30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children

Weasel (2016) 6

Slovenia | 2016 | 11 min.

A starving Weasel wanders around a desolate land. There are no signs of other life, only fallen trees everywhere. When Weasel hears a song, he follows it to the last standing tree – kept alive by a flock of singing birds.

CountrySlovenia
Year2016
Duration11 min
Rating6
LanguageNo dialogues
SubtitleNo subtitles
Directed by Timon Leder
Screenplay Timon Leder
Director of Photography /
Music Mateja Staric, Matija Krivec
Edited by Lizete Upite
Contact Invida d.o.o.

Biography

A Slovenian animator and beginner director, he added to his academic education by studying animation directing at the French school La Poudrière, where he made short films and took part in many others as an animator. He's dealt with the topic of children's understanding of film language and collaborated on an animation manual for schools and kindergartens. The short animated film Weasel (Podlasica, 2016) is his first professional directorial work.This film is a part of the set Short Animations 7.