Animafest Zagreb announces seven feature films in competition

Animafest Zagreb announces seven feature films in competition

The World Animation Film Festival - Animafest Zagreb 2022 revealed the official election in the Grand Competition - Feature Films category. This year's lineup features a series of seven layered and imaginative artwork titles, showcasing unforgettable stories and technical and artistic diversity.

Major Competitions - Feature Films 2022:

1970, Tomasz Wolski (Kijora Film / Poland / 2021) - Using historical telephone recordings brought back to life with stop-motion animation, Wolski's documentary unfolds as striking workers in Communist Poland protest against rising prices , while tensions in the halls of power increase and violent repression grows with the intensification of the revolt. (Trailer)

Beautiful

Belle, Mamoru Hosoda (Studio Chizu / Japan / 2021) - For years, shy high school student Suzu has been just a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a huge virtual world, she takes refuge in the online character of Belle, a beloved singer around the world. The arrival of a mysterious "beast" puts Suzu on an emotional quest to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone. (Trailer)

Dozens of Norths

Dozens of Norths, Koji Yamamura (Yamamura Animation, Miyu Productions / Japan, France / 2021) - Based on text and illustrations created in the wake of the Great Eastern Japan earthquake, Yamamura's debut film is a series of dialogue-free skits; fragmented memories and meditations on the absurdity and tragedy of human existence, illuminated by points of hope. (Trailer)

My Sunny Maad

My Sunny Maad, Michaela Pavlátová (Negativ, Sacrebleu Productions, BFILM / Czech Republic, France, Slovakia / 2021) - When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea of ​​the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor on the family he is about to join. (Trailer)

The Crossing

The Crossing, Florence Miailhe (Les Films de l'Arlequin, Balance Film, Maur Film, Xbo Films, ARTE France Cinéma / France, Germany, Czech Republic / 2021) - Suggestively animated in painting, the dramatic journey of two brothers fleeing an unspecified Eastern European country tells the story of the relentless search for a new home and a better life. (Trailer)

The Timekeepers of Eternity

The Timekeepers of Eternity, Aristotelis Maragkos (independent / Greece / 2021) - A Stephen King television film is compressed and transformed through hypnotic collage animation in black and white, which meticulously reconstructs and reshapes the supernatural drama with a haunting and profound effect. (Trailer)

Yaya and Lennie - The Walking Liberty

Yaya and Lennie - The Walking Liberty, Alessandro Rak (Mad Entertainment; Rai Cinema / Italy / 2022) - As The Institution emerges from the ruins of the world to restore order, two free spirits struggle to find their place in the world: Yaya, an intelligent teenager though rough, and Lennie, an eight foot tall man with a mental handicap. (Trailer)

Animafest Zagreb 2022 will be held June 6-11 in Croatia. animafest.hr

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