Скачать или смотреть 2025 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL- Dog Of God directors Lauris and Raitis Abele on their animated horror

Lauris and Raitis Abele, directors of the animated horror film DOG OF GOD, talk about this film with Cherry the Geek TV's Joe Vanourney.

Dog of God just world premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in the "Escape From Tribeca" track which is devoted to cult films.

In the 17th century Livonian village of Zaube, there's something in the air, something potentially sinister and ripe with nightmarish ramifications. Several of the village's residents can feel it: from the burly pastor's scared, young errand boy to the local tavern's maid. The danger manifests itsel loud and clear when the pastor accuses the maid of witchcraft, leading to a trial during which an elder man proclaims himself to be a werewolf. How all this tension comes to a head will change the village and its surviving inhabitants forever.

Dog of God is a visually arresting animated feature inspired by the remarkable true story of the 1692 Livonian werewolf trial of Thiess of Kaltenbrun—one of the last and most unusual werewolf trials in European history. Set in Northern Europe (modern-day Latvia), the film re-imagines the Baltic werewolf myth not as a tale of monstrous transformation, but as the echo of a fading pagan and shamanistic worldview. These werewolves—known as the "Dogs of God"—descend into Hell not to spread terror, but to fight witches and demons, protect crops, and secure the well being of peasants.The narrative centers around the archetype of the Trickster Arrival, with old man Thiess—an 82-year-old peasant who boldly declares himself a werewolf during a church robbery trial—turning the courtroom into a stage for cosmic confrontation and social subversion. Through him, the film explores human flaws, regrets, desires, and the resilience of those living at the edges of empire. At its heart, Dog of God is both a historical detective story and a spiritual journey into a lost worldview. It shines a light on the buried history of the Baltic region—long silenced under Soviet rule—and reclaims a folklore that speaks to resistance, survival, and the power of belief.Visually, the film draws from classical Latvian and Estonian art as well as the mythic intensity of Bosch, Moebius, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola, H.R. Giger, and Heavy Metal magazine. With the help of visionary artist Harijs Grundmanis, the film's satirical and sometimes absurd visual style pushes the historical werewolf and witchcraft genre into bold new territory—infused with dark, almost Monty Python–like humour and a surreal, anarchic edge.Rendered through rotoscope animation, Dog of Godchannels both medieval mysticism and modern psychedelia—offering a bold new lens into the soul of Northeastern Europe.If there’s one phrase to describe this forgotten corner of the world some 300 years ago, it would be: The Kingdom of Werewolves.But not the werewolves we think we know.


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