Morning Screenings
In the Attic
(Na pude aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?)
animated adventure, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan, 74’
A group of neglected toys lives in a suitcase in a huge attic. After one of the toys gets kidnapped by the dark toys from a dark corner of the attic, the rest of the toys from the suitcase embark on a rescue mission.
dIrector: Jiří Barta (Prague, Czech Republic, 1948), animator, director and artist. His films have been well-received by critics, audience and many juries around the world. In 2001 he was appointed Professor at the Department of Film and Television Graphics of the Prague University of Industrial Arts.
Yuki & Nina
family drama, France, Japan, 92’
Nine-year-old Yuki with the help of her best friend Nina is hatching a plan to reunite her parents.
dIrector: Hippolyte Girardot (Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 1955) is a distinguished French actor who worked with renowned directors (Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Berri, Eric Rochant, etc.). The film Yuki & Nina marks his directorial debut.
dIrector: Nobuhiro Suwa (Hiroshima, Japan, 1960) is currently serving as President of the Tokyo Zokei University. Selected filmography: M/Other (1999, FIPRESCI award in Cannes), omnibus Paris, I Love You (Paris, je t’aime).
Eleonor's Secret
(Le Secret d'Éléonore)
animated adventure, France, Italy, 75’
Eccentric old aunt has left herhouse to Nataniel’s parents and to Nataniel, although he still can’t read, a collection of books inhabited by amazing characters from children’s fairy tales.
dIrector: Dominique Monfery made his directorial debut with Destino (2003), the film that was started back in 1945 by Salvador Dalí and John Hench and finally finished by Roy Edward Disney. The film earned Monfery and Disney an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film. Destino screened at Pula Film Festival.
Lone Wolf
(Vuk samotnjak)
family adventure, Croatia, 1972, 90’
A German shepherd lost in World War II has gone a little wild in the mountains of Lika but boy named Ranko makes friends with him.
dIrector: Obrad Gluščević (Metković, 1917 – Zagreb, 1980) is a director whose work is characterized by a sense for authentic details, lyricism and humour. At first he made award-winning documentaries and afterwards satirical and comical feature-length films. He was especially skilled in working with children and this was manifested in the films The Lone Wolf and Captain Mikula, the Kid and children’s TV series Captain Mikula and Jelenko.
T
he Secret of Kells
animated fantasy, France, Belgium, Ireland, 75’
Young Brendan meets the guard of an extraordinary, but unfinished, book of illuminations, his brother Aidan who gives him an important task – to finish the Book of Kells.
Illustrator, comics artist and director Tomm Moore (Newry, Northern Ireland, 1977) and animator and director Nora Twomey (Cork, Ireland, 1971) together with Paul Young and Ross Murray founded the production company The Cartoon Salon in 1999. The Secret of Kells (2009) is their first animated feature film. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
To the Sea
(Alamar)
family adventure, Mexico, 73’
Before their five-year-old son goes with his mother to Italy, his father takes him on an epic journey to get to know his origins and Mexico.
director: Pedro Gonzáles-Rubio (Brussels, Belgium, 1976) worked as cinematographer on different projects, from Mexican soap operas to the collaboration with Mexican documentary filmmaker Eva Norvind (Nacido sin, 2007). When he moved to Playa del Carmen, a very idyllic place, he started shooting documentaries. On the Sea is his feature-length debut.
Rainbow
(Duga)
animated adventure, Croatia, 80’
A girl named Srna (Doe) is unhappy with the world she lives in and hence decides to go under the rainbow and make her wish to become a boy come true.
director: Joško Marušić (Split, 1952) is a director, animator, art director, producer, illustrator and caricaturist. Since 1978 he has been directing multi-award winning films, screened at a number of world animation festivals. He is the central figure of the last famous generation of the Zagreb School of Animated Film. He is the founder of the Department of Animated Film at the Academy of Fine Arts.
POPULAR PULICA
Despicable Me
animated adventure, USA, 95’
One day the world’s greatest villain Gru meets three orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.
directors: Apart from making Despicable Me, Pierre Coffin also directed the animated short Gary’s Fall in 2003. Chris Renaud was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2006 animated short No Time for Nuts, which featured the prehistoric squirrel Scrat (protagonist of the feature-length Ice Age films).
CARTOONS AT PORTARATA
Pearls of Zagreb Film
Among 84 best animated films created between 1908 and 1997, from Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie to Jan Pinkava’s Geri’s Game, worlds leading animated film historian Giannalberto Bendazzi included eight films by Croatian authors produced by Zagreb Film. No world studio can boast of such a large number of films incorporated into this competent selection. Besides, this anthology, written by one of the best-known world animated film historians, begins with the sentence: “Dedicated to the memory of Zlatko Grgić who had no time to reach the peaks his talent was capable of reaching.”
The Inspector is Back, Vatroslav Mimica, 1958, 11’26’’
The Substitute, Dušan Vukotić, 1958, 10’
Woof, Woof, Boris Kolar, 1964, 09’17’’
Curiosity, Borivoj Dovniković - Bordo, 1966, 8’33’’
Diogenes Perhaps, Nedjeljko Dragić, 1966, 8’33’’
The Cat, Zlatko Bourek, 1971, 10’10’’
Satiemania, Zdenko Gašparović, 1978, 14’09’’
I Love You, Too, Joško Marušić, 1991, 1’
PROFESSOR BALTHAZAR’S ADVENTURE LABORATORY
Pula City Library and Reading-Room, 11–24 July
Moderators: Zvonimir Rumboldt and Tomislav Fiket
Long and warm summer is perfect for experimenting and revealing the secrets of making animated films. This year, instead of a film school, renowned Professor Balthazar will hold an adventure laboratory where all children, aged between more or less 7 and 12, will be able to experiment with film. Many past attendees have already become experienced filmmakers, eager for new, still unrevealed ideas, and therefore there is an advanced group organized for them, with new contents and even more exciting film projects. Those who have for a few years now been waiting for this 7th birthday, or those who will meet Professor Balthazarfor the first time, shall start from the beginning with enthusiasm andprepare themselves for the next year’s advanced programme. The theoretical part of the workshop includes introduction to film and cinematic art, whereas the practical part comprises all the phases of film creation - from the development of the idea and the script, through set design and acquisition of movie props, to filming and editing.
With the help of the teacher, the attendees shall come up with a story, develop the content of the film, paint and paste set elements, manipulate film protagonists, and shoot selected frames with a digital camera. A short animated film shall be created by using stop motion (frame-by-frame) animation.