AquaREEL

​Could you live the life that somebody else designed for you?
 
An accidently spilled aquarelle makes a cute, strong-willed and sassy puppet girl conscious. As she starts to explore the world around her, the journey begins to re-design herself. Who is in charge: the Artist or the Character? …and the film reel is spinning.
This is a behind the scenes story made with special visual image exploring the idea of what happens if the Artist plays along and supports the Puppet to create herself.

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Film:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moJi5jNaG6A​

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Official selection SPARK ANIMATION Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada  2022
Official selection Berlin International Art Film Festival, Berlin, Germany  2022
Official selection HALO International Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg, Russia  2022





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ZSOFIA OPRA-SZABO  
Writer-Director
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Zsofia Opra-Szabo is an emerging new filmmaker with background in theatre design. Originally from Hungary, Budapest, Zsofia is interested in crossing the boundaries between theatre, film and puppetry. Currently, Zsofia is working as a stop motion animation filmmaker and teaching theatre design at University of Alberta.







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GREGORY MULYK   
Music-Sound
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Greg Mulyk is a Canadian composer, sound artist, and pianist. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Alberta, where he is also currently pursing graduate studies in Music Composition. His research interests are focused in electroacoustic composition, including human-computer interaction in live performance, algorithmic music, and with music and sound design for film and video game industries. Greg has composed music for two local feature length films, Q4: Dream Corporation (2017), and Sure Shot Dombrowski: The Early Years (2016). Greg also works as a piano instructor at Giovanni Music School and from his home studio.
 https://gregmulyk.bandcamp.com/






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Melinda Endre-Petak   
Artistic Assistant
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Melinda Endre-Petak with a BA in marketing and business administration and 15 years’ experience in B2B project coordination has started her career in art as a volunteer event manager at the ENLights Theatre in 2019. Her career shifted towards art projects and since she’s been involved in theatre festivals&productions, documentary pre-production, feature animation film plan development and music video production assistance.








The short film was created on the occasion of the Play the Fool Festival 2021 Edmonton