Hungarian Oscar Entry ‘Four Souls of Coyote’ Animates Native American Creation Myth to Reframe Story of Climate Crisis
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Annecy Cristal Prize winner Áron Gauder, who won the festival’s top prize in 2005 for his time-traveling love story “The District!”, returned to the prestigious French animation event this year with “Four Souls of Coyote,” an epic adventure inspired by a Native American myth about the creation of the universe that scooped the festival’s Jury Award.
Produced by Budapest-based animation studio Cinemon Entertainment and written and created by Gauder, the 2D-animated project is Hungary’s selection for the best international feature film race at the 96th Academy Awards and plays next at the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles, which runs Oct.
27 – Nov. 2. World sales are being handled by Gebeka International. Speaking to Variety recently from Budapest, Gauder describes “Four Souls of Coyote” as a long-gestating labor of love that highlights the increasingly dire stakes for mankind to live in harmony with the natural world before it’s too late. “What we have in this story is more universal than just Native American folklore creation myth,” he says. “There’s still time for us to wake up and realize that we’re just one of the creatures on the Earth.
It’s not just a story that finished in old times; the creation is still happening and it’s in danger. It’s not something that doesn’t affect us.
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