BEST ANIMATION / BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY

BEST ANIMATION / BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY

Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
  • Mind Your Step

    Alina Milkina Netherlands, Animation, No Dialogue, 00:05:36

    Tamara, a middle-aged immigrant woman, works as a metro cleaner. Her daily routine is interspersed by memories of her past life filled with dancing. One day, she breaks social norms by dancing in a subway car, shedding her invisibility and reclaiming her identity.

  • Shoes and Hooves

    Viktória Traub Hungary, Animation, 00:14:53

    A pedicurist in a small-town, Paula the centaur-girl longs to have human feet. When she meets Arnold the crocodile-man, it is love at first sight. Can Paula take the first steps in her search for identity? What will be the price of her attempts to fit in and deny her true self?

  • Fačuk

    Maida Srabovic Croatia, Slovenia, Animation, No Dialogue, 00:12:47

    In a God-fearing village lying between two rivers, giving birth to a fachuk — an illegitimate child — is a mortal sin. Everyone in the village recoils from the young pregnant woman who is about to give birth at any moment. In this narrow-minded and harsh rural environment, fear grows inside her.

  • One-Way Cycle

    Alicia Núñez Puerto Portugal, Spain, Drama, Spanish, 00:10:49

    Adela was born in Spain in 1910. After years of washing clothes and living with strong ovary pain, Adela decided to emigrate to Cuba following her sister. Painful menstruation can be a heavy burden, but also be the driving force behind a life change.

  • Once in a body

    María Cristina Pérez González Colombia, United States, Animation, 00:10:20

    While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister over an incident from their adolescence.

  • Nephila

    Kristian Zaharinov Zahariev Bulgaria, Animation, English, No Dialogue, 00:15:10

    A BOY (Black and White Drawing)is in love with A GIRL (Cardboard Cut Out Puppet), he is too shy and anxious, which makes him too incapable to express his feelings for her. THE GIRL tries to get closer to him, but after he doesn’t react to her approaches, she decides to stop trying. When she leaves, she drops a little cardboard spider, which THE BOY takes home. The Spider starts to absorb the BOY’s energy and feeds on his complex and insecurities, growing bigger and monstrous. The BOY’s reality starts to mix up with his dreams and nightmares, he gets obsessed with THE GIRL and starts waiting for the GIRL to come back, while the toxic spider continuous to spin its web over his overthinking head.