Chintis Lundgren’s ‘Manivald’ released online
Following a near two-year run of festival successes and critical acclaim, Estonian-born, Croatia-based writer/animator/director Chintis Lundgren‘s film Manivald has today been released online.
Co-written by Draško Ivezić of Adriatic Animation and produced by Draško and Jelena Popović of the National Film Board of Canada, the film tells the story of 33-year-old Manivald, an unemployed fox who leads a listless life with his artist mother until Toomas, a wolf repairman, enters their life and affects their co-dependent existence forever.
Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother and spends his days learning piano while she makes his coffee and washes his socks. It is an easy life, but not a good one. Their unhealthy co-dependence is about to collapse when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy and adventurous wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.
You can learn more about the film in episode 4 of season 2 of our podcast series Intimate Animation featuring Chintis Lundgren and Draško Ivezić (stream below or direct download):
To see more of Chintis Lundgren’s work visit chintislundgren.com