Helena Třeštíková has left her mark on longitudinal observation like few other filmmakers, capturing chronicles of life at the very centre of society and at its fringes. Moderated by Grit Lemke, this masterclass offers personal insights into the Czech director’s working methods and documentary ethics.
Animation Perspectives is a blind date, a film programme and workshop tour all rolled into one. Edition #8 is a meeting between Anton Cla and Franz Impler, who toy with the charming limitations of early game animations. Glitches and erratic spatial coordinates, striking design and shiny colours form a habitat for quirky figures and their absurd, ambiguous stories.
Anton Cla_Franz Impler
The two former DOK Leipzig competition participants from Ghent and Leipzig have been astonishing festivals for several years with their animations for award-winning short films, theatre-like performances, experimental micro-reels and music videos.
Extremely refreshing in terms of narrative style and design, they build bridges to their other passions – drawing, illustration, comics and computer graphics.
Featuring the films:
- “Gum Bubble Buddy”, “Out of Bounds”, “Hidden Message”, “Breaking the Law”, “Changeover”, “Nothing to expect“” and “A Wish” by Franz Impler
- “Valse Muziek: Electricity”, “Dysphasia”, “Elegy of Time”, “Joeri is verliefd (maar...) + Zijn hart ligt op te grond (maar...)”, “Fiddlehead/Happy Mondays: Tart Tart excerpt” und “Cyclepaths” by Anton Cla
Outta Space
Throughout its history, sci-fi cinema has used animation and animated effects as key tools for depicting outer space, alien worlds and distant galaxies. In celebration, Animation Night invites you to leave Earthly reality behind and venture with us on a cosmic journey into a universe of space-themed experimental film and cinematic live performance.
On Saturday, 31 October, we invite you to celebrate “5x5 Shorts from the East” at the Polish Institute! In cooperation with film institutions from the region, the event will present 25 short documentaries and animations from Armenia, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic
The evening works on the hop on, hop off basis. You can drop in when you like. Admission is free!
“Snake Soup”
Zack Demirtshyan | Armenia 2025, 7 min
“Growth Project”
Anna Podskalská, Matěj Podskalský | Czech Republic 2025, 9 min
“One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaenas”
Marta Smerechynska | France, Ukraine 2022, 8 min
“Debris”
Ilze Ance Kazaka | Latvia 2023, 4 min
“A Documentary Film”
Marcin Podolec | Poland 2015, 7 min
“The Song of Flying Leaves”
Armine Anda | Armenia, Iran 2023, 12 min
“*Make a Wish as the City Falls”
Eliška Dobnerová | Czech Republic 2025, 9 min
“waking up in silence”
Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | Germany, Ukraine 2023, 18 min
“Night Walks”
Lizete Upīte | Latvia 2018, 6 min
“Afternoon”
Izabela Plucińska | Poland, Germany 2012, 3 min
“Edge”
Sona Khachatryan | Armenia 2023, 12 min
“Polio”
Klára Kubenková | Czech Republic 2025, 6 min
“I Stumble Every Time I Hear from Kyiv”
Daryna Mamaisur | Ukraine, Belgium, Portugal, Hungary 2022, 18 min
“It’s About Time”
Ivo Briedis | Latvia 2015, 6 min
“Close Ties”
Zofia Kowalewska | Poland 2016, 19 min
“Stones”
Arman Ayvazyan | Armenia 2022, 17 min
“Better Man”
Eliška Jirásková | Czech Republic 2025, 6 min
“Under the Wing of a Night”
Lesia Diak | Ukraine 2023, 19 min
“In the End”
Linda Stūre | Latvia 2023, 5 min
“The Whistle”
Grzegorz Zariczny | Poland 2012, 17 min
“Black Hole”
Gor Aroushanyan | Poland, Armenia 2024, 11 min
“Our Walls”
Živa Divjak | Czech Republic 2026, 8 min
“Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil”
Karolina Uskakovych | Ukraine, Netherlands, UK 2023, 16 min
“Hello, Horse!”
Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia 2017, 24 min
“The Incredibly Elastic Man”
Karolina Specht | Poland 2013, 5 min
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