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Matea Kovač
International Competition Animated Film 2023
Animated Film
Croatia
2023
7 minutes
Croatian
Subtitles: 
English

“Y” sensually draws the progress of a same-sex relationship from playful beginning to turbulent end. Charcoal strokes become the language in which the filmmaker tells us of the process of growing closer to and away from each other, of intimacy and estrangement. A shared chapter of life is sketched, corrected and discarded.

But the line also explores the female body. The tip of the charcoal wanders through curves, hills and valleys, circling soft flanks like a finger and gently stroking breasts and hips. In the darkness of the cinema, the eye is free to glide along the emerging and disappearing shapes. We become part of an erotic triangle and are given an intimate insight into the protean psychological and physical aspects of this partnership.

Franka Sachse

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Director
Matea Kovač
Script
Matea Kovač, Jasna Žmak
Editor
Matea Kovač
Producer
Vinko Brešan
Sound
Vjeran Šalamon
Sound Design
Vjeran Šalamon
Animation
Matea Kovač, Darko Bakliža, Kata Gugić
World Sales
Sanja Borčić
Narrator
Jadranka Đokić
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award