Watch: ‘Bye Little Block!’ – A Unique Hungarian Animated Short Film
by Alex Billington
March 3, 2024
Source: Vimeo
“We could finally sell the flat… so you can start packing your stuff.” Another excellent animated short film to feature and add to our ever-growing database of excellent shorts. Bye Little Block! (or Pá, kis panelom! in Hungarian) is an animated short made by a Hungarian filmmaker named Éva Darabos, currently based in Budapest. She explains: “It’s about a surreal farewell to my beloved blockhouse area where I grew up. The quirky atmosphere and all of the characters of this typically Central/Eastern European neighborhood always inspired me.” The film was originally created as a graduation project for the filmmaker, and played at many festivals over the last few years. Now it’s finally online for everyone! There’s so many quirky characters and wacky designs and hilarious scenes in this. It’s a fascinating tribute to the kind of extra colorful characters you find in residential blocks in a city. The film won Best Animated Short at a few festivals, and played at Rooftop Films NYC, Interfilm Berlin, Animasivo Mexico City, Sottodicotto Festival, and many others. Enjoy.
Thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks for the tip on this. Brief intro to the short from Vimeo: “A surreal farewell to a blockhouse area.” Bye Little Block! is a graduation film project made at the Animation Master programme of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest – from 2020. Bye Little Block! is written and directed by Hungarian animation filmmaker Éva Darabos based in Budapest – you can see more of her work on her Vimeo page or follow her on IG @evi.darabos. Produced by József Fülöp. The short is edited by Judit Czakó, feautring music by Dávid V. Bodnár. Darabos states: “I’m so excited and emotional! After 4 years of many festivals and screenings, my graduation film is online for everyone to watch it forever and ever! […] I will be forever grateful for all the hard work of the very talented crew members.” The film premiered in 2020 and won the Ottawa Animation Festival award for Best Design, and Best Animated Short at the Barcelona Short Film Fest also that year. For more info, visit Vimeo or Éva’s IG. To watch more shorts, click here. Thoughts?
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