28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Hypnagogia

Hypnagogia

director: Magdaléna Kvasničková
original title: Hypnagogia
country: Czech Republic
year: 2017
running time: 4 min.

synopsis

An animated depiction of the half-waking state before we fall asleep. Various people describe how they see the state between waking and sleeping, while the visual show hypnagogic hallucinations – i.e., the vision that accompany the process of falling asleep. Colours are intertwined with shapes to create abstract landscapes from which every now and then concrete objects emerge.

biography

Magdalena Kvasničková (1988) studied in the Film and Television Graphic Studio at Prague’s Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, and today works as an animator and graphic artist. In her work, such as About Creation (2015), she makes frequent use of a children’s drawing style.

more about film

director: Magdaléna Kvasničková
producer: Magdaléna Kvasničková
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
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