Animation Battle: World Wide Weird
Thursday, 26. 9. 2024 at 21.30 / Vetrinj mansion, courtyard
A battle over short films, videos, and clips presenting transhumanist motifs. The rules of the game are simple: the contenders will freestyle with the videos as if they were MCs. They will take turns presenting various animated and experimental shorts, selected spontaneously on the basis of interaction. The two selectors will counter-answer each other with weird, provocative, curio, raw – and, of course, still of artistic quality! - short films that people might not otherwise have dared to watch.
Let’s play with Nastia Naumenko and Gyopár-Orsolya Buzási!
Nastia Naumenko
is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist currently based in Vienna. In their works, Nastia investigates the process of identity formation and its fluctuation through both the personal and collective lens by navigating between real and speculative environments, interspecies relationships and various cosmologies. Combining documentary filmmaking with found footage, animation, and performance, allows them to reflect on the ways in which power and political structures are embedded in various narratives: from tales and magic rituals to family cookbooks and public archives. Their works have been shown at 20+ festivals including London AFF, Warsaw FF, Kaboom AFF and FilmFest Dresden. They’re currently working on their next short film - The Firebird.
Buzási Gyopár-Orsolya
is a Transylvanian filmmaker and visual artist currently based in Budapest. With a background in live action filmmaking and visual arts, she later found her passion in animation. Her primary interest lies in animated documentaries, where she delves into the boundaries between fiction and reality, the fluid nature of memories, and questioning classical narratives handed down through generations. Buzási predominantly works in a collage animation technique, employing mixed techniques in 2D animation. Her work has been showcased at numerous festivals and has received several awards.
The event is supported by Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Center Ljubljana.