ZACK ! European AnimationFilmFestival

Nowadays, everyone is familiar with animated film, especially as cartoons, stop-motion or computer animated films. What is less well known is that the method of lining up photographic images was the forerunner of film technology. 
The breakthrough in the direction of film came in 1872 with the photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who produced the first serial photographs of a galloping horse (in May, Reprodukt will publish ‘For a Fraction of a Second: The Moving Life of Eadweard Muybridge’ by Guy DELISLE).
With the silhouette film ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ (to be shown with live music on 30 March 2025, at 3 pm, at the Metropolis cinema) Lotte Reiniger created the first long animated film in film history from 1923-1926 - ten years before Disney's first feature-length film ‘Snow White’ (1937) . 
The various techniques of animated film have developed continuously and reached a new peak with computer technology. Today, the European production of animated film is multifaceted and an important economic factor in the film business. Many animated films are aimed specifically at an adult audience and are characterised by a special aesthetic. 
We have put together a wide-ranging programme of short and feature-length films from Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain for you, with a festive opening as well as guests and talks on 11 and 12 April 2025.

PROGRAMME

Monday, 7 April 2025, 7 pm
Creative Europe Desk Hamburg presents: Flow - When the cat lost its fear of water

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 7 pm
The Institut français Hamburg presents: Les Hirondelles de Kaboul - The Swallows of Kabul
With the support of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S.

Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 7 pm
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents: Yaya e Lennie - The walking Liberty

Thursday, 10 April 2025, 6 pm
The Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua presents: 5 short films about the emotional consequences of deprivation of liberty

Friday, 11 April 2025, 7 pm
The Hamburg Animation Club and the Goethe Institut present: In Persona - Jonatan Schwenk

Saturday, 12 April 2025, 5 pm
The Instituto Cervantes presents: Robot Dreams 

Saturday, 12 April 2025, 7.15 pm
The International Animation Film Festival ANIMATOR and Green Film Shooting present: ANIMATOR FESTIVAL POLISH REWARDED FILMS (short films), with guests and discussion in English 

Organiser
EUNIC Hamburg is the association of European cultural institutes in the Hanseatic city - Instituto Cervantes, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Institut français and Goethe-Institut - which develop joint cultural projects. We are launching this new film series with many other partners: Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua (Portugal), the Hamburg Animation Club, Creative Europe Desk Hamburg as well as ANIMATOR, Green Film Shooting and, of course, Kinemathek Hamburg e.V.-Metropolis Kino. 

Venue: Metropolis cinema, Kleine Theaterstraße 10, D-20354 Hamburg, 
http://www.metropoliskino.de
Admission 9 Eur / 6 Eur (reduced), Cineville subscription valid
Tickets at the Metropolis cinema
Please note the age recommendations for the respective events.

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