A man wanders in constant search and pursuit, driven by the longing for a magical cornucopia. His vicissitudes are brought to life on an ancient vase’s surface, continually rotating on a pottery wheel.
Short animation film, 7’49” (2022)
written and directed by Ani Antonova and Dimiter Ovtcharov
hand-drawn animation | indian ink on paper | 3D Rendering
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: 5.1 Multichannel Surround Sound
Producers: Kopfkino Verein für alte und neue Medien (AT),
Omega Films (BG)
With the financial support of:
Federal Ministry Republic of Austria for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport,
ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen,
City of Vienna – Cultural Department MA7,
Bulgarian National Film Center
Film Review Zippy Frames:
Man (male here) and nature have their fight in the suggestive, step-after-step battle in ‘Cornucopia’ (in which, not incidentally, women have to be absent from ‘action’). Starting from a simple premise and moving to animate the figures in a classical vase, the film tells in a direct way the story of a human folly repeated time after time. Its soothing vocalizing stops when hunting is conducted and becomes a series of short breaths -before destruction occurs. ‘Cornucopia’ is simple in its conception, and quick and evocative in its aesthetic treatment, building a recognizable bittersweet picture of a society driven by individual gain rather than co-existence.
(Vassilis Kroustallis)
SCREENINGS
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (Portugal, 2023) – upcoming
CRAFT International Animation Festival (Indonesia, 2023) – upcoming
Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE (Montreal, Canada 2023) – upcoming
Austrian Filmfestival (Austria, 2023) – upcoming
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., USA, 2023)
Veracruz Short Film Festival (Mexico, 2023) – Award for Best animation short film
ANNY: Animation Nights New York (New York, USA, 2023)
Animare – LAFF – Licata Animation Film Festival (Licata, Italy, 2023)
La Guarimba Film Festival (Calabria, Italy, 2023)
SHORT to the Point (Bucharest, Romania, 2023, May) – Award for Best narrative film
Thomas Edison International Film Festival (New Jersey, USA, 2023) – Jury’s Stellar Award for Best Animation
Tricky Women / Tricky Realities International Animation Festival (Vienna, Austria, 2023) – Austrian Panorama Audience Award
Sofia International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria, 2023)
AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival (King St Newtown, Australia, 2023)
Animateka (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022) – World Premiere
