Tolerantia: a plea for religious tolerance and diplomacy over war
Ivan Ramadan, “Tolerantia” (2008) An animated 3D short made in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2008, “Tolerantia” is
Category: Eastern European Films
Reviews of films from Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and countries that used to be the old Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia).
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The Forgiveness of Blood: psychological drama of two teenagers caught between rapid modernisation and age-old traditions
Joshua Marston, “The Forgiveness of Blood / Falja e Gjakut” (2010) Hard to believe that
The Changing of the Guard: how love conquers social class and restrictions
Wlodzimierz Haupe and Halina Bielinska, “The Changing of the Guard / Zmiana warty” (1958) A
Once Upon a Time (dir. Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica): an oddball pair trying to find their identity and place in an abstract world
Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica, “Once Upon a Time / Byl sobie raz” (1957) An
The Adventure of a Good Citizen: a plea for tolerance, celebration of eccentricity and relating to the world in new ways
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Adventure of a Good Citizen / Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego” (1937)
The Eye and the Ear: an assertion of Polish rebirth in an abstract and experimental short film after years of war
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, “The Eye and the Ear / Oko i Ucho” (1944 /
Tango: cycle of life with 36 disconnected characters from young to old playing out in one room
Zbigniew Rybczinski, “Tango” (1981) Winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Animated Short, this 8-minute
Reflections: original and beautiful use of black-and-white animation to illustrate a cosmic joke
Jerzy Kucia, “Reflections / Refleksy” (1979) Black-and-white animation has never been used so well as
The Banquet: a much loved cartoon with wry gallows humour
Zofia Oraczewska, “The Banquet / Bankiet” (1976) Its style seems outdated for a short animation
Ichthys: a caustic commentary on institutional religion
Marek Skrobecki, “Ichthys” (2005) For once I didn’t need to look up an English translation