Film Reviews (ENG)

Hätäkutsu de Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen

Hätäkutsu de Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen

The short film of the week by Minna Nurmi, programer for the Savonlinna international nature film festival (www.sinff.fi) Hätäkutsu (Emergency calls) by Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen. Documentary, 15′, 2013, Finland, prod. : Pohjankonna Oy Storyline : Being human is a fragile and fleeting opportunity to experience life and the universe around us. In the […]

Gil Alkabetz : « I feel every film I make is the first and the last one. I never believe I can make another. »

Gil Alkabetz : « I feel every film I make is the first and the last one. I never believe I can make another. »

Filmmaker of some renown, Gil Alkabetz has wowed the animation world on several occasions, notably with his riotously hilarious « Rubikon », winner of the Funniest Film Award at Annecy, and more recently with « Der Da Vinci Timecode », an incomparable experience that redefines the perception of classical art by subjecting it to the specificity of film language.

Milovan Circus – Gerlando Infuso

Milovan Circus – Gerlando Infuso

In his third year film « Margot » (Young Jury Award at Annecy), Gerlando Infuso, a student in animation at La Cambre, developed a plot centred around a character torn between madness and coldness. One year down the line, a new idea has sprouted – a circus artist faced with rejection and age. With « Milovan Circus », Gerlando Infuso revisits the theme of solitude, the poesy of the grim, and stop-motion animation – elements that had contributed to the success of his previous short.