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.
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
31.10. 2023 – 25.11.2023
EXHIBITION: Dutch Mountain Film Festival – Hub Theater,
3.11. 2023 / 14:00 – 15:00
PANEL: Industry day DMFF + CineSud,
Animate your story
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, 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.
