28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Canis Lupus
Canis Lupus
Canis Lupus

Canis Lupus

director: Artur Magrot
original title: Canis Lupus
country: Czech Republic
year: 2019
running time: 6 min.

synopsis

Canis lupus, or the grey wolf, may be altered into the family dog by adding the attribute familiaris to its generic name. This experimental film brings out parallels between the aggressive nature of the wild beast and humans with the author eliminating soundtrack, building up his reflections using 3D animations combined with a written monologue told by invisible narrator.

biography

Czech artist Artur Magrot is a graduate of Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts (AVU) and founder of Ukradená galerie (Stolen Gallery), a project using empty public spaces for hosting exhibitions. His interests are relations between humans and modern technologies.

more about film

director: Artur Magrot
producer: Artur Magrot
art director: Artur Magrot
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
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