Aleksandar Stankovski

Act presents some of the main historical styles in European painting of the naked human figure. Changes in the styles of painting the naked human figure are presented, from baroque and rococo through classicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, modernism and post-modernism. There is no conventional narration in this animated movie; instead the plot is inspired by the history of European painting as seen and practiced by an artist—the author of this animated movie.

A young movie director is shooting his first film, "The Judge", about the devil as a contemporary personification of evil. But he must face some temptations. In the world in which illusion gets the right to dimension, matters have no gravitation, they are fragile and at the same time constant. Where the corporeal burdens the consciousness, consciously silent, with thirst and wish for penetration into a totally different reality - the images become one, first of all-important element, while they are discreetly thread towards eternity. This is a world in which the only magic is implied.

In a theater, as the actors agree to set a new play, our protagonist goes to the theater basements full of old costumes to look for Dracula's costume. But, by chance, finds a magic book, which once he opens, it instantly displaces reality and leads him to phantasmagorical journeys.