THE LEGEND OF GOLDHORN

Octopics, Slovenia / 4K / 13’35”
Frame by frame, digitaly handrawn animation

Based on a Slovenian folk tale, set in a time when the supernatural intertwined with everyday life. The story takes  in the highest mountains of Slovenia in the realm of Goldhorn, a deity, in the shape of a white chamois with golden horns.

Goldhorn is a symbol of nature itself, because it is immortal, to capture and destroy it would only mean to destroy oneself.

 

Crew

Director: Lea Vučko

Assistant director: Damir Grbanović

Producer: Damir Grbanović

Visual design: Lea Vučko

Animation: Lea Vučko

Additional animation: Damir Grbanović, Tina Zadnik

Music: Janez Dovč

Vocal: Gregor Volk

Voice: Damir Grbanović, Lea Vučko

Sound design: Julij Zornik, 001 d.o.o.

 
 

 

 

Synopsis

A kindhearted hunter disregarding his values and beliefs goes hunting for Goldhorn, a gold horned chamois, the god of the Julian Alps. With this gold hunter hopes to win back the heart of his beloved.

 

The story is based on a Slovenian folktale. It takes place in winter in the Julian Alps. It is a tragic love story about values, greed and our relationship toward nature. A kind hearted hunter has his heart broken by the girl he loves. In his desire to win her back, he disregards his own values and goes hunting for the god of the Alps which appears in the form of a white, golden horned chamois.

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UPCOMING SCREENINGS

19.9. – 24.9.2023  /
20. SALENTO film festival,
Salento, Italy – official competition programme

21.9. – 24.9.2023  /
11. CARPATIAN Mountain Film Festival,
Uzhhorod, Ukraine – official competition programme

23.9. – 29.9.2023  /
21. TIRANA International Film Festival,
Tirana, Albanija – Balkan competition

28.9. – 4.10.2023  /
19. FICMONTERREY,
Moneterrey, Mexico – international short film competition programme

28.9 – 1.10.2023  /
8. FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION BERLIN,
Berlin, Germany – official competition programme + MASTERCLASS

11.10. – 14.10.2023  /
14. BALKAN BEYOND BORDERS,
Nikšič, Montenegro – competition programme

13.10 – 16.10.2023 /
11. INTERNATIONAL SOUND AND FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL,
Samobor, Croatia – Cristall pine nominee

 

EXHIBITIONS AND PANELS

 
15.7. 2023 – 20.9.2023
EXHIBITION: Cultural center Stara Fužina

Bohinj, Slovenia

1.10. 2023
MASTERCLASS: Festival of Animation Berlin
Silent green Kulturquartier – Betonhalle Kino

31.10. 2023 – 25.11.2023
EXHIBITION: Dutch Mountain Film Festival – Hub Theater,
Kerkrade, Netherlands

3.11. 2023 / 14:00 – 15:00
PANEL: Industry day DMFF + CineSud, 
Animate your story
Royal Theatre, Herleen

Previous Festivals and Screenings

4.9. – 10.9.2023 / 46. DRAMA International Short Film Festival, Drama, Greece – animation competition programme

5.9. – 9.9.2023 / 8. ALPIN Mountain Film Festival, Brašov, Romunija – competiton programme

25.8 – 27.8.2023 / 2. KRASNI FESTIVAL, Škocjan, Slovenia

20.8. – 23.8.2023 / 14. KUGY FESTIVAL, Treviso, Italy

14.8. – 19.8.2023 / 9. FeKK Shorti film festival Ljubljana, Slovenia – FekkSLO competition

10.8. – 13.8.2023 / 12. BENGALURU International Film Festival, Bengaluru, India – animation competition programme

10.8. – 13.8.2023 / 4. FLIPBOOK Film Festival, Skopje, North Macedonia – competition programme

1.8. – 6.8.2023 / 29. SAN ANTONIO Film festival, Texas, USA – competition programme

17. - 23.7.2023 / ANIBAR, Peja, Kosovo - Balkan competition

4.8 - 8.8.2023 / Asterfest, Strumica, North Macedonia - Competition programme

12.7 - POLETNA ANIMATEKA, Ljubljana, special screening

12.7 - 18.7.2023 / 39. CARTOON CLUB, Rimini, Official competition, Italy

1.7 - 8.7.2023 / 24. SHORTS International film festival Trieste, Official competition - Eco shorts, Italy

21.6.-25.6.2023 / 10. MISTER VORKY International Festival of Cinema Art, Competition programe, Ruma, Serbia

19.6 - 24.6.2023 / 19th GROSSMAN FANTASTIC FILM AND WINE FESTIVAL, Competition programme - Melies d'argent, Ljutomer, Slovenija

17.6 - 25.6.2023 / 5. KINO BLED, Bled, Slovenija

10.6 - 17.6.2023 / 19th IN THE PALACE, International short film Festival, Competition programme , Sofia, Bulgaria

14.6 -18.6.2023 / 40th ASOLO ART FILM FESTIVAL, competition programme, Asolo, Italy

5.6 - 10.6.2023/ 31st ANIMAFEST ZAGREB World Festival of Animated Film, World Panorama, Zagreb, Croatia

31.5 - 18.6.2023/ 17th RIVER FILM FESTIVAL, competition programme, Padova, Italy

7.6 - 11.6.2023/ 19th KINO OTOK, Izola, Slovenija

26.4. - 5.3. / 18th SEEFEST, South East European Film Festival, official competition programme, Los Angeles, USA

26.4. - 7.5. / 71st TRENTO FILM FESTIVAL, official competition programme, Trento, Italy

25.3. / Selekcija nagrajenih kratkih filmov,
Lutkovno gledališče Maribor, Slovenia - special screening

31.3 - 5.4 / The European Film Festival of Lille, France - official competition programme

16. 3. – 20. 3. 2023 / NIFF 
6th Nepal International film festival, Kathmandu, Nepal - official competition programme

14.3.2023 - SLO:Motion, Slovenian retrospective at the Film Archiv Austria, Metro kino kultur haus, Austria - sprecial screening

11. 2. – 17. 2. 2023 / CINELEBU – 23th Lebu international film festival, Chile - official competition programme

13. 2. – 18. 2. 2023 / FESTIVAL GORNIŠKEGA FILMA – 17th International festival of mountain film, Ljubljana, Slovenia - official competition programme

28. 11. – 4. 12. 2022 / ANIMATEKA – 19th International festival of Animated film, Ljubljana, Slovenia - official competition programme

17. 11. – 24. 11. 2022 / FICAR – 27th Festival International de Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco - official competition programme

7. 11. – 13. 11. 2022 / CINANIMA – 46th International Animated film festival of Espinho - panorama official selection

25. 10. – 30. 10. 2022 /  FSF – 25th Festival of Slovenian film, Portorož, Slovenia - official competition programme

Previous exhibitions

26.4 - 7.7.2023
Triglav national park info center - Dom Trenta
Trenta, Slovenia

2. 12. – 11. 12. 2022
ANIMATEKA / Lea Vučko: Making of the Legend Of Goldhorn;

Gallery DLUL, Ljubljana, Slovenia

6.6. – 21.6. 2020 
Lea Vučko: nastajanje Legende o Zlatorogu,
Gallery KAMRA, Bohinjska Bistrica , Slovenia

5. 12. 2019 – 30. 1. 2020

Lea Vučko: nastajanje Legende o Zlatorogu’,

Gallery Mahlerca, Layer house, Kranj, Slovenia

AWARDS

FekK SLO Film critics award
FeKK, Short film festival Ljubljana, 2023

BAZZARA CAFFE AWARD,
BEST Eco-Short -Audience award
ShorTS, International film festival Trieste, 2023

HONORABLE MENTION for short animation
SeeFest 2023, Los Angeles

MANJUSHREE Award, Best Animated Short Film,
Nepal International film Festival, 2023

HONORABLE MENTION Mountain nature and Culture,
Festival gorniškega filma 2023,  Slovenija

VESNA award for best animated film 2022
Festival of Slovenian film, Portorož, 2022

;DSAF Award for best visual design 2022
awarded by the Slovenian animated film association

ANIMATEKAPRO Pitch – Best project 2018
Main award – pitching competition for projects in development, International festival of animated film Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia

CONTACT US

octopicsinfo@gmail.com

Directors statement

The story of the Legend of Goldhorn is based on a Slovenian folktale, taking place in the highest mountains in Slovenia. I have been fascinated by its story ever since I was a child, as I grew up in Bohinj, a mountain valley in the mids of the Julian Alps. The story speaks of love, greed and our relationship towards each other and nature. Its main message is especially important for our current time. The story takes place in the so-called mythical past, a time when people were connected with the laws of nature. The supernatural creatures were interconnected with everyday life and were worshipped as gods. This is shown with the colour scheme. The colours are vibrant, indicating the ultraviolets and infrareds, that surround us but are invisible to our human eye. The vivid colours are also a stark contrast to the dark storyline. The painting style is inspired by expressionism and is achieved with custom-designed brushes that simulate paint on glass. The animation is completely drawn frame by frame in TVpaint.

Directors bio

Lea Vučko studied in the field of illustration at the Academy of fine arts and design at the University of Ljubljana. It was only after finnishing the post graduate programe that she turned her focus to animation. She animated on projects such as Prince Ki-Ki-do (2016), Weasel(2017), Špela Čadež’s OITNB Netflix commission (2018) and Somewhere Else (2018), a contemporary puppet play. She is the co-creator of two site-specific projects that were selected for Animafests’ Animation goes MSU (Petris 2016, Spring Cleaning 2017) and cofounder of OCTOPICS production studio. 

The Legend of Goldhorn is her debut shortfilm.