video in combination of 300 2D stop motion animation frames, carefully and craftily hand drawn by the artist herself.
8 Swimming in the lake promises nothing special until one of the girls meets Mavka - mysterious creature from Ukrainian legends.
The Notebook Director: Esabella Strickland Canada, 2019
An urban legend of a notebook that takes the soul of children. P/\ST: Tíseň Directors: Alžběta Suchanová & Nora Štrbová Czech Republic, 2020
Piece of Bread Director: Lev Seryapin Russian Federation, 2020 A piece of bread gone wild.
Mavka Director: Alona Shylova Ukraine, 2020
Two girls go swimming in the lake. Along the way, they are speaking about their everyday life as a young women and problems of an adulthood.
Music video for Czech rap duo P/\ST. Personified Tíseň (=anxiety) is constantly changing its form – growing, dripping, creeping, gushing from the walls, coming from forests and rivers – still escaping. The lyrics of the song are rich for multiple interpretations and fantasy imagery, so combining it with animation was a natural choice.
