Selection

Screening: Student Competition 1
Hungary 2024
Duration: 04:48
Directed: Enikő Dörfler
Screenplay: Enikő Dörfler
Production: Werner Dörfler
Dialogue Language: Hungarian

The basis of my animation is the Nightmare Cockerel (vagy Rooster), also known as Piritus/Piritusz, a belief in Hungarian folk lore that if you find a black egg, a Piritus may hatch from it. Initially the creature seems nice, helps its owner, brings them money if they takes care of it, but at night it bites them, makes them sick, and if they don't get rid of it before the end of the night, it may bring death. There are several ways to banish the creature, one of which is to stick a pitchfork in the ground. I think that this story draws relevant parallels with toxic human relationships and the importance of ending them.