Short - Programme 4
Short Competition
Sunday, 29 March 2015, Greek Film Archive, Hours: 20:00-22:00
01. The Voyage of the Beagle, Armadillo / Potovanje na ladji Beagle, Pasavec, 10’
Slovenia 2014
Directed by Jernej Lunder
Screenplay: Jernej Lunder, Maja Dolores Subic
Animation:
Technique: 2D Computer, Ilustrations
Music: Jaka Strajnar
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
Do you know how many different Armadillo species exists? Do you know what they eat? Join famous explorer Charles Darwin on his voyage on the Beagle boat and explore South America with him.
02. Hunter and the King / Lovac i Kralj, 7’ 43’’
Croatia 2014
Directed by Vjekoslav Živković
Screenplay: Vjekoslav Živković
Animation: Vjekoslav Živković, Sylria Viranco Extramiana
Technique: 2D Computer animation
Music: Maro Market
Dialogues: None
A young Native American warrior goes hunting. Deep in the black forest he faces Deer, the King, but is unable to catch him – the chase begins and the warrior’s obsession with his prey grows stronger and stronger...
03. Lepus Fagus, 6’ 32’’
UK 2012
Directed by Laura Spark
Screenplay: Laura Spark
Animation: Laura Spark
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Music: L.V. Beethoven
Dialogues: None
A young hare finds himself facing questions of mortality, loss and loneliness. Alone and with no-one to guide him he looks to the ancient stars for answers. Unable to decipher the world around him and the nature of being he takes matters into his own hands.
04. Lost Property, 6’ 14’’
UK 2014
Directed by Åsa Lucander
Screenplay: Åsa Lucander
Animation: Åsa Lucander, Marc Moynihan, Ana Garcia, Ana Fyda, Michael Towers, Simon Testro, Nathan Brenville
Technique: 2D Computer animation
Music: David Arch
Dialogues: None
When you lose something dear to your heart, there is only one place it can be found. The Lost Property office.
05. Oddbod / Un drôle de coco, 6' 11"
Belgium 2014
Directed by 22 children
Screenplay: 22 children
Animation: 22 children
Technique: Cut-out paper animation
Music: Michov Gillet
Affiliation: Jean-Luc Slock (Camera-etc)
Dialogues: French
Subtitles: English
Oddbod the chick is born in a family of penguin. It’s difficult to learn to swim and to go fishing as his brother and her sister...
06. One of a Kind, 3’ 30’’
UK 2014
Directed by Rok Predin
Screenplay: Richard Barnett, Rok Predin
Animation: Will Thomas, Sam Cundall, Rok Predin, Seni Soetan
Technique: 3D Computer animation
Music: Daniel Pemberton
Dialogues: English
Subtitles:
A warm, dreamlike tale of reverse evolution and a grand comment on the time/space continuum.
07. Zepo, 3’ 08’’
Spain 2014
Directed by Cesar Diaz Melendez
Screenplay: Cesar Diaz Melendez
Animation: Cesar Diaz Melendez
Technique: Sand animation
Music: Cesar Diaz Melendez
Dialogues: None
Time ago, a winter morning, a little girl went out looking for firewood, she went away from home and came across a blood trail... she followed it.
08. Junk girl, 15’
Iran 2014
Directed by Mohammad Zare, Shalale Kheiri
Screenplay: Shalale Kheiri
Animation: Mohammad Zare
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Music: Selective
Dialogues: None
There once was a girl who was made up of junk. She looked really dirty, and she smelled like a skunk. She was always unhappy...
09. Without a Doubt, 6’ 3’’
USA 2014
Direction: Gerald Guthrie
Animation: Gerald Guthrie
Technique: 3D Computer animation
Music: John Chase
Dialogues: English
'Without a Doubt' is a digital animation that illustrates one variation on the 17th century philosopher Rene Descartes' view of the world. This time-based visual metaphor draws together Descartes' understanding of geometry, expressly the invention of the Cartesian co-ordinates (X,Y,Z), and his most famous statement, 'I think, therefore I am,' to create an introspective dimension within our own understanding.
10. Prosopon, 4’ 45’’
USA 2014
Directed by Thomas Thoma
Screenplay: Thomas Thoma
Animation: Siyu Xia, Juiting Fan, Xiaolei Ning, Thomas Thoma, Kori Amacker
Technique: 3D Computer animation
Music: "Prosopon Reveal" by Mikhail Bogach, "Sky Spoon" by Parrish Baker
Dialogues:
A riot policeman encounters a demented old woman.
11. Swan, 4’ 12’’
Ukraine / France 2014
Directed by Oleksandr Danylenko
Screenplay: Oleksandr Danylenko
Animation: Oleksandr Danylenko
Technique: 2D Computer cut-out, Draw on paper
Music: Kwoon
Dialogues: (Lyrics) in English
Subtitles: None
Our souls are like swans. We have only one true love in life. But true love is stronger than time or distance. And sometimes even the border between the worlds can not stand in it's way.
12. The Fan, 6’ 53’’
Iran 2014
Directed by Fatemeh Sohani
Screenplay: Fatemeh Sohani
Animation: Lida Khosravani Pour
Technique: 2D, 3D Computer animation
Music: Danial Ostad Abdolhamid
Dialogues: None
The story about an old fan that scares of being recycled....
13. The Great Vairitosky / El Gran Vairitosky, 14’ 18’’
Argentina 2014
Directed by Matias Carrizo
Screenplay: Matias Carrizo
Animation: Luis Maldonado, Adriana Zanier, Analia Pereda, Raul Vidal
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Music: Luis Toro
Dialogues: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Vairitosky is an immortal artist. His act consists of dying in different ways, and then magically resurrected. The public is impatient, wants to see Vairitosky, who does not come into play. What will happen?
14. The Hen, 7’ 05’’
Russia 2014
Directed by Vasil Bedoshvili
Screenplay: Vasil Bedoshvili
Amimation:
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Timur Vedernikov
Dialogues: None
A comic allegory about a silly, hen whose desire to live footloose and fancy-free collides with her inborn sense of goodness and motherhood. In the finale, our heroine becomes a mother with no shortage of youngsters.
15. Lady of the Night, 9’ 40’’
France 2014
Directed by Laurent Boileau
Screenplay: Attie Esterhuizen, Laurent Boileau, Pierre Core
Animation: Kamal Aitmihoub, Jean-Luc Ballester, Philippe Balmossière, Franck Bonay, Christian Kuntz, Juliette Laurent, Lionel Marchand
Technique: 2D Computer animation
Music: Attie Esterhuizen
Dialogues: English
The annual dinner commemorating the death of Cornelius revives Samuel’s memories. He was 20 years old when he discovered is attraction to Cornelius. Tormented by regret and misunderstood by all, he never revealed his homosexuality to Cornelius’s family, whom he had invited that evening. After their departure, Samuel retires to his room, desperate, and seeks for refuge in his nightlife: he becomes a Queen of the Night, in tribute to his lost love.
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