Cinematek

For its 45th edition, Anima, the international animation film festival in Brussels, is collaborating with CINEMATEK to present several recent restorations of works by Belgian animator Gérald Frydman. His films have received numerous awards at prestigious festivals such as Annecy, Trieste, Grenoble, and Cannes. We will then screen an extended series of short films from Eastern European countries dating from the 1950s and 1960s. You will notice the similarities between Frydman’s early films and the design, techniques, themes, and aesthetics of Eastern European animation from that period.

The compilation of Frydman’s films

• Scarabus
  Gérald Frydman, Belgium 1971 ⁄ color ⁄ 13' ⁄ music
  
  
• Agulana
  Gérald Frydman, Belgium 1975 ⁄ color ⁄ 15' ⁄ music
  
  
• La Photographie
  Gérald Frydman, Françoise Levie, Belgium, France 1983 ⁄ color ⁄ 6' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Le Cheval de fer
  Gérald Frydman, Pierre Levie, Belgium 1984 ⁄ color ⁄ 7' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST :  —
  

Screening presented in French by Christophe Tondeur (Digilab CINEMATEK). Restored versions by CINEMATEK (DCP), made possible through funding from the European Union - NextGenerationEU and with the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

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Eastern European animation compilations

Over the years, animation studios in Eastern European countries developed an unmatched expertise in the field. Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia succeeded, during the Cold War, in creating a cinematic language that spoke not only to children but also to adults. Often dark in their subject matter, these animated films aimed at adult audiences from Soviet-dominated countries explored recurring themes shared from one nation to another, such as living conditions, social criticism, ambition, marriage, freedom, dictatorship, and nuclear war. These often metaphorical works - whose content was subject to censorship - offered an outlet for an entire population. Whether hand-drawn or stop-motion, they were created by remarkable artists and experienced their golden age in the 1950s and 1960s, the period from which all the short films in this programme originate.

HUNGARY

• Duel / Párbaj
  Gyula Macskássy, Hungary 1960 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' ⁄ music
  
  
• Holnaptól kezdve
  József Nepp, Hungary 1963 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' ⁄ NO DIALOGUE
  
  
• Homo Faber
  Tamás Szabó Sipos, Hungary 1965 ⁄ color ⁄ 11' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Romantikus történet
  Gyula Macskássy, Hungary 1964 ⁄ color ⁄ 5' ⁄ music
  
  
• Koncertisszimo
  József Gémes, Hungary 1968 ⁄ color ⁄ 3' ⁄ music

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BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

• Jealousy / Revnost
  Todor Dinov, Bulgaria 1963 ⁄ 6' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• La Pomme/ The Apple / Yabalkata
  Todor Dinov, Stoyan Dukov, Bulgaria 1963 ⁄ color ⁄ 5' ⁄ music
  
  
• Happy End / Hepi End
  Donyo Donev, Bulgaria 1969 ⁄ color ⁄ 5' ⁄ music
  
  
• Embarassement / Zatrudnenie
  Ivan Andonov, Bulgaria 1967 ⁄ color ⁄ 7' ⁄ music
  
  
• Eu + Eu = Eu
  Ion Popescu-Gopo, Romania 1969 ⁄ color ⁄ 8' ⁄ music
  

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CZECH REPUBLIC

• Parole de chat / Kočičí slovo
  Břetislav Pojar, Czechoslovakia 1960 ⁄ color ⁄ 15' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• The Three Men / Tři muži
  Vladimír Lehký, Czechoslovakia 1959 ⁄ color ⁄ 6' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Glory / Sláva
  Břetislav Pojar, Czechoslovakia 1958 ⁄ color ⁄ 13' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Pozor!
  Jiri Brdecka, Czechoslovakia 1959 ⁄ color ⁄ 12' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• The Parasite / Parasit
  Vladimír Lehký, Czechoslovakia 1960 ⁄ color ⁄ 8' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Comment avoir de bons enfants / How To Obtain a Good Child / Jak si opatřit hodné dítě
  Stanislav Látal, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1965 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' ⁄ ST : FR - NL
  
  
• La Force du destin / Moc osudu
  Jiri Brdecka, Czechoslovakia 1968 ⁄ color ⁄ 6' ⁄ ST :  —

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YUGOSLAVIA

• Le Succédané / The Substitute / Surogat
  Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslavia 1961 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' / ST :  —
  
  
• Opera Cordis
  Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslavia 1968 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' / ST :  —
  
  
• Woof-Woof / Vau-Vau
  Boris Kolar, Yugoslavia 1964 ⁄ color ⁄ 9' / ST :  —
  
  
• Les Jours passent / Idu Dani
  Nedeljko Dragic, Yugoslavia 1969 ⁄ color ⁄ 10' / ST :  —
  
  
• Elegy / Elegija
  Nedeljko Dragic, Yugoslavia 1965 ⁄ color ⁄ 3' / ST :  —

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POLAND I

• L’École / School / Szkoła
  Walerian Borowczyk, Poland 1958 ⁄ color / 7' / ST :  —
  
  
• House / Dom
  Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica, Poland 1958, Ligia Branice ⁄ color / 11' / V: PL / ST :  —
  
  
• A Neon Trifle / Neonowa fraszka
  Witold Giersz, Poland 1959 ⁄ color / 8' / ST :  —
  
  
• The Machine / Maszyna
  Daniel Szczchura, Poland 1961 ⁄ color / 6' / ST :  —
  
  
• Le Labyrinthe / Labirynt
  Jan Lenica, Poland 1963 ⁄ color / 14' / ST :  —

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POLAND II

• The Chair / Fotel
  Daniel Szczchura, Poland 1963 ⁄ color ⁄ 5' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Renaissance
  Walerian Borowczyk, France 1963 ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 9' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• A
  Jan Lenica, France 1964 / B&W + color ⁄ 9' ⁄ ST : —
  
  
• Balast
  Bronisław Zeman, Poland 1969 ⁄ color ⁄ 8' ⁄ ST :  —
  
  
• Le Rouge et le Noir / Czerwone i czarne
  Witold Giersz, Poland 1964 ⁄ color ⁄ 6' / ST :  —
  
  
• The Cigarette / Papieros
  Bronisław Zeman, Poland 1967 ⁄ color ⁄ 10' / ST :  —

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