In Persona: Špela Čadež

Špela Čadež is an animation filmmaker and co-founder of Finta Studio in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and her heart beats for analogue animation. Her films have received over 130 awards at festivals worldwide and have been screened in major competitions at Sundance, Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand, and Annecy. Špela Čadež transforms intimate stories into universal ones by working with original scenarios or literary motifs. Her stories are linear but at the same time full of digressions and transitions between inner states, feelings, and external reality. Using an animation stand, she tries out the multiplane technique, explores different visual approaches and deals with topics such as addiction, alcoholism, and verbal violence, which are otherwise not talked about much.

In addition to her own films, she will also talk about her experience with commissioned work and present the creative process at Finta Studio.

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