JOURNEY TO YOURLAND (2022)
ABOUT THE FILM
Riki, a 10 year old boy, runs away from home, following a mysterious emergency signal sent by a shiny stone. The strange artefact seems to have a mind of its own and it takes Riki to the breathtaking parallel world of “Yourland” where wonderful machines roam golden deserts, monkeys and ravens talk and science peacefully coexists with nature.
The shining stone merges with Riki by hiding in his heart and asking him for protection. It seems everybody in Yourland is eager to procure this treasure, as it is the core of Yourland’s power and owning it gives a great deal of influence.
Who should Riki share his secret with? His new cheeky friend, Emma? Metal Man, the mighty robot? Tidling, a monkey general? Or nobody? Who can he trust? We accompany Riki on his enchanting adventurous journey full of perils, traps and humour, to restore the stone, also called the Heart of a Tower, to its „nest”. It’s the only way for Riki to make it back home and save his own heart.
Journey to Yourland is feature animated film for children directed by Peter Budinsky.
The project is co-produced by plutoon (SK), The Pack (BE), BFILM (SK) and RTVS (SK). The development and realisation of the film was financially supported by Audiovisual Fund, Czech Film Fund, flamish film fund VAF, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, screen.brussels, the programme of European Union Creative Europe MEDIA and Bratislava Self-Governing Region. International sales of the film is Beta Film.
animation, SK/BE/CZ, 2022, 85 min.
TRAILER
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
The world premiere of this film was held in May 2022 at 62nd International Film Festival for Children and Youth Zlin Film Fest 22 in Zlin, Czech Republic.
Since then it has received these awards:
The Best Feature Animation Film – 39th Chicago Children’s Film Festival 2022, Chicago, USA
You could have seen Journey to Yourland at these festivals:
Sarajevo Film Festival 2022, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Zurich Film Fest 2022, Zurich, Switzerland
Kids First! 2022, San Francisco, USA
Cinemagic 2022, Belfast, Great Britain
Warsaw International Film Festival 2022, Warsaw, Poland
39th Chicago Children’s Film Festival 2022, Chicago, USA
AUTHORS
Director: Peter Budinský
Screenplay: Katarzyna Gondek, Peter Budinský, Barbora Budinská, Patrik Pašš
Script Editor: Kristína Májová
Producers: BFILM (SK) – Peter Badač, plutoon (SK) – Barbora Budinská, The Pack (BE) – Jan Hameeuw
Co-producers: BFILM.cz (CZ), RTVS (SK)
Art Director: Marteen Hermans
Animation Director: Radek Růžička
Editor: Douglas Boswell, Arthur Uberti, Jan Hameeuw
Sound Design: Jan Paul
Music: Martin Hasák
PETER BUDINSKÝ
Peter (1983) graduated in Animation film department from the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. He studied an Erazmus Program at Animation department of RITS in Brussels, Belgium. He created several short films and music videos, among which Alfonz’s Fly, Bird of Prey and tWINs were the most successful. All of them were presented and awarded on the international festivals.
After graduating, he started to work as a freelancer in Bratislava, Slovakia on different animated projects, short films, and music videos. In 2013, he founded his own production company and animation studio plutoon in Bratislava, Slovakia. plutoon is offering complex services in the animation field not only to the filmmakers but also to the advertising agencies, other production companies, and individual clients. The studio creates animated TV spots, instructional videos, music videos, product presentations, post-production, special effects, and other audiovisual content for a wide range of companies and projects.
Filmography:
Alfonz’s Fly (short animated film, 2008)
Bird of Prey (short animated film, 2009)
tWINs (short animated film, 2011)
GALLERY
CONTACTS
Producer
BFILM – Peter Badač
peter(at)bfilm.sk
Festivals
BFILM
info(at)bfilm.sk
Sales
Beta Film – Claudia Schmitt
Claudia.Schmitt(at)betafilm.com