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World Festival of Animated Film /
short film edition 3 - 8 June 2014
World Festival of Animated Film / short film edition 3 - 8 June 2014
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Simulacra / Simulacra

Croatian Puppet Film

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Simulacra / Simulacra


Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda

Croatia / 2014 / 8' 40''



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Tuesday, 03. 06.,
Tuškanac Cinema, 18:00 h
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Saturday, 07. 06.,
Europa Cinema, 13:00 h


Synopsis


Which image is real - the one staring at us from the mirror or the one standing in front of it? In hallways filled with illusions, a simulacrum behind the looking glass, he is trying to find out if he is looking at a stranger or a hidden part of himself.

Ivana Bošnjak Volda


Ivana Bošnjak Volda (1983) graduated from the Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and Animation at the University in Volda, Norway. Her graduation film Crossed Sild, made in collaboration with Lea Vidaković, has been screened and awarded at many international festivals. With her partner Thomas Johnson Volda she made two puppet films, Simulacra (2014) and Imbued Life (2019), produced by Bonobostudio and screened at many international festivals, garnering several awards. Ivana has professionally taken part in different stop-motion projects across Europe and held animation workshops for children and students.

 

Thomas Johnson Volda


Thomas Johnson Volda (Bath, England, 1984) graduated in Time Based Media from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and at the New Media Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Thomas has co-directed two stop-animation short films together with his partner Ivana Bošnjak, Simulacra (2014) and Imbued Life (2019), with Bonobostudio. The films have been screened at many festivals, and have received several acclaimed awards. Thomas is a multi-disciplinary artist whose works often connect animation and performance arts. He has staged puppet plays at many international festivals and galleries across Europe.

 

Director

Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda


Production

Bonobostudio


Screenplay

Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson


Sound

Hrvoje Stefotić


Music

Hrvoje Stefotić


Editing

Iva Kraljević


Animation

Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson


categories

Croatian Puppet Film