Kafka. In Love
(Latvia/2024/10’11)
Franz and Milena – between them a distance, her husband and loads of letters – it is love that fills Kafka’s life with light and hope and at the same time illuminates the fears and darkness in him. Based on Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, “Kafka. In Love” explores a multidimensional experience of falling in love.
Producer Sabīne Andersone
Key Cast Kaspars Znotiņš, Zane Oborenko
Editing Julie Vinten
Sand animation Zane Oborenko, Līva Piterāne, Pola Kazak, Jan Buhoslav
Sound Ģirts Bišs
Production manager Agne Skane, Ieva Zeldere, Marcela Vratirova
Zane Oborenko
Zane Oborenko is an animated film director and artist from Riga, Latvia, who explores the tensions between the desire for connection and the reality of feeling alone and lonely through her work.
She has completed BA studies in Brera, Academy of Arts of Milan, Italy, and MA in animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Zane has developed unique author’s handwriting in sand animation. Her diploma film IMG_00:01. JPG received the Best Student Film award at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival in 2014.
Zane has created numerous animations for exhibitions and music events. Her work has been exhibited in various festivals and projects, including heavy metal opera “KURBADS. Son of the Mare” 2017 / 2019 and the historical exhibition “The KGB Building – “The ‘Corner House” Case Nr. 1914/2014. in Riga.
Her sand animation short “Kafka. In Love”, in its development stage won the Best Short Film Project Award at the CEE Animation Forum in 2019.
