Best of Animation 3

Best of Animation programmes give you the opportunity to see an exclusive selection of the most interesting and remarkable animated films of the last 25 years compiled and presented by Daniel Šuljić, Animation filmmaker and Head of Animafest Zagreb.

New Hippie Future (New Hippie Future)

Regie Director: Dalibor Baric / Kroatien / 02.2011 / 00:04:00 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Bonobostudio

The Present (The Present)

Regie Director: Joe Hsieh / Taiwan / 02.2013 / 00:15:15 min.

A married man checks into a hotel late at night. Unexpectedly, the hotel owner’s daughter, Kung Cher, falls madly in love with him and confesses her love. Shocked and not knowing how to react, he cajoles Kung Cher and escapes abruptly the next morning. When Kung Cher finds out that she was betrayed, her love turns into hatred. That’s the beginning of a suspenseful and intriguing tale.

Guard Dog (Guard Dog)

Regie Director: Bill Plympton / USA / 2004 / 00:04:38 min.

Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels? What are they afraid of? This film answers that eternal question.

Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone)

Regie Director: René Castillo / Mexiko / 2001 / 00:11:47 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Altavistafilms

A man arrives in the land of the dead and, with the help of a beautiful hostess, joins the eternal party.

Na Kraju Zemli aka. Au Bout du Monde (At the Ends of the Earth)

Regie Director: Konstantin Bronzit / Frankreich / 1999 / 00:07:27 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: L´Agence du Court Métrage

The adventures of a precariously-balanced house. Built on the top of a hill, it swings to and fro to the great displeasure of its inhabitants.

Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass)

Regie Director: Erik Alunurm, Mihkel Reha, Mari Liis Rebane, Mari Pakkas / Estland / 11.2011 / 00:04:28 min.

A stop motion film based on Édouard Manet’s 1863 created painting ,Le Déjeuner sur l ‘tart’.

The Pride of Strathmoor (The Pride of Strathmoor)

Regie Director: Einar Baldvin / USA / 06/2014 / 00:08:35 min.

Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman from Strathmoor in Georgia in June and July 1927.

Isand (The Master)

Regie Director: Riho Unt / Estland / 12/2014 / 00:18:00 min.

The dog Popi and the monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home who is just one day not coming any more… From this particular day their mutual life starts. Popi, beeing actually smarter and stronger surrenders of Huhuu’s whims, symbolising obedience and subservientness. At the other hand, Huhuu symbolises licentiousness and silliness. This is verity, more phantasmal than a dream.