Morana

By Simon Bogojevic-Narath
Music by Hrvoje Stefotic, Nikola Kovac

Croatia & France / 2008 / 12’25 / no dialogues
Production : Autour de Minuit / Cell

After running through the mist in a desolated landscape, a solitary hunter spends a rainy night in a shelter settled on a rock top. He has a dream…
In folklore, Morana is the ancient Slavic godess of evil, death, darkness, underworld, personification of winter. Etymology of the word mora denotes a nightmarish dream, misery, extermination…

Night falls on a desert and misty plain, populated by strange creatures fleeing a looming storm. A man with a tattooed face, back from the hunt, find refuge at the top of a rock. He is falling asleep…
In Celtic mythology, Morana is the goddess of death and winter. The etymology of the word "mora" refers to nightmares, to suffering and destruction ...

Available in DVD : Animatic Volume 5