Three Birds

by Zarja Menart

Tri tičice, 2023, animated, 2D animation, multiplane animation, stop motion, 7 min
Finished

SI, HR

The wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her of her inner world. There lies sadness, uncertainty, death. But also transformation and the beginnings of what can sprout and bear fruit again.

screenwriter
Zarja Menart
director
Zarja Menart
producer
Tina Smrekar
co-producer
Draško Ivezić
animator
Zarja Menart, Matej Lavrenčič, Anka Kočevar, Milly Yencken, Leo Černic
music composer
Zvezdana Novaković
film editor
Iva Kraljević

production
Finta Film
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Adriatic Animation
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
distribution
Bonobostudio

Bonobostudio
Vanja Andrijević
info@bonobostudio.hr

Finta
Tina Smrekar
tina@finta.si

Zarja Menart works as a film animator, illustrator and art director. She was the art director and main animator for several short films, including main animator for Špela Čadež's multiawarded films Nighthawk and Steakhouse. Menart was in these two films, side by side and together with Čadež, revitalising the multiplane cut-out technique. The short animated film The Three Birds will be her debut.