The 5th International Animated Film Festival
ANIMATOR 2012
Awarded films:
GRAND PRIX – THE GOLDEN PEGASUS:
I saw mice burying a cat 2011 (5'35'')
Dmitry Geller (Russia / China)
The story begins romantically, continues as a farce, then turns
into a thriller, but ends up as a high tragedy.
I saw mice burying a cat 2011 (5'35'')
Dmitry Geller (Russia / China)
The story begins romantically, continues as a farce, then turns
into a thriller, but ends up as a high tragedy.
2nd AWARD – NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL INSTITUTE AWARD
– THE SILVER PEGASUS:
Tussilago 2010 (13'45'')
Jonas Odell (Sweden)
A West German terrorist Norbert Kocher was arrested in Stockholm.
We was leading a group that planned to kidnap Swedish
politician A.G.Leijon. One of the people arrested
was his ex-girlfriend – “A”. it’s her story…
– THE SILVER PEGASUS:
Tussilago 2010 (13'45'')
Jonas Odell (Sweden)
A West German terrorist Norbert Kocher was arrested in Stockholm.
We was leading a group that planned to kidnap Swedish
politician A.G.Leijon. One of the people arrested
was his ex-girlfriend – “A”. it’s her story…
3rd AWARD – THE BRONZE PEGASUS:
Here and the Great Elsewhere 2010 (14'24'')
Michèle Lemieux (Canada)
Lost in a reverie, a man reels with sudden piercing awareness of his own
state of being. He ponders over the world in which He lives – from the evolution
of life and the atomic particles that constitute master,
to the mystery of memory and enigma of death.
Here and the Great Elsewhere 2010 (14'24'')
Michèle Lemieux (Canada)
Lost in a reverie, a man reels with sudden piercing awareness of his own
state of being. He ponders over the world in which He lives – from the evolution
of life and the atomic particles that constitute master,
to the mystery of memory and enigma of death.
SPECIAL AWARD FOR MUSIC FILM:
Sunny Afternoon 2012 (6'50'')
Thomas Renoldner (Austria)
A self-portrait of a kind of an avant-garde film with a kind of music video
which poses questions about standard taboos and cliches of both genres.
Sunny Afternoon 2012 (6'50'')
Thomas Renoldner (Austria)
A self-portrait of a kind of an avant-garde film with a kind of music video
which poses questions about standard taboos and cliches of both genres.
THE POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION AWARD
FOR THE BEST POLISH SHORT FILM:
Paperbox 2011 (8'55'')
Zbigniew Czapla (Poland)
A desperate attempt to keep the memories, characters and situations
from the past. An impression on brittleness of memory,
inevitability of our death and destructive forces of nature.
FOR THE BEST POLISH SHORT FILM:
Paperbox 2011 (8'55'')
Zbigniew Czapla (Poland)
A desperate attempt to keep the memories, characters and situations
from the past. An impression on brittleness of memory,
inevitability of our death and destructive forces of nature.
THE AUDIENCE AWARD:
Rew Day 2012 (6'40'')
Svilen Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
The last day of a man's life is seen as on a videotape which is being rewound
to the moment he wakes up in the morning,
having no idea what lies ahead.
Rew Day 2012 (6'40'')
Svilen Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
The last day of a man's life is seen as on a videotape which is being rewound
to the moment he wakes up in the morning,
having no idea what lies ahead.
SPECIAL AWARD FOR FEATURE FILM:
Crulic – The Path to Beyond 2012 (6'40'')
Anca Damian (Romania / Poland)
The Romanian Claudiu Crulic died in 2008 under custody in Cracow
as a result of a hunger strike in protest against wrongful arrest.
He is a symbol of universal rebel, a desperate struggle
with the system and desire of freedom. His story is told
in an innovative form which embraces elements
of animation, documentary and fiction.
Crulic – The Path to Beyond 2012 (6'40'')
Anca Damian (Romania / Poland)
The Romanian Claudiu Crulic died in 2008 under custody in Cracow
as a result of a hunger strike in protest against wrongful arrest.
He is a symbol of universal rebel, a desperate struggle
with the system and desire of freedom. His story is told
in an innovative form which embraces elements
of animation, documentary and fiction.
