Clermont-Ferrand Festival is one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious short film festivals in the world, in terms of audience and professional presence, it is the second largest film festival in France (immediately after Cannes). Films selected from 6,200 short film applications for the festival’s international competition this year, Edmund Janson’s film “Guard of honor“is one of the 16 animated films in the competition, which will be judged by the jury together with 10 documentaries and 50 feature films.
“Guard of Honor” is an author’s film by director, artist and animator Edmund Janson about the choice of a soldier to remain on guard despite changing and threatening circumstances. The director said: “The object of the film – the guard of honor – is, in my opinion, a very capacious image, it represents the ethical ideals that are important to us all – honor, dignity, duty. This is very striking, as evidenced by the Internet comments on the rites of honor of different countries – if people comment on the rites of honor of their country, the comments are mostly touching and respectful, while the comments on the rituals of other countries tend to be ridiculous and even cynical. we are the best, but the others are funny… “The theme of the film is currently relevant not only in Latvia, but all over the world, which is in the process of radical change; now we have to rethink what we think of classical values, such as honor and love of the homeland, and do they still have any meaning? Despite the seriousness of the subject, the film speaks a modern and witty visual language.
The creative team of the film includes the author and director of the film Edmunds Jansons, animator Mārtiņš Dūmiņš, sound director Ģirts Bišs and the orchestra “Samba de Riga”, producer Sabīne Andersone. The film was made in the studio “Atom Art” with the financial support of the National Cinema Center. For the National Film Award “Kristaps the Great”, the film “Guard of Honor” was nominated in four categories – “Best Animated Film”, “Best Animated Film Director”, “Best Sound Director” and “Best Animated Film Artist”.
Edmund Janson’s animated short film “Guard of Honor”
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Edmund Janson’s short films “Choir Tour” (2012), “International Father’s Day” (2012) and “Seal Island” (2014) have been screened at several hundred festivals, including all major animation and short film festivals in Annecy, Zagreb, Oberhausen, Hiroshima, In Ottawa, Stuttgart, London, at the festivals “Anima Mundi”, “Fantoche”, “Krok”, “Interfilm”, etc.), they have received awards and recognitions, presented in schools, museums, cultural centers all over the world, included in the selection of festival films. Edmunds Jansons is known to Latvian viewers as the director who has created the animated film series “Rags” (since 2010), the Centennial film “Jacob, Mummy and the Talking Dogs” (2018) and the Christmas film “Bize and Neglect” (2017).
A short film market will take place at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival from 31 January to 4 February, with a joint Baltic stand with the support of the National Film Center; Lithuanian short film agency “Lithuanian Shorts”, Tallinn festival section “PÖFF Shorts”, Latvian festivals “2Annas” and “Short Riga (Riga IFF)”, Latvian Animation Association are cooperating in its organization. The short film market program includes a Baltic short film screening on February 1, in which Latvia will be represented by three films – “Resistance is futile” (short film, director Armands Začs), “Can’t Help Myself” (short film by Anna Ansone) and “Mirage formula”. “(animation, director Rasa Pavilona), but on February 2, the short film market Forum will host a conversation” Current Waves and Baltic Talents – Co-production opportunities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “, introducing an international audience to the latest trends in the Baltic short film landscape.
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