MONSTRA Festival

ClipAnim

Clipanim

Sessions:

26 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 21:45

Intrusive thoughts

Country: ARGENTINA Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.
Synopsis:
‘Intrusive thoughts’ (2024) is an animated music video for the argentinian band Alan Sutton y las criaturitas de la ansiedad. It has a collage stop motion vibe, inspired by 1980s videos such as ‘And she was’ (1985) by The Talking Heads and ‘Sledgehammer’ (1986) by Peter Gabriel. It was animated entirely in After Effects, with digital and analogic resources.
Credits:
Direction: Vanina Balza
Writers: Vanina Balza
Production: Vanina Balza
Animation: Vanina Balza
Music: Alan Sutton y las criaturitas de la ansiedad
Sound: Alan Sutton y las criaturitas de la ansiedad
Distribution: Vanina Balza
Age Classification: M/12

Massive Beauty

Country: GERMANY Year: 2023 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
Triggered by beats and sounds, minimalistic drawn body parts and shapes build up an evolutionary “dessin dansant” – connecting, dividing, expanding, collapsing, freaking out, disappearing. Animation for the track ‘Massive Beauty’ (2023) by experimental music project Darienski.
Credits:
Direction: Karen Eckert
Writers: Karen Eckert
Production: Karen Eckert
Animation: Karen Eckert
Music: Darienski
Sound: Darienski
Distribution: Karen Eckert
Age Classification: M/12

Where Blue Meets Red

Country: HUNGARY Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.
Synopsis:
The film consists of countless original risograph prints, captured frame by frame under a camera. It’s a straight-ahead animation, improvised to the rhythm of the scores of Hungarian Barabás L?rinc, a jazz trumpeter. It is a consistent conceptual work that avoids post-digital manipulation and is composed solely of a series of risograph prints
Credits:
Direction: Tamás Patrovits
Writers: Tamás Patrovits
Production: Tamás Patrovits (Reanimation Studio)
Animation: Tamás Patrovits
Music: L?rinc Barabás
Sound: L?rinc Barabás
Distribution: Tamás Patrovits (Reanimation Studio)
Age Classification: M/12

Richie Campbell - Run Gimme ft. Bella Shmurda

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2023 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
‘Run Gimme’ (2023) explores the constant pursuit of an obsession that disconnects us from the essential matters that surround us, causing us to lose ourselves in chaos and distance ourselves from our true essence, unable to be fully present, body and soul.
Credits:
Direction: Bruno Teixeira aka Sepher AWK
Writers: Bruno Teixeira, Sepher AWK
Production: Bruno Teixeira aka Sepher AWK
Animation: Bruno Teixeira, Sepher AWK / Tomas Richter / Madalena Pais / Eva Sequeira / João Silva
Music: Richie Campbell
Sound: Richie Campbell
Distribution: Bruno Teixeira aka Sepher AWK
Age Classification: M/12

Itajubá

Country: ITALY , BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.
Synopsis:
The awakening that moves us towards ourselves. What is the Itajubá of each of us? “The golden stone” or ‘Itajubá’ — derived from the words Ita (stone) and Yubá (yellow) in Tupi-Guarani, the original language of the indigenous people of Brazil — is the starting point of this narrative where something has to be recovered and taken as strength, energy, and enlightenment, while having the Sun as its main metaphor.
Credits:
Direction: André Martins Cardoso, Leonardo Martins Cardoso
Writers: André Martins Cardoso, Leonardo Martins Cardoso, Matteo Giuliano, Massimo Zanusso.
Production: Independent
Animation: André Martins Cardoso, Leonardo Martins Cardoso
Music: Mentenova, Martinscardoso
Sound: Martinscardoso
Distribution: Independent
Age Classification: M/12

Mother Tongue

Country: UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.
Synopsis:
In a loving portrait of Uganda, Duncan Senkumba’s ‘Mother Tongue’ (2024) leads the viewer on an animated journey through city streets and wild landscapes to explore the fine balance between urban life and the natural world, from the bustle of Kampala’s markets to the rolling hills of the country’s national parks.
Credits:
Direction: Duncan Senkumba
Writers: /
Production: Film London
Animation: Duncan Senkumba
Music: Daniel Lwanga
Sound: Daniel Lwanga
Distribution: Independent
Age Classification: M/12

Maaimä

Country: ESTONIA , CROATIA Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.
Synopsis:
A music video about the conflicting bond between man and nature, ‘Maaimä’ (2024) was made in collaboration with the famous Estonian musician Mari Kalkun. As the world population grows, Mother Nature struggles to support us. Climate change, overpopulation, and biodiversity loss affect all of us, regardless of geographical location. Musically, the song is a multi-layered piece that blends traditional and electronic music. It is sung in Võro, a dialect from south-east Estonia.
Credits:
Direction: Lucija Mrzljak
Writers: Lucija Mrzljak
Production: Lucija Mrzljak
Animation: Lucija Mrzljak
Music: Mari Kalkun
Sound: Mari Kalkun
Distribution: Lucija Mrzljak
Age Classification: M/12

A Blueberry sings a song about Blue

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.
Synopsis:
A Blueberry sings a Song about Blue.
Credits:
Direction: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo
Writers: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo
Production: Os Filmes do Pinguim
Animation: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo, Jorge Ribeiro
Music: Jorge Ribeiro
Sound: Jorge Ribeiro
Distribution: Os Filmes do Pinguim
Age Classification: Para todos

Mother Mother "nobody escapes"

Country: ITALY Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.
Synopsis:
We all have the same destiny.
Credits:
Direction: Stefano Bertelli
Writers: stefano bertelli
Production: Seenfilm
Animation: stefano bertelli
Music: mother mother
Sound: mother mother
Distribution: Seenfilm
Age Classification: M/12

Laguna Plena

Country: BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
In a setting of natural plenitude, a mystical figure — the embodiment of the feminine origin — encounters a wild horse with which she embarks on an ancestral journey of union with nature. An ode to purity, to harmony with the wild, to the pursuit of unbridled freedom, celebrating love in its most natural and raw form.
Credits:
Direction: Carlon Hardt, Rimon Guimarães
Writers: Carlon Hardt, Rimon Guimarães
Production: Rimon Guimarães
Animation: Carlon Hardt, Rimon Guimarães
Music: Rimon Guimarães feat Tuyo
Sound: Rimon Guimarães feat Tuyo
Distribution: Carlon Hardt
Age Classification: M/12

Between the Legs

Country: GEORGIA Year: 2023 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
A woman getting ready for a date is unexpectedly transported into a surreal realm that symbolizes the struggles and challenges of womanhood. In this fantastical world, she confronts societal pressures and personal insecurities. Through a series of surreal encounters and visual metaphors, she learns to embrace her femininity and overcome the obstacles that stand in her way. This music video serves as a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, highlighting the beauty of womanhood.
Credits:
Direction: Frederick Venet
Writers: Frederick Venet
Production: CRUX
Animation: Eyco, Krishna Kothari, Pari Tawale , Emalie Tison, Matteo Yermia, Louai Ben Adda, Sali Samadbegishvili, Jan Henrik Hansen, Pola Lucas, Dani Bassi and Rodrigo Yao, Thomas Delord, Fanny Deplus, Julie Turpin FX animation: Guillaume Degroote, Avto Gvaramia C
Music: Elsa y Elmar
Sound: Elmar Presents and E13 Records
Distribution: /
Age Classification: M/12

Kawawenz

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
Two boatwomen journey down the river to meet each other.
Credits:
Direction: Antoine Presles
Writers: Samuel Guibout, Yasuyo Iso, Antoine Presles
Production: Samuel Guibout, VL Prod
Animation: Antoine Presles
Music: Days in Orbit, Haleluya Tekletsadik
Sound: Samuel Guibout
Distribution: Antoine Presles
Age Classification: M/12

Croak Show

Country: INDIA Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
As night fell, the marsh came alive with the much-awaited concert of nocturnal creatures, attended by the denizens of the wetland. All was well until an ardent fan could no longer contain their excitement.
Credits:
Direction: Suresh Eriyat
Writers: Suresh Eriyat
Production: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Animation: Toonz Animation India
Music: Rajat Dholakia, Sameer Uddin
Sound: Resul Pookutty (CAS, MPSE), Vijay Kumar (MPSE)
Distribution: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Age Classification: M/12

Como el Caracol

Country: HUNGARY , ARGENTINA Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.
Synopsis:
A watercolor animated music video, about the importance of knowing when to slow down like a snail and when to speed up like an ostrich, respecting our own timings.
Credits:
Direction: Kati Egely
Writers: Kati Egely
Production: Kati Egely
Animation: Kati Egely
Music: Canticuénticos
Sound: Ruth Hillar
Distribution: Kati Egely
Age Classification: M/12

Rien Faire - Toute seule dans son pull

Country: FRANCE Year: 2023 Duration: 6 mins.
Synopsis:
In this music video Rémi Richarme illustrates the song ‘Toute seule dans son pull’ (2023), by the French group Rien Faire. Singing mountains, swirling maps and crazy dancing haircuts surround a mysterious motorcycle girl. Inspired by Norman McLaren's painting on film, Richarme developed a technique of drawing on rolls of sales slip (7cm wide). This entirely hand-drawn film is a tribute to McLaren, the Canadian pioneer of animation.
Credits:
Direction: Rémi Richarme
Writers: Rémi Richarme
Production: Rémi Richarme
Animation: Rémi Richarme
Music: Rien Faire
Sound: Rien Faire
Distribution: Rémi Richarme
Age Classification: M/12

Reason and Impulse - Disappear

Country: PORTUGAL , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
One person's futile struggle to turn back time, and some silly little creatures.
Credits:
Direction: Ala Nunu
Writers: Ala Nunu, James Asturias
Production: COLA Animation
Animation: Ala Nunu, Ana Iutes, Tanaka Triboyi, Alicja Liss
Music: REASON AND IMPULSE - James Asturias
Sound: REASON AND IMPULSE - James Asturias
Distribution: Ala Nunu
Age Classification: M/12

Departures

Country: ISRAEL Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.
Synopsis:
Green Parrot goes abroad. The train rhythms, anxieties of flight... Be it for distraction or experience, escape or adventure, the journey is under way. This is a collage music video and experiment with narration and pixels.
Credits:
Direction: Natalia Ryss
Writers: Natalia Ryss
Production: Natalia Ryss
Animation: Natalia Ryss
Music: Olshansky Fusion Duo
Sound: Philipp Barsky
Distribution: Natalia Ryss
Age Classification: M/12

Time Settles

Country: ITALY Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.
Synopsis:
This animation explores the cyclical nature of life, dealing with themes of growth, change and the passage of time, as well as family, connection and nostalgia. The images that accompany and blend with ‘Time Settles’, a song by Conil, enhance the mood and atmosphere of it, adding depth to the narrative.
Credits:
Direction: Julia Gromskaya
Writers: Julia Gromskaya
Production: Julia Gromskaya
Animation: Julia Gromskaya
Music: Conil
Sound: /
Distribution: Julia Gromskaya
Age Classification: M/12

Paulinha

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.
Synopsis:
A music video about a man's fantasy romance with his neighbour, Paulinha.
Credits:
Direction: Ana Marta Mendes
Writers: Os Filmes do Pinguim
Production: Os Filmes do Pinguim
Animation: Ana Marta Mendes, Jorge Ribeiro, Laura Conde
Music: Raul Manarte
Sound: Raul Manarte
Distribution: Raul Manarte
Age Classification: M/12