ANIMATION FESTIVAL
 18.–20.5. 2023

Documentaries

These clever and insightful documentaries deals current topics.
Saturday 20.5. / at 13.30 / Kino K13. Duration 74 min. Buy your tickets here.

TaTaTa

Director: YiyangSun
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Year: 2021
Country: China

A documentary animation about Congenital Insensitivity to Pain, Chondropathy and Marfan syndrome.

THE HARBOURMASTER

Directors: Mia L. Henriksen & Konrad Hjemli
Technique: 2D drawn animation, mixed media
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Year: 2021
Country:  Norway

The Harbourmaster tells the true story of its titular swan, and of how he went from a beloved small town icon to a wanted criminal.

FREEDOM SWIMMER

Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 15 min
Year: 2021
Counry:  France, Australia

The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom.

I LIVED AT NIGHT

Directors: Paola de Sousa & Sonia Velvien
Technique: 3D
Duration: 6 min 42 sec
Year: 2022
Country: France

As I rather lived at night… in order to avoid social contacts during the day… well, I was generally in the dark and… as if there was only the light of the screens [more…]

ARMAT

Director: Elodie Dermange
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2023
Country: Switzerland

I decide to learn more about my family’s Armenian past, I speak with my father and uncle, I discover the story of my great-grandfather, Antoine, who finds himself an orphan and stateless and decides to flee the [more…]

BAROUDEUR

Director: Mauro Carraro
Technique: 3D
Duration: 8 min 22 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Switzerland

My old friend Walter has been living in his truck, Caronte, with his dog, Rogna, for eight years already. During an interview, he opens the doors of his 4 wheeled house to us and tells us his [more…]

ABOUT DAM AND HOFIT

Directors: Gali Blay & Leila Zelli
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 5 min
Year: 2022
Country: Canada, Germany

“About Dam and Hofit” is the story of the forbidden friendship between Dam, the tip of mount Damavand in Iran and Hofit, an air force plane from Israel. Their unexpected encounter dares them to reimagine [more…]

KARELIAN ALPHABET

Director: Daria Yurishcheva
Technique: Mixed media
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Russia

It is a short animated documentary about my Karelian granny. I have never seen her cause she died the year I was born. My film is an experimental video, imitating embroidery using traditional Karelian patterns.