Interviewed by Veronika Zakonjšek during the 19th edition of Animateka International Animated Film Festival.
28 NOV – 04 DEC 2023
LJUBLJANA (SI)
An English Program Animation and Interactive Studio producer since 2014, Jelena Popović forged her skills as a production manager and associate producer on linear, interactive, hybrid documentaries. and animation films. She directed and co-wrote the documentary The Knights of Orlando (2007). Recent studio productions include Sheldon Cohen’s My Heart Attack, Manivald, by Chintis Lundgren (co-produced with Estonia and Croatia), and the Naked Island online series of wryly dark “public service alerts”. Jelena works with many Hothouse alums, including Alex Boya (Turbine), David Barlow-Krelina (Caterpillarplasty), Eva Cvijanović (Hedgehog’s Home, co-produced with Croatia’s Bonobostudio) and Frances Adair McKenzie (the VR The Orchid and the Bee).
2017 / Canada, Croatia & Estonia Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother. It is an easy life, but not a good one. This unhealthy co-dependence changes when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy wolf repairman, arrives to fix it – and them. Director Chintis Lundgren Producers Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezic & Jelena Popović