Animation | 15’ | Serbia | 2024

DIRECTOR Y SCREENWRITER: Lea Vidakovic

PREMIERE: Valencia

SYNOPSIS

“Every family has its own set of circumstances and problems that only its members can fully understand” Daisaku Ikeda

A quiet Sunday afternoon in the aristocratic, family home, just before the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Andras and his daughter Zsofia are caught by surprise when Andras’ brother Zoltan intrudes in the intimacy of their home, along with his big family. A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.

As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras’ unpredictable brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.

FESTIVALS :

  • Animafest Zagreb – Festival Mundial de Cine de Animación
  • CARTÓN – Festival Internacional de Cortos de Animación
  • Vienna Shorts
  • Anima The Bruxelles Animation Film Festival
  • Lebu International Film Festival (Cinelebu)
  • Hong Kong International Film Festival
  • Odense International Film Festival
  • PÖFF Shorts
  • Un Festival C’Est Trop Court – Festival Européen du Film Court de Nice
  • Festival Tous Courts
  • Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest
  • Rencontres du Cinéma Européen
  • DOK Leipzig
  • Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
  • Animocje International Animated Film Festival
  • Warsaw Animation Festival
  • Lublin Film Festival
  • International Animation Film Festival – Gdansk
  • International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIZENIA
  • CINANIMA – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação

BIO DIRECTOR

Lea Vidakovic is a multimedia artist, who works in the field of animated installations, expanded media practices and traditional puppet animation. She holds a BA/MA as graphic artist and painter (Academy of Arts, Zagreb); BA in animation (HVO, Norway); MA of audio-visual arts (Royal Academy of Art, Belgium) and a PhD in animation studies (NTU/ADM Singapore). Her research interests include fragmented narratives and storytelling approaches for animated installations, expanded cinema and storytelling. She has exhibited internationally on numerous solo and group exhibitions, on more than 200 animation festivals, and is a winner of several art and film awards. She took part in several art residencies, scientific conferences and animation festivals as a selector and jury member. She works as an assistant professor at Lusofona University in Lisbon.