REMEMBER HOW I USED TO RIDE A WHITE HORSE
European Short Film Candidates 2023
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9m 57s
A waitress goes about her daily routine serving coffee whilst having thoughts of escaping her reality. A costumer is constantly recording and listening back to the surrounding sounds of the café and is completely fixated by this task. Apathy is a condition that leads consciousness into stagnation, but do either of them realise that they are themselves examples of this condition?
Directed by: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Written by: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Produced by: Igor Grubić
Cinematography: Ivan Slipčević
Editing: Iva Kraljević
Production Design: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Animation: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Costume Design: Kata Gugić
Sound: Hrvoje Nikšić
Original Score: Hrvoje Nikšić
Visual Effects: Bruno Razum
Cast: Iva Kraljević
Original Title: SJETI SE KAKO SAM JAHALA BIJELOG KONJA
Film Production Country: Croatia
Website: https://bonobostudio.hr/en/distribution/remember-how-i-used-to-ride-a-white-horse
Biography of the Director/s
Ivana Bosnjak Volda (1983) graduated from the Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and Animation at the University in Volda, Norway. Ivana has been professionally involved in various stop motion projects across Europe, and has led animation workshops for children and students.
Thomas Johnson Volda (1984) graduated in Time Based Media from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and at the New Media Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He is multidisciplinary artist often combining animation and performance art disciplines in his work, and has created puppet performances at numerous festivals across Europe.
Ivana and Thomas co-directed award-winning stop-animation short films Simulacra (2014), Imbued Life (2019) and Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse (2022).
Filmography of the Director/s
2014 - Simulacra
2019 - Imbued Life
2022 - Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse
Production Company:
Kreativni sindikat
Igor Grubić
Phone: +385981662006
Website: www.kreativnisindikat.org
World Sales:
Bonobostudio
Vanja Andrijević
Phone: +385915677270
Website: www.bonobostudio.hr
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