10/02 Bologna TPO SOLD OUT

21/02 Milano SANTERIA TOSCANA 31 SOLD OUT

22/02 Torino HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR

07/03 Roma MONK CLUB SOLD OUT

08/03 Molfetta (BA) EREMO CLUB

15/03 Pordenone CAPITOL

03/04 Paris NEW MORNING

04/04 Nilvange LE GUEULARD PLUS

SENTO UN MORSO DOLCE

C’MON TIGRE feat. GIOVANNI TRUPPI

Director, Animator: Donato Sansone

"Sento Un Morso Dolce" is a detailed psychoanalytic session, entrusted to the words of Giovanni Truppi, one of the most brilliant contemporary authors that, in our opinion, Italy can boast. A stream of consciousness that takes you on a small journey into the unconscious, accompanied by a noisy and absolutely unaccommodating electronic sound. Repetition is the key to interpretation.

The BOTANIST

C’MON TIGRE feat. SEUN KUTI

Director, Animator: Jules Guerin

The song ‘The Botanist’ captures the theme of the essence of growing up, C’mon Tigre’s music often explores themes of self-discovery, transformation, and the passage of time, highlighting the transformative journey from innocence to experience, with a sense of acceptance and resilience in the face of life's ever-changing circumstances. It’s an invitation to take care of one's soul, one's mind as if they were part of a lush garden of which we ourselves are the custodians, and the incitement also travels through the voice of Seun Kuti, who collaborated with the collective on this track, singing and playing alto sax. Directed by Jules Guerin, a talented French animator, this music video takes you on a mesmerizing journey into a vibrant jungle of imagination. Watch as the song's magic transforms this lush green world into a kaleidoscope of beauty and information, where everything blossoms in a symphony of colors and visual wonders.

NO ONE YOU KNOW

C’MON TIGRE feat. XENIA RUBINOS

Director, Scriptwriter: Danijel Žeželj

Animation: Petra Balekić, Maja Duvnjak, Danijel Žeželj

Editing: Dubravka Turić

The idea of being afraid of each other, of being isolated in our particular culture/community's problems and singing to the very intimate animal parts of us, our eyes, face, voice. We're all strangers and familiar.

TWIST INTO ANY SHAPE

Development and concept: Donato Sansone and Marco Molinelli

Direction, animation editing and compositing: Donato Sansone

///Best Music Video at LIAF London International Animation Festival 2022 ///

/// Premiered By NOWNESS ///

/// Vimeo Staff Pick ///

/// Official selection at Annecy Animation Festival 2022 ///

/// Official selection at Lift-Off Global Network session 2023 ///

"Kaleidoscopic music duo C’mon Tigre describes their latest release, Twist Into Any Shape, as “an exhortation to change, to turn into any form or substance that makes you feel better.” It mixes the melodies of Sub-Saharan Africa with the music of northern Europe; a cocktail of distant musical influences inspired by the imaginary encounter between Fela Kuti and Caribou. The corresponding music video, just like the track, is an esoteric cocktail of visuals that were created by experimental animator and compositor Donato Sansone, with story development and concept by filmmaker and video artist Marco Molinelli. Watching Twist Into Any Shape is like going down a Reddit hole filled with posts of frenzied dance styles from around the world. Sansone is a master manipulator of creating viral content—he has already stacked millions of views for his expertly edited Ghost Crash video online—and has mined the internet for material to create the visuals for this short film. With a punk attitude, he uses video collage, animation, and split-screen techniques to create a circus of dancing visuals that are difficult to look away from." (via Nowness.com)

UNDERGROUND LOVERS

C’MON TIGRE feat. MICK JENKINS

Directed by Gianluigi Toccafondo and Marco Molinelli

animated by Gianluigi Toccafondo

/// Premiered by Nowness ///

/// Finalist at Stockholm City Film Festival ///

/// Official Selection at International Music Video Awards ///

/// Official Selection at Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival ///

Underground Lovers is a story about love and obsession, with a dramatic end. Inspired by science fiction cinema and Japanese erotic culture, it has the structure of a real feature film condensed in just over 4 minutes. A man and a woman go through a night of excess until they lose control, among food, drugs, sex and the neon lights of Tokyo. There is no keyframing, no filters no post production, over 2300 frames hand painted on paper.

MONO NO AWARE 物の哀れ

a C'mon Tigre short film

Directed by Marco Molinelli

Artworks by Maurizio Anzeri

Japanese calligraphy/Shōdo by Shigekiyuriko Yamane

Mountain pics courtesy of Behind Mag

mixed technics: stop motion and CGI

/// Official selection of Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2020 ///

/// Official selection of Paris ARFF International 2020 ///

/// Official selection of Copenaghen Annual CPH Film Festival 2020 ///

/// Semi-finalist in LAFA Los Angeles Film Award 2019 ///

Often considered to be untranslatable, the Japanese term MONO NO AWARE refers to the bittersweet realization of the ephemeral nature of all things. It is the awareness that everything in existence is temporary. The fleetingness of youth, the fading of romance, and the changing of seasons are not to be mourned, but cherished and appreciated in their impermanence, for that is where their beauty comes from.

This art video is made in collaboration between the music collective C'mon Tigre and the artist Maurizio Anzeri, animating the Anzeri original artworks to tell a story of the beauty of ephemeral human beings life, flying over places like a bird, observing people who live in those places in a dimension where history and future converge. Maurizio Anzeri makes his portraits by drawing on tracing paper, which he laid on top of old photographs, and after by sewing directly into the photographs. His embroidered patterns garnish the figures like elaborate costumes, but also suggest a psychological aura, as if revealing the person’s thoughts or feelings. The antique appearance of the photographs is often at odds with the sharp lines and silky shimmer of the threads.The artist’s recent expansion of his practice to include landscapes stems from an interest in the idea of ‘electricity’: electricity that we emanate and absorb and its manifestations. In his altered landscapes, mysterious emanations suggest unseen phenomena, and allude to the spiritual and mystical.

BEHOLD THE MAN

Directed by Marco Molinelli

CG by Sic Est

Produced by BDC / Bonanni Del Rio Catalog

Taking inspiration from a science fiction novel from 1969 by Michael Moorcock, the story is about a modern version of the first human being, who appears on earth as an adult child, being enthusiastic for discovering the great inebriation that freedom can give, the liberation of the body using the metaphor of dance.

/// Staff pick on Vimeo ///

/// Rewarded by VEGAS Movie Awards as BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Award of Excellence ///

/// Rewarded by Queen Palm International Film Festival (Palm Springs CA) in April 2019 Edition music video category: GOLD as Best Editor / SILVER as Best Director / BRONZE as Best Music Video / HONORABLE MENTION as Best Music ///

/// Rewarded by LAFA Los Angeles Film Award as The BEST MUSIC VIDEO for 2019 ///

/// rewarded by VENICE Film week as BEST MUSIC VIDEO for 2019 ///

/// rewarded by FIRENZE Film Festival as BEST MUSIC VIDEO for 2019 ///

/// Official selection of Paris ARFF International 2019 ///

/// Official selection of Berlin Music Video Awards ///

/// Official selection of International New York Film Festival 2019 ///

/// Official selection of New York Lift-Off Online Film Festival 2019 ///

/// Official selection of San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2019 ///

/// Official selection of Aesthetica Film Festival 2019 ///

/// Best Music Video Nomination by PAMA Paris Movie Award 2019 ///

/// Best Music Video Nomination by Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2020 ///

/// Official selection of L.A. Experimental Film Festival 2020 ///

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Directed and animated by Gianluigi Toccafondo

There is no keyframing, no filters no post production, over 5000 frames totally hand painted.

A WORLD OF WONDER

Directed and animated by Danijel Zezelj

The film was made by taking pictures of Zezelij’s drawings surface while he painted over the course of several weeks. Each brush sign has to be documented by a photo, same technique as the most classical animation. The peculiarity of his approach is that every drawing he paints erases the previous one, every mark erases the one below and what remains is encased in this film.

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