The International StopTrik Film Festival, produced by Pekarna Magdalenske mreže, invites you to a curated selection of animations from last year’s edition. The films will be screened at the pop-up cinema in the garden next to OBRAT – a space for art and participation, located at Trg revolucije 9.
This green nook, just by the main bridge, transforms once again into an open-air cinema during the Lent Festival. With our improvised cinema, we’re once again giving space back to cinema – to the cinema that the city is missing.

This program presents some of the finest stop motion and experimental animations from the previous StopTrik edition. Among others, you’ll see the touching and witty animation Madeleine, the audience favourite and winner of the StopTrik Grand Prix 2023.

Over the years, StopTrik has become known as the first European festival dedicated to the art of stop motion animation. But it is also a community-oriented event, bringing together lovers of experimental audiovisual art and cinema who are interested in critical reflection on the meanings and roles of contemporary artistic expression.

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Films in the program – Best of StopTrik 2024 (85 min):

• Adiós
  José Prats (NFTS), United Kingdom, 2024, 8’31”
  On a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad. He is haunted by loneliness and the fear of being left behind.

• Beyond the Face
  Anja Resman (SPOK Films, UNG), Slovenia, Croatia, 2024, 9’50”
  After his father’s death, a young man clears out the apartment and is confronted by repressed childhood memories.

• Falling for Greta
  Gustavo Arteaga, United Kingdom, 2023, 11’16”
  When love knocks on Greta’s door, her world turns upside down. Passion brings complications – and an unexpected transformation through water.

• Father’s Letters / Papiny pis’ma / Папины письма
  Alexey Evstigneev (Moderato, Mimesis), France, Russia, 2024, 12’10”
  In 1934, a professor is sent to a gulag. Pretending to be on a scientific expedition, he writes letters filled with fantasy to his daughter – hiding the truth of his imprisonment.

• Joko
  Izabela Plucińska (Animoon, Clay Traces, Maur Film), Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, 2024, 15’
  Joko supports his whole family by working in a refinery. On his job anniversary, a bizarre encounter with city officials leads to an absurd request – to carry them on his back for money.

• Madeleine
  Raquel Sancinetti, Canada, 2023, 15’
  Every week, Raquel (41), a Brazilian immigrant, visits her friend Madeleine (107) in a Montreal retirement home and tries to persuade her to go outside. But Madeleine says she’s already seen it all.

• [S]
  Mario Radev, United Kingdom, Poland, Bulgaria, 2024, 12’33”
  A poetic visual journey revealing the life span of infinity. The film immerses the viewer in a meditative loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entanglement of nature and art.