AnimationWorld Magazine — April 11, 2019
Q&A: Réka Bucsi’s ‘Solar Walk’ Now Available Via Vimeo On Demand!
On the heels of an incredibly successful festival run, Solar Walk, the award-winning short film from Hungarian-born independent animator Réka Bucsi is now available to watch online via Vimeo On Demand.
Solar Walk screened at approximately 70 festivals and won 13 awards, including the Audi Short Film Award at the 2018 Berlinale and grand prizes at the Ottawa, Bucheon and New Chitose Airport festivals.
The 20-minute experimental odyssey through the vastness of the universe and creation was originally commissioned by the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra for Aarhus 2017, a multi-media celebration of the city’s designation as “Europe’s Cultural Capital.” Initially taking form as an hour-long live orchestral performance composed by Niels Marthinsen and jazz singer Susi Hyldgaard, Solar Walk was developed during a residency at the Open Workshop in Viborg (part of the acclaimed Danish animation school, The Animation Workshop).
Today’s VOD release of Solar Walk follows the recent Vimeo Staff Pick designation for Bucsi’s 2016 film, LOVE, a free-flowing non-narrative short, that traverses the universe in three separate chapters, depicting an ensemble cast of celestial bodies and otherworldly creatures in various states of attraction toward one another. (LOVE screened in competition at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the European Film Awards in 2017.)