Synopsis

The main topic of Smile is formed with the aim to question the universal understanding of love. The author explores this topic by relating the phenomenon of love to the phenomenon of a rigid form of consumerist society, which is at last presented through the lens of the laws of nature. In the film, the laws of nature are represented by the characters of merchants who want to dehumanise the human smile by the continuous and violent offering of goods and services at the market of absurdity. The Smile represents a moment of resistance against the rooted social norms, as well as the merchants’ attempts to make Smile give up on resisting consumerism. Among the omnipresent emptiness, Smile finds its escape in another, authentic smile.

Matea Kovač

Matea Kovač (1993) is a film director and animator. She graduated in animation and new media from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. As an associate in production, she contributed to the making of numerous projects and films of various types and genres, award-winning and screened at numerous national and international festivals. She lives in Zagreb, where she works as an animator on numerous artistic and commercial projects.