Short film

Nocturno

1958 · 10 min

A hushed, dreamlike drift through odd roads and cartoon night, eerie and quietly hypnotic rather than eventful.

Directed by: Nikola Kostelac
Genres: Animation

Overview: Short animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.

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Directed by: Nikola Kostelac
Genres: Animation

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
memory
mystery
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Nikola Kostelac
Written by: Vatroslav Mimica, Vladimir Tadej
Runtime: 10 min
Country: Yugoslavia
Languages: No Language

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