Nukufilmin studion animaationäytös

Animaatiofestivaalien ulkopuolella näitä kansainvälisesti palkittuja nukkeanimaatioita näkee vain harvoin- ja nyt harvinainen tilaisuus koittaa Ikaalisissa. Lähde pienelle retkelle kohti käsintehtyjen maailmojen taikaa ja koe virolaisen Nukufilmin studion tarinat valkokankaalla. 

Tekstitykset ja/tai audio ovat englanniksi.

A Most Exquisite Man (2021)– There exists a most exquisite man, or at least the world that surrounds him, labels and sees him as such. He has fantastic abilities, incomprehensible talent, he could even be called a genius, yet something within him is restless. Big questions utterly absorb him, leading him to a place where all he can do is surrender his life, in order to find that which gives him and the natural world undeniable purpose and concluding peace.

Dog Apartment (2022)– Absurdist drama about a decayed male ballet dancer and his barking apartment. Ills of fortune have deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolhoz. Here he’s having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol.

Eternal Hunting Grounds (2016)– stop-motion short film about two children who create a graveyard for dead animals they find, believing the animals will be resurrected in a paradise. The film, directed by Elin Grimstad, explores themes of childhood, nature mysticism, and innocence as the children perform rituals over the buried animals.

Teofrastus (2018)– a short, claymation film about a homeless cat in 1980s Soviet Estonia who finds a home with a family but gets lost in the city, leading to a quest to find his way back. The story explores themes of freedom, compassion, and the search for belonging in a rapidly changing world.