Dark Matter

video in combination of 300 2D stop motion animation frames, carefully and craftily hand drawn by the artist herself.

The Notebook Director: Esabella Strickland Canada, 2019

An urban legend of a notebook that takes the soul of children.

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.

Swimming in the lake promises nothing special until one of the girls meets Mavka - mysterious creature from Ukrainian legends.

P/\ST: Tíseň Directors: Alžběta Suchanová & Nora Štrbová Czech Republic, 2020

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.

Permanence Is Only A Word Directors: Kayla Tange and Luka Fisher USA, 2020

Permanence Is Only A Word is a film by performance artist Kayla Tange and Luka Fisher; who may or may not be a performance artist.

Chuck Hohng provided the translation and additional vocals.

Quarantena Director: Misha Tarasiuk Italy, 2020

This short film was realized with a smartphone, during the quarantine, in March 2020.

After a week of forced quarantine, a couple, locked up at home, start thinking about how they can get through the quarantine days without going crazy. He (Edo) has had some experience in cinema, so he decides to make a film with her (Jess). She doesn't like the idea of showing their daily lives to the public, except that she has no choice and is forced to act.

Despite their aim of not going crazy, they will get carried away until they won't be able to control their actions anymore.