Son of the White Mare
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, Son of the White Mare is a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, part-Yellow Submarine, lit by jagged bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green. A massive cosmic oak stands at the gates of the Underworld, holding seventy-seven dragons in its roots; to combat these monsters, a dazzling white mare goddess gives birth to three heroes – Treeshaker and his brothers – who embark on an epic journey to save the universe.
Marcell Jankovics
Marcell Jankovics is a Hungarian animator, film director, graphic artist, and author. He is best known for his animated films Johnny Corncob (1973), the first animated feature of his native country, based on the narrative poem John the Valiant by Sándor Petőfi, and Son of the White Mare (1981), cited as one of the best animated films ever made. He received an Academy Award nomination in 1974 for his animated short film Sisyphus before winning a Palme d'Or with The Struggle at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977. Jankovics' other notable films include Song of the Miraculous Hind (2002) and The Tragedy of Man (2011). In 2021, he received the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival.
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