LINOLEUM

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LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Kyiv, Ukraine
https://linoleumfest.com/en/

 

Special selection curated by Anastasiya Verlinska and Yulia Kuznietsova


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01. Sinking of the Truth
Tobias Gundorff Boesen, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Sander Joon, Wiep Teeuwisse (ANIDOX)
2018, DNK, 7’34’’

An eclectic reinterpretation of The Sinking of the Lusitania in the age of fake news.

 
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02. Baton
Reynaert Vosveld
2018, NLD, 4’22’’

An absurdist animated short about sentiments, statements and hierarchical power structures, within the functionality of the new police baton.

 
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03. Untravel
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr. (Bas Celik)
2018, SRB, SVK, 9’25’’

A film about (local) patriotism, tourism and emigration. The girl lives in a grey, isolated country, enclosed by a huge wall. She has never travelled anywhere, but all her life she has dreamt of leaving forever for a perfect world called “Abroad”.

 
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04. Between us Two
Wei Keong Tan
2017, JPN, SGP, USA, 5’03’’

A gay son talks to his dead mother.

 
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05. Flamingo
Kawo a.k.a. Sushijojo
2019, MAC, 8‘

I’ve had this dream about driving an uncontrollable vehicle for three and a half years. Each time it changes a little, I want to capture these emotions, in order to read the message behind it.

 
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06. Walk
David Rock
2017, UK, 3’30’’

A man wakes up, gets out of bed and walks. A study of the external and internal difficulties of physical disability.

 
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07. Bug
Francesca Marinelli, Dario Trovato
2016, ITA, 5’

An evening like many others, three friends sit around a table discussing one of the most universal themes known to humankind: happiness. Torn apart by different viewpoints, they inevitably clash with their limits, revealing a deep existential instability.

 
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08. Low Sound of Fire
Daniel Wesseik
2016, NLD, 4’21’’

A call to save a nest from burning leads a certain bird to a strange and unfamiliar territory.

 

09. Pure / Чистый
Olena Potyomkina
2011, UKR, 9’19’’

This is a story about angels who care about nothing but their own cleanness. A little angel meets a girl and some time after that he needs to choose between his pristine clothes and the girl's life.

Kaja Fiedler