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Hi, my name is Marta Snezek and I'm an animation director from Dublin.

I have worked in animation for almost 10 years now as a student and as a

professional. I've also made a few short films.

My graduation film, Small Hours, that was a mosaic split screen film in 2D.

And then I moved on to some stop -motion work, such as my funded film,

Nana D.

Then I went on to be animation director for a film called Rerooted, which was

also stop -motion but out of paper, so cut -out paper animation.

I have been graciously invited by the Imaginaria Film Festival team to take

part in the film residency that they do.

This was back in October.

I got to go to Samichela di Bari for a whole week and I got to work on a

of my choice.

When I arrived in Samichela di Bari, I walked around on my own with a camera

I just observed. I observed the little details of the everyday life of the

people living there. I took a walk around the town, took lots of photos and

went back to the studio.

And I drew some bits and pieces, but then I realized, do I? I'm missing a few

bits. So I went back for another walk in the afternoon.

It was 1 p .m.

And I've revisited all the other places that I went to before.

And they looked completely different. The shops were closed down. There was no

people on the streets.

Everything was very quiet and peaceful.

This is where I came upon.

the concept of a siesta or what the locals would call a consola when people

a break in the middle of the day and I just found that so inspiring and

incredible because this is something that in Ireland we just do not have

unfortunately. Within half a day of being in the town I got inspired to make

film about this. The whole film is quite rough and sketchbooky.

Because I want the perspective to be of a visitor, not a local.

So it's not through a local's eyes, it's through a visitor's eyes. I saw many,

many things. Beautiful window frames, beautiful stairs.

I saw the back of the kitchen and the chef of the kitchen was taking a smoke

break. I saw a cat coming out of a wall, having a nap. Just very everyday

life things that I found very beautiful in this town.

So I try to recreate these places, but through my own eyes, through my own

style, and showcase the contrast that happens in the mornings or evenings

during the Controla time.

It's a very short and a very simple project, but I truly hope that it shows

big of a culture shock that can be for some people, where you don't realize.

and how it affects everyone in the town in such a small but big way at the same

time. I want to say thank you to the entire team of the festival for giving

this opportunity to do this. So thank you very much and I hope you have a

wonderful evening.