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
Golden Rhyton Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2023)
Anilogue International Animation Festival (Hungary, 2023)
Best Austrian Animation Festival (Austria, 2023) – Audience Award
Animation Marathon (Greece, 2023)
LEEDS International Film Festival (UK, 2023)
Pixel Vienna Animation Festival (Austria, 2023)
The Animattikon Project (Cyprus, 2023)
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (Portugal, 2023)
TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival (Georgia, 2023)
CRAFT International Animation Festival (Indonesia, 2023)
Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE (Montreal, Canada, 2023)
Austrian Filmfestival (Austria, 2023)
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
