this masterful opus, where the dynamic movement of his visual art dances in syncopation with the bold musical strokes of an original modern classical composition.
HARMONIKA / ACCORDÉON / ACCORDION
Michèle Cournoyer (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2004, 35mm, 6’
Vrtoglave, neskončno spreminjajoče se podobe avtoričinega zadnjega dela razgaljajo njena najintimnejša čustva. Močno, mestoma zastrašujoče delo, polno črnega humorja, črpa svojo silovitost iz protislovja različnih človekovih teženj, govori o spolni privlačnosti in iskanju ljubezni.
The mind-bending, ever-changing images in animator Michèle Cournoyer’s latest work lay bare her innermost feelings. A powerful and at times disquieting piece steeped in black humour, Accordion draws its energy from the clash of our different urges and conveys sexual attraction and the search for love.
TATLINOV STOLP / TOWER BAWHER
Théodore Ushev (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2005, BetaSP, 3’46’’
Film je kot viharno potovanje po pokrajini ruskega konstruktivizma, gibanja, ki se mu avtor pokloni z naraščajočo močjo energične animacije. Konstruktivizem je nastal v duhu in dogajanju ruske revolucije leta 1917 in film kar prekipeva z vizualnimi aluzijami na umetnike te dobe (na Vertova, Stenberga, Rodčenka, Lissitskega in Popovo), ki so svojo umetnost razumeli kot umetnost v službi ljudstva.
Tower Bawher is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art, and filmmaker Théodore Ushev pays homage to the movement with cascading, energetic animation. Constructivism was born out of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and Tower Bawher is filled with visual references to artists of the era (including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova), who saw their art as being in the service of the people.
PRI GOSPE KOKOŠKI / AT HOME WITH MRS. HEN
Tali (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2006, 35mm, 7’52’’
Uboga gospa Kokoška! Njeno najstarejše pišče je razvajen otročaj, zmrduje se celo nad hrano, ki mu jo pripravi. Kokoška se odloči, da ga bo naučila kozjih molitvic.
Poor Mrs. Hen! Her oldest chick is a temperamental tyke. He even turns up his beak at the meals she serves. One day, she decides to teach him a lesson.
DANSKI PESNIK / THE DANISH POET
Torill Kove (NFB)
Kanada, Norveška/Canada, Norway, 2006, 35mm, 14’24’’
Je mogoče izslediti tok dogodkov vse do našega lastnega rojstva? Je naš obstoj zgolj naključje? So malenkosti pomembne?
Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?
TU IN TAM / ICI PAR ICI / HERE AND THERE
Obom (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2007, BetaSP (35mm), 9’
Otroštvo vas lahko precej zbega, še zlasti če skačete sem in tja med dvema kontinentoma. Režiserka nam razkriva podobe iz svojega družinskega albuma z očarljivo iskrenostjo in rahločutnim humorjem. Med podoživljanjem kaotičnosti svojega izkoreninjenega otroštva ponovno zariše poteze lastne negotove osebnosti in vzame življenje v svoje roke.
Childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you’re bouncing back and forth between two continents. With engaging candour and gentle humour, the director offers us images from her family album. Drawing on the bewildering events of her rootless early years, she redraws her uncertain identity and takes control of her life.
GOSPA TUTLI-PUTLI / MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2007, BetaSP (35mm), 17’14’’
Gospa Tutli-Putli se vkrca na nočni vlak, s seboj vlači vse svoje premoženje, pa še demone svoje preteklosti.
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the Night Train, weighed down by all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.
KRASULJČICA / ISABELLE AU BOIS DORMANT / SLEEPING BETTY
Claude Cloutier (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2007, BetaSP (35mm), 9’25’’
Krasuljčica spi globok komatozni spanec. Ko se kralj obrne na svoje podanike, naj prebudijo spečo princeso, se jih nekaj odzove: stric Henrik VIII. in teta Viktorija, pretirano čustven vesoljec, trendi čarovnica in postavni princ. Ta vrli dvojnik princa Charlesa mora zapustiti svoje kraljevsko predmestje, da bi rešil princesko. Pa bo poljub zadostoval?
Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. The king appeals to his subjects to wake the Princess, and they respond: Uncle Henri VIII, Aunt Victoria, an emotional alien, a cool witch and a handsome prince. This worthy Prince Charles lookalike has to leave his royal suburb to save the princess. But will Betty be wakened with just a kiss?
ASTMA / ASTHMA TECH
Jonathan Ng (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2006, BetaSP, 7’
Življenje otrok z astmo je polno prepovedi in odpovedovanja. Tudi deček v filmu velikokrat obsedi za mizo, ko njegovi prijatelji veselo odhitijo na dvorišče. Vso svojo jezo zlije na papir, in pod njegovimi prsti se nenadoma rodi super-junak, ki napravo za dihanje potrebuje za svoje nevarne pustolovščine.
Filmmaker Jonathan Ng turns the notion of “otherness” on its head in his animated film Asthma Tech. In this semi-autobiographical whimsy, young Winston is burdened by the hardships of chronic asthma and isn’t able to participate in the everyday activities of his peers and classmates.
O DEKLICI, KI JE SOVRAŽILA KNJIGE / THE GIRL WHO HATED BOOKS
Jo Meuris (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2006, BetaSP, 7’21’’
Polno stanovanje knjig in starši, ki berejo tudi po dve knjigi hkrati, so pri Meeni dosegli ravno nasproten učinek: Meena knjige sovraži. Do trenutka, ko iz vseh knjig v njeni sobi uidejo junaki in jih mora pospraviti nazaj v prave knjige.
Meena, whose name means “fish” in Sanskrit, doesn’t like to read. In fact, she hates anything to do with books and reading, which worries her parents, who love books to the point of being able to read three at a time. One day while searching for her kitten Max, Meena is introduced to the magical worlds within books, and nothing, as they say, is the same after that. Based on the book by Manjusha Pawagi.