Hoofs on Skates

Kanopos ir pačiūžos

In a winter wonderland two friends are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them: now they must learn how to deal with the otherness, not letting the fear rule.

Information

Year
2024
Genre
Animation
Duration
13'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
No dialogues

Team

Producer
Justė Beniušytė, Ignas Meilūnas
Script
Titas Laucius
Cinematography
Simonas Glinskis
Editing
Ignas Meilūnas
Sound designer
Julius Grigelionis
Composer
Marius Meilūnas
Animation
Anni Oja, Matthew Krasucki, Ignas Meilūnas
Production company
,,Kadrų skyrius"

Contacts

Justė Beniušytė

Director's biography

Ignas Meilūnas

Born in 1985, grew up interested in Maths, graduated from VGTU (Vilnius) with a BA degree in Engineering and IT. After that, he has been working as a 3D animator, and created sound and visual design for theatre and film productions. With a main interest in stop-motion, he started working as an animator and then as director, releasing his first short film, “Woods”, in 2015 and winning the National Award for Best Short Film. Now he has his own stop-motion studio in Vilnius.

Filmography

Woods / Miškas (2015, short animation)
Mr. Night Has A Day Off / Pono Nakties laisvadienis (2016, short animation)
Matilda an the Spare Head / Matilda ir atsarginė galva (2020, short animation)
Hoofs on Skates / Kanopos ir pačiūžos (2024, short animation)