Mediawave Film & Music Festival @ StopTrik 2023. Mechanisms of control

Wednesday, 27. 9. 2023 at 10.30 / Vetrinj mansion, big hall

Curated and introduced by Gyopár-Orsolya Búzási and Balázs Kristóf Németh
Presented by MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering (Kiscsősz, Hungary)

We bring you a selection of animated films from the competition programme of the 33. years old Mediawave Film Festival in recent years, with the thematic motto "Mechanism of control", but we have tried to interpret it in a broad sense. You will see films with a variety of approaches and techniques.

Organized with the support of Liszt Institute Ljubljana.

Trigger warnings: photosensitivity, nudity, drugs, alcohol

Bagatelle
Csáki László (Umbrella.tv)
2021, Hungary, 2’

A short semi-animated experimental film about the ups and downs of nose-blowing and probably life itself. Csáki's latest animation tests of various techniques and his Super8 recordings are compiled as a found footage film, which might reflect the COVID-19 pandemic as well. An adaptation of the poem 'Bagatelle' by George Petri.

Director, Writer: László Csáki // DOP: Horváth Árpád // Producers: Miklós Kázmér, Ádám Felszeghy, Péter Juhász // Key Cast: Zsófi Szekeres

László Csáki was born on November 13, 1977 in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. He is a director and writer, known for Tincity (2010), Az ifjúság megnyugtat (2002) and A hangya és a tücsök (2007).

Penelope
Heta Jäälinoja (Estonian Academy of Arts)
2016, Estonia, Finland, 4’08’’

Doorbell rings. Someone is at the door. But everything is a mess.

Heta Jäälinoja: “I like to feel things move. I’m interested in rhythm and choreography in both animated drawings a well as real life. And to tell a good story. I like to collaborate with other art forms, such as theatre and documentary film. Sometimes I escape the digital world to printmaking, which is slow and hard and has a different kind of magic in it. I’m a lousy but very happy dancer. I teach drawing animation in Estonian Academy of Arts in Estonia, and in Aalto University & Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki.”

Oh, Mother / O matko
Paulina Ziółkowska (Fumi Studio, Film School in Lodz)
2017, Poland, 11’45’’

Mother and son are changing places and roles constantly: once, the mother is an adult, sometimes the son matures and takes care of a suddenly childish mother. The arrangement works fine, until the boy decides to escape from under the skirt.

Music : Tomasz Opałka / Sound: Piotr Majeran / Animation : Paulina Ziółkowska, Artur Hanaj, Barbara Rupik, Aleksandra Kucwaj, Zofia Skórka, Karolina Specht, Beata Strzelecka, Aleksandra Wit, Wojciech Wojtkowski / Coloring: Paulina Ziółkowska, Anna Ziółkowska- Belter / Editing : Wojciech Janas / Animatic: Gabriel Herrera Torres / Artistic supervisor: Marek Skrobecki

Paulina Ziółkowska is a polish film director, 2D Animator and illustrator. She studied animation at Lodz Film School in Poland and at Filmuniversity Babelsberg. Her debut film “Oh Mother!”(2017) was screened in many festivals worldwide, won many prizes. Her next film “Bless you!”(2018) amongst others has won a special mention at 68th Berlinale and a special mention at AnimaFest in Zagreb. Her films have been shown at festivals like: Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy, Melbourne IFF, Ottawa IAF, Stuttgart, BOGOSHORTS. She took part in Fontevraud residency and TAIS residency in Toronto. // I am an animation director and illustrator based in Berlin/Mexico City. Always looking for new cooperations with other filmmakers and animation studios. I work as creative director, scriptwriter, animator, motion designer, compositing artist, storyboard artist and concept artist.

Travelogue Tel Aviv
Samuel Patthey (HSLU Design & Kunst)
2017, Switzerland, 6’02’’

A young art student from Switzerland arrives for six months in Tel Aviv. Through drawing he will learn to analyze, understand and free himself from this contrasted environment.

Directed: Patthey Samuel // Animation: Patthey Samuel, Wirth Claudia, Moser Valentine, Oehen Hannes, Gattlen Estelle, Mueller Alice // Compositing: Patthey Samuel, Oehen Hannes // Music: Gobet Julien, Overney Patrick // Foleys: Hebben Dieter // Sounddesign: Winiger Nina, Steinmann Christof, Patthey Samuel // Sound Editing: Winiger Nina, Steinmann Christof // Mentor: Chalet Francois // Technical Support: First Jean // Assitant: Hunziker Lea // Secretariat: Ganassi Bettina // Funding: AKL / Braunschweig Arthur // Executive Producer: Gockell Gerd // Production: HSLU Design & Kunst / BA Animation Jürgen Haas // Co-production: SRF / Bloch Steinmann Gabriela

Samuel Patthey: “As an animation film director, illustrator and graphic designer, I like to experiment many different artistic approaches and technics. Mainly influenced by the Art Brut movement, I try to work as intuitively as possible, to get to the essential. // Born in Berlin in 1993 as the son of an architect and a painter, I spent a lively childhood immersed in art, culture and creativity. Accordingly, I started to study 2D Animation at the HSLU Design und Kunst Lucerne, Switzerland. 2016, I made an exchange semester in Tel Aviv, what has been an enduring source of inspiration. I graduated a year later. Since I work as a freelancer in Switzerland.”

Bye Little Block! / Pá kis panelom!
Éva Darabos (MOME)
2020, Hungary, 9’

Young woman’s teardrop of farewell grows into a concrete monolith. When the drop hits the ground a surreal panorama of the blockhouse area - she used to call home - unfolds…

Éva Darabos was born and grew up in Budapest and fell in love with drawing and filmmaking in her late teens. She was admitted to Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design's (MOME) animation department in 2013 where she finished her BA degree then continued her studies on the MA programme. During her studies she spent an Erasmus semester in Turku, Finland at TUAS’s animation department. Besides developing her film ideas she works as a freelancer animation artist. Bye Little Block! (2020) is her graduation film.

Selfies
Claudius Gentinetta (gentinettafilm)
2018, Switzerland, 4 min

In a veritable firework display of digital self-portraits, hundreds of quaint, embarrassing and dread-fully disturbing selfies were arranged in a unique short film composition.

animation: Cécile Brun, Arzu Saglam, Claudius Gentinetta // sound design and music: Peter Bräker // lap steel guitar: Claude Kaiser // consulting: Marcel Ramsay, Rafael Sommerhalder, Michael Frei, Karin Schwarzbek // graphic design: Alberto Vieceli // sound endmix: Florian Eidenbenz Magnetix // production: gentinettafilm // co-production: SRG SSR // redaktion: Gabriela Bloch Steinmann

Claudius Gentinetta was born in 1968 in Lucerne. Studied graphic design and animation in Lucerne, Liverpool and Kassel. 1995 scholarship year in Cracow. Working as freelance graphic artist and animator in Zurich. // filmography: 1987 Hungry (16mm) / 1990 Life (16mm) / 1990 40 Messerstiche (16mm) / 1992 Wohlstandskühe (35mm) / 1997 Amok (35mm) / 2004 Poldek (35mm) / 2008 Die Seilbahn/the Cable Car (35mm) / 2010 Schlaf/Sleep (35mm) / 2015 Islander‘rest (DCP) / 2018 Selfies (DCP)

300G/M2
Kamila Kučíková (Estonian Academy of Arts, Your Dreams Factory)
2018, Estonia, Slovakia, 5’33’’

A monodrama of a white-white paper.

Kamila Kucikova studied animation at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where she directed two films "In Line" and "Inwentors", both created in traditional techniques. In fall 2015 she started her master's studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Angry Dogs
Shaun Clark (FlickerMill)
2020, UK, 4’30’

When sleeping dogs awaken rationality quickly disappears.

Director and Animator: Shaun Clark // Editor: Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas // Sound Designer: David Pringle

Shaun Clark was born in Beverley, United Kingdom. He has worked as a director and animator since 2005. His work has been BAFTA nominated and won prizes at Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, London short film festival, Imagine Film Festival and the British Animation Awards. Shaun has held retrospective screenings of his films both in Greece and South Korea and has created films for the BBC, Discovery Times USA and Arts Council England. He currently resides in London..

Take Me, Please!
Olivér Hegyi (MOME)
2018, Hungary, 14’

The boy hesitates, but he isn't strong enough to break up. Finally the girl calls it quits, and when they meet again, the girl is with her new boyfriend.

WRITTEN, DIRECTED and DESIGNED BY: Olivér Hegyi // PRODUCED BY: József Fülöp // SUPERVISOR: Tibor Bánóczki // CONSULTANT: Rita Domonyi // EDITOR: Judit Czakó // ORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Olivér Hegyi // SOUND DESIGN: Péter Benjámin Lukács // LIPSYNC ACTORS: Olivér Hegyi, Capucine Muller, Girard Emil, Péter Benjámin Lukács

Olivér Hegyi graduated from MOME Animation department in 2017. His diploma film Take Me Please got selected at many animation festivals including Annecy and Animafest Zagreb. Olivér has a successful music career with his solo act Holi and his band named Hiúz too.

Buzási Gyopár-Orsolya

studied fine arts and filmmaking. She graduated as a director from Sapientia EMTE in Cluj-Napoca at the film department in 2017 and enrolled in several scholarships and internships throughout her studies e.g. at MOME in Budapest, ELTE in Budapest, DKIT in Dundalk (Ireland). In 2019 she enrolled in the internship at the Nukufilm and Joonisfilm studios in Tallinn. Her animated documentary "Babushka in the Grass" won numerous awards. Currently she works as an animation director and graphic artist.

Németh Balázs Kristóf

graduated as a motion picture artist MA with animation specialization from the Metropolitan University in 2015. He is the main organizer and artistic director of Szőnyi Kino Garden in Zebegény, the first garden cinema in the Dunakanyar area. He works in the selection committee for the animation programme at the Mediawave Festival. He is youth educator and animation teacher at the Szőnyi Tábor and Hang-Szín-Tér Secondary School of Art. As a drummer he is a member of the bands Sickpicnic and Aznap Projekt. In 2019 he wrote and directed the image-film "Plie Wall Sys".

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