LINOLEUM
LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Kyiv, Ukraine
https://linoleumfest.com/en/
Special selection curated by Anastasiya Verlinska and Yulia Kuznietsova
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.
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.
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”.
04. Between us Two
Wei Keong Tan
2017, JPN, SGP, USA, 5’03’’
A gay son talks to his dead mother.
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.
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.
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.
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.