A night of shocking films and live music at Patria Cinema

Creepy Animation Night 2 –Anim’est International Animation Film Festival’s night dedicated of bizarre animated films, visuals and live music, is back after a successful first edition in 2009, as part of the  programme of the most important animation film festival in Romania: on Friday, October 15th 2010, from 11 p.m. until dawn, the films carefully selected by Anim’est director, Mihai Mitrică will shake up Patria Cinema, along with music from  Matze and live drawings by Andrei Fantana screened in the biggest cinema in Bucharest.

A one of a kind event on the Romanian festival scenery, Creepy Animation Night 2 is coming back to  put the hearts and minds of the viewers to the test with 23 provocative short films from 17 countries, ready to „fill the night” at Patria Cinema with three programmes placed between live shows from Matze and Andrei Fantana.

Disturbing short films like the apocalyptic Origin of Creatures (dir. Floris Kaayk, Netherlands, 2010), a shocking dystopia placed in an uncertain future, where a colony’s life is troubled by a supernatural phenomenon spreading panic amongst the inhabitants; the gruesome chronicles of the Sliceman trials, MRDRCHAIN (dir. Ondrej Svadlena, Czech Republic-France, 2010), selected for the most important short film festival in the world, in Clermont-Ferrand; or The Twins from Sunset Street (dir. Marc Riba, Anna Solanas, Spain, 2010), winner of the Shadows Shorts competition at the Transylvania International Film Festival are just some of the titles giving the viewers the chills on Creepy Animation Night 2.

The short film programmes will be divided by an extraordinary performance, an absolute premiere for a Romanian cinema: welknown Romanian Dj, Matze, will be mixing live on the Patria Cinema stage, and visual artist, Andrei Fantana, will be illustrating the audio arrangement with live, spontaneous drawing, on the Patria Cinema screen, during two 45 minutes „interventions”- between the first and the second, as well as between the second and the third short film programme.

Jury member in this year’s Anim’est edition’s Video & Advertising section, Cristian Stanciu Matze has been on performing the Romanian electronic music scene as early as 1992, then, since 1996, he has been a co-founder of Yama Studios, a production company where he won numerous national and international awards for the singles he produced. In 1998 he started the NSK music project, together with Electric Brother and Dj Vasile. The three played live shows sharing the stage with big electro scene names- Faithless, Slacker, Weird Beats, Collective, Dj Matt. On November 2003, partnering up with Dan Handrabur, Dj Vasile, Vlaicu Golcea, Mitos Micluseanu, Matesan, he founds Shukar Collective, a revolutionary project exploring traditional rhythms of the bear leaders through digital modern sampling techniques. Together with Dj Vasile, Matze produces the weekly show called Free zone aired on Guerrilla Radio.

Andrei Fantana is a complete artist. He graduated the Acting section at the UNATC „ I.L. Caragiale” in Bucharest, then moved on to painting after he met Andrew Jones and Jason Manley, who guided him in this craft. In 1996, he founds Game Over magazine and is now working for the last 10 years in the gaming industry- his latest production is due for release in November, and represents the collaboration with renowned actors from the gaming field, like Ron Perlman and David Zayaz. His other passions are music, live drawings and animations.

Entrance tickets to Creepy Animation Night 2 are 25 lei and, between September 24th- October 14th they can be purchased online, from the www.ticketfan.ro website and from the partnering stores (Flanco and Anthony Fronst English Bookshop). Access for minors in the screening room is strictly prohibited, the event being addressed only to audience members over the age of 18.