Musical Traumas

Onti is a fictional character. He is a paraphrase of our subconscious. He is both a nightmare and an inseparable part of our being. This short video musical personifies the randomness of feelings, thoughts, events and perceptions related to it.

A reckless boy in an almost desperate and therefore troublesome way persistently seeks the attention of his father – a photographer. Being confronted with his father’s artistic chaos and his obsessive fascination with photography-life, on his path of growing up these elements eventually become essential for strengthening their father-son bond. In a story that intertwines hand-drawn and stop animation in collage technique, the author takes his audience on a ride through the archive of Slovenian photographer Dragiša Modrinjak, and at the same time draws from personal experience as a filmmaker and father.

The love game of a couple is rudely interrupted by war, but the lovers don’t want to stop their game.