Schrödinger
Date:
December 15, 2022
Schrödinger
Schrödinger
by Sergo Kibus
Rebel Frame | Estonia
Black Boat Pictures | France
Short animation
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Logline
An exploration of utter uncertainty and joy of existence through the eyes of a domestic cat.
Synopsis
In a small apartment, a domestic cat leads a carefree life with her human, an artist working from the comfort of his home. There is a deep connection and a secure routine between the animal and the man. Although their life seems idyllic, the man struggles daily – something is wrong with his health. After an ordinary day filled with usual routines, the cat’s safe realities shatter when her human collapses and remains lying on the floor. The friendly apartment becomes a prison, nightmarish confusion and anxiety flood over the cat. As the man’s body is lying on the floor, the art he has created starts to haunt the cat. Trapped in the apartment, a place that brought feelings of joy and safety, a place that has now become just a sealed box, how will the animal accept this new reality?
Beauty in both existence and non-existence, compassion for other beings, and fragility of life are the underlying themes of this oil painted animated film, which is inspired by thought experiments of quantum physics, deconstructionist philosophy of Jacques Derrida, and Claude Monet´s impressionist paintings, especially the painting of his wife, “Camille on Her Deathbed” (1879).
Director’s Profile
Sergo Kibus (previously Sergei Kibus) is an animation director, screenwriter, and a cinematographer. He is a co-founder of the film studio Rebel Frame.
Sergo holds degrees in photography and audiovisual media and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in “Asian Politics and Societies”. As an academic lecturer he has held courses in animation, scriptwriting, and photography. His breakthrough as a director was an award-winning animated short “Teofrastus” (2019, Nukufilm). The film has been screened at more than 40 film festivals and received 15 awards. In 2022, he directed a stop-motion horror short “The Undertaker”. His new film “Schrödinger”, currently in pre-production, won at the Baltic Pitching Forum and participated in the EURO CONNECTION 2022 at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.
Company Profile
Rebel Frame is an Estonian film studio focused on animation and documentary production. It is run by a producer and documentary director Kadriann Kibus along with animation director and writer Sergo Kibus. Rebel Frame currently has a feature-length documentary “A Place Like Home” (ESoDoc 2020, Sheffiled MeetMarket 2024) in production, as well as multiple animated shorts in development, pre-production, or production. For example: oil painted animation “Schrödinger” by Sergo Kibus, puppet stop-motion “Glass Elephants” by Vykintas Labanauskas and Dominyka Adomaitytė (LT/EE), and “Winter in March” (stop-motion and digital 2D, EE/AR) by Natalia Mirzoyan. In 2023 we finished “Point and Line to Cosmos” by Pablo Ballarin (PÖFF Shorts national competition, Turku FF, Fest Anča, Stop Trik etc.) and just recently, a digital cut-out “The Dog” by Kaspar Jancis. We have established long-term relationships with local talent and are welcoming international co-productions and collaborations.