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Rosso Papavero
Directed by Martin Smatana
Short Narrative
Slovakia| 5 minutes | 2015
Once upon a starry night, a small boy with the head full of fantasies witnesses dreamlike circus performances.
Dazed by endless chain of glittering attractions he realizes that the price for a ticket to the fantastic circus tent is too high and gate between reality and dream is closing.
Martin Smatana
Director/Producer
Martin was born in 1991 in Zilina, Slovakia. Since 2011, he has been studying Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2012, he was on a working residence in NUKUFILM STUDIO in Tallinn, Estonia. Since 2013, he has been working as a lecturer of animation at a Private Art School LADON in Bratislava. In September 2014 he finished his debut short puppet film Rosso Papavero.