Czech animated short Suzie in the Garden to premier at Berlinale
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- 20 Jan 2022
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Suzie in the Garden is based on a children’s book of the same name written by Jana Šrámková. It tells the story of a little girl called Suzie, who spends a lot of time with her parents in a gardening colony outside the city, full of mysterious corners and places to explore.
Director Lucie Sunková says that while based on the book, the film also reflects her own experiences from childhood:
“We had a cottage where there were various nooks and crannies, and it was surrounded by other old houses. There was this grumpy man living in a mysterious garden not far from us. I was both attracted to it and terrified of it.
“It was a feeling that I think everyone gets in childhood: that they have a place that they are afraid of, but at the same time they are also terribly interested in.”
Like the animator’s previous five short films, Suzie in the Garden is made using the technique of oil painting on glass, where the image and its movement is created by gradually repainting and smudging the brush strokes.
All this happens directly under the camera on a multiplane table, which consists of three glass plates placed above each other. Lucie Sunková again:
“Phase after phase is painted and smudged in several layers on top of each other. I started with the technique of oil painting on glass during my studies at school. I have always been interested in this specific artistic approach in animation.” Read More…
