A dream-like version of the Sabbath in the Middle Ages: one night at full moon, the women leave home to meet with the devil in the woods. Several orgiastic ceremonies later, they all return home at cockcrow. All except for one, the youngest, who is under an evil spell.
Jacadi
A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.
4 minute sandanimation about love, life & death.
A beautifully fluid sand animation inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' piece, 'Danse Macabre.'
About the loss of a mother, with her unexpected exuberance, but who also cries Puccini melodies. A short poetic collage, as fleeting as the blink of an eye, where sounds and images are superimposed to evoke the at once peaceful and tormented memory of a mother.
Experimental cartoon which unites various techniques: puppets, sand & water (ebru) animations. About friendship, love and necessity to pay attention not only to the visual appeal.
Opening with dreamlike images of the city of Siena at night, this short sand animation evolves into a symphony of waving banners, distant voices and galloping horses. Created especially for Italy’s Siena International Short Film Festival.
A sand-and-chain-animated young writer fears for our world.
Animation short made entirely with sand on glass recorded frame by frame without post-production.
In this stop motion sand animation, a lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains. THE HUNTER premiered at SXSW in 2012, has featured in competition at over 50 international festivals and won several awards including the AFI/ AACTA in 2013.
The Ravens was the couple's first sand animation film and the prelude to a unique work.
Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.
Curiosity brings fleeting interest, but the collision and divergence caused by the individual difference ultimately make each other go separate ways. The bystander leaves after whispering, they say an accordion could never talk to a white horse.
A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.
Waves in the sea, the waves formed by wind in tall grass or the boughs of trees. Waves of emotion, shock waves from explosions, waves of people demonstrating against the arrogance of politics, waves of grief, waves of people crossing borders, waves of passion and joy...
The Life and Suffering of Ivan Semenov
Жила-была курочка
A geologist boy enters the underworld of the gnomes. Puppet cartoon about the magical properties of precious stones.