Budapest Classic Film Marathon 2024: Pop Art Animations

Director: Ando Keskküla, Avoi Paistik et al.

Programme section "Open Archives" / Estonian Film Archive

Within the official cinema circles of the Soviet Union, animation was mainly targeted towards toddlers, young children, and teenagers. Here, on the other hand, the artists had clearly used children-oriented cartoons as a means of artistic expression, and experimented with the possibilities of the film medium in general and this created a discrepancy. These selected films appear as fragmented manifestations of post-Second World War youth culture that also filtered into the 'wrong side' of the Iron Curtain.

The program consists of the following short films:

Jänes / Rabbit, r: Ando Keskküla 1976, 10’
Pühapäev / Sunday, r: Avoi Paistik, 1977, 9’
Lugu jänesepojast / The Story of the Bunny, r: Ando Keskküla, 1975, 8’
Tolmuimeja / Vacuum Cleaner, r: Avoi Paistik, 1978, 9’
Vrvilind / Colourbird, r: Rein Raamat, 1974, 7’
Lend / The Flight, r: Rein Raamat, 1973, 9’
Aatomik ja jõmmid / Atomic and Goons, r: Elbert Tuganov, 1970, 10’

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