Završio 16. PSSST! Festival nijemog filma

Svečanom dodjelom nagrada u subotu, 5. studenoga 2022. završio je šesnaesti po redu PSSST! Festival nijemog filma koji se tijekom tri dana održavao u Centru za kulturu Trešnjevka.

Ocjenjivački sud natjecateljskog programa u sastavu Karla Lončar, Božidar Trkulja, Ante Zlatko Stolica nagradu Veliki Brcko dodijelio je filmu SOK / JUICE, Mona Keil (2022), Njemačka, 5′, uz sljedeće objašnjenje:

Jednoglasnom odlukom žirija ovogodišnji Veliki Brcko ide filmu “Sok” mlade njemačke redateljice Mone Keil. Vješto koristeći tehniku stop-animacije autorica je stvorila originalan i zaokružen svijet, osebujan ekosustav koji bombardira naša osjetila. U njemu nalazimo groteskna stvorenja nalik jezicima i parazitskim paučnjacima – organima i bićima koji najčešće obitavaju u prostoru skrivenog. Međutim, redateljica ih u ovome filmu razotkriva te smješta u iznimno začudan kontekst, zbog čega se stvara doživljaj “ulaska” u zonu zabranjenog, zastrašujućeg i perverznog. Cjelokupan dojam pojačala je i izvedba benda “Sunrise Session”, dajući glas nijemim “jezicima”, kao i njihovoj tihoj, ali dramatičnoj dijalektici sa simbiotskim nametnicima, čime se dodatno dočarala filmska mijena sline, safta i soka.

Nagradu publike osvojio je film PETLJA / LOOP, Pablo Polledri (2021), Španjolska/Argentina, 8′.

U natjecateljskom programu prikazano je 18 kratkometražnih filmova. Sve projekcije su uživo pratili vrhunski glazbeni improvizatori – Vitomir Ivanjek na klaviru i bend “Sunrise Session”. Natjecateljski program sadržavao je razne stilove, rodove, žanrove i filmske tehnike iz 11 svjetskih zemalja: Rusije, Hrvatske, Egipta, Španjolske, Njemačke, Argentine, Bugarske, Belgije, Velike Britanije, Slovenije i Maroka. Prijavljeni filmovi i ove su godine stilski bili jako heterogeni – od nijemih burleski preko klasičnih igranih filmova do avangardnih filmskih eksperimenata i inovativnih animatorskih postupaka.

Glavna nagrada PSSST!-a posvećena je liku i djelu prvog hrvatskog nijemofilmskog junaka iz filma Brcko u Zagrebu.

Do iduće godine PSSST! pozdravlja sve posjetitelje i filmofile te najavljuje još pokoju aktivnost u skoroj budućnosti!

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With the awards ceremony on Saturday, November 5, 2022, the sixteenth consecutive PSSST! silent film festival ended. The festival was held for three days at the Trešnjevka Cultural Center.

The judging panel of the competition program, consisting of Karla Lončar, Božidar Trkulja and Ante Zlatko Stolica, awarded the Veliki Brcko award to the film SOK / JUICE, Mona Keil (2022), Germany, 5′, with the following explanation:

With the unanimous decision of the jury, this year’s Veliki Brcko goes to the film “Juice” by the young German director Mona Keil. Skillfully using the stop-motion animation technique, the author has created an original and well-rounded world, a unique ecosystem that bombards our senses. In it we find grotesque creatures resembling tongues and parasitic arachnids – organs and creatures that most often live in the hidden space. However, the director exposes them in this film and places them in an extremely strange context, so creating the experience of “entering” the zone of the forbidden, terrifying and perverse. The overall impression was enhanced by the performance of the band “Sunrise Session”, giving voice to silent “tongues”, as well as to their silent but dramatic dialectic with symbiotic intruders, which further evoked the cinematic exchange of saliva, sap and juice.

The audience award was won by the film PETLJA / LOOP, Pablo Polledri (2021), Spain/Argentina, 8′.

Eighteen short films were shown in the competition program. All screenings were accompanied live by top musical improvisers – Vitomir Ivanjek on the piano and the band “Sunrise Session”. The competition program contained various styles, genres and film techniques from 11 countries: Russia, Croatia, Egypt, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Bulgaria, Belgium, Great Britain, Slovenia and Morocco. The submitted films were this year, once again stylistically very heterogeneous – from silent burlesques to classic feature films to avant-garde film experiments and innovative animation procedures.

The main prize of PSSST! is dedicated to the character and work of the first Croatian silent film hero from the film Brcko in Zagreb.

Until next year PSSST! says farewell to all visitors and film buffs and announces some more activities in the near future!