This year selector for Animatrix is Aleksa Gajić, director of first Serbian animated feature film Technotise – Edit & I which delighted last year’s audience and received two recognitions, one for special contribution in development of Serbian cinematography and a special audience recognition for best film. “I had an opportunity to read an interview with Pascall Morelli, director and animator of one of the films on Corto Maltese, which will be screened at the festival. Pascal Morelli says their biggest challenge was capturing the chemistry and the rhythm of the comics. Based on the comments I’ve heard seems they succeeded in it. Those who love Corto say: “The film is so poetic and it has great tempo.” Those who don’t love him say: “The film is boring and slow.” Indeed, Corto tramples in the best possible ways over the entire heritage we received from American commercial production. Some will say: “This is antiaesthetic screenplay” and some will say: “Yes but it is aesthetics nevertheless”. Luckily, we are all different and this world of ours and our culture always come as unfathomable and fresh. So, here you will get some classical stories, told in a modern vernacular, but still very much Corto Maltese as we know him. “
