Synopsis

Looking at an X-ray image a young handsome man is horrified to learn that the weird, tumor-like lump on his chest is the top of a tiny plump man’s head. Nested in his body, he is waiting to be born... Mr. Mare is a surreal animated chamber play, set in a ‘haunted’ claustrophobic space, in which we witness the dynamics of unrequited love as we follow the relationship of an oddly codependent pair.

Luca Tóth

Luca Tóth (1989) is an award winning animation director and illustrator. She studied animation at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. After receiving her BA, she enrolled in a Masters programme in London at the Royal College of Art. Her graduation film The Age of Curious won the Jury Distinction Prize at Annecy International Animated Film Festival. After studying and working in the UK, Luca moved back to Budapest where she made her first independent short animation Superbia which premiered at Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2016, and got selected into more that 80 international festivals. Her latest independent short film Mr. Mare debuted at Berlinale in 2019.