Student - Programme 5 (106')
Student Competition
Saturday, 28 March 2015, Alkyonis New Star Art Cinema, Hours: 21:00-23:00
1. Emblem, 3’ 36’’
Israel 2014
Directed by Daria Perelmuter
Screenplay: Daria Perelmuter
Animation: Daria Perelmuter
Technique: 3D Abstract animation
Music: Anton Nota
Dialogues:
Metamorphose of religious symbols coming from a single point, born, each other in various amorphous forms, such as slinky and form of optical illusions and combining them all together to one giant Hungarian Cube, which attempts to match the symbols and create a perfect wig. Because of the lack of success, the Cube begins to transform to shapes "perfect geometry" of the "sacred geometry" included Metatron’s Cube and Flower of Life. Finally all sucked in to one point it all started from.
2. What impact does the decrease of the population of beetler platinus takes on love life of Christina, 3’ 20’’
Poland 2014
Directed by Marta Magnuska
Screenplay: Marta Magnuska
Animation: Marta Magnuska
Technique: Drawing animation
Music: Michael Parker
Dialogues:
Seemingly irrelevant events take a significant impact on our life.
3. The flaxen-haired Girl, 2’ 57’’
Germany 2014
Directed by Ulrike Baumann
Screenplay: -
Animation:
Technique: Stop-motion, Animated objects
Music: Konzertverein Kassel e.V.
Dialogues: None
Listening to the 8th Prelude of Debussy I set my mind free.
4. Woe is me, 2’ 23’’
Germany 2014
Directed by Alma W. Bär
Screenplay: Alma W. Bär
Animation: Alma W. Bär
Technique:
Music: Alma W. Bär, Christoph Margraf, Sidney Werner
Dialogues:
The youth of a woman – a long way with many obstacles. A flow of blood. Society and outside influences press her so hard that she finally breaks down. In the end it`s up to her to free herself an wipe the slate clean.
5. Dej Mi Sluka, 4’ 38’’
Israel 2014
Directed by Shira Makin
Screenplay: Shira Makin
Animation: Sariel Kaselesi
Technique:
Music: Nadav Riboh
Dialogues: None
The film brings to life the picture diaries of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly who was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto at 1942. During his time there he secretly painted tens of caricatures depicting the Ghettos day to day life
6. On a Τuesday Night, 6’ 27’’
Colombia 2014
Directed by María Margarita J. Moyano
Screenplay: María Margarita J. Moyano
Animation: Julián D. Pérez and María Margarita J. Moyano
Technique: 3D, 2D Digital animation
Music: Andrés Vilá
Dialogues: Spanish
Subtitles: english
A woman and her daughter fail to meet. Time passes; the mom fears the worst for her daughter. Immersed in her imagination the girl escapes the tedious await. While reality fades, the city transforms.
7. The Unforgettable Pianist, 6' 47"
Spain 2014
Directed by Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Screenplay: Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Animation: Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Technique: 3D Computer animation
Music: Various Artists
Dianlogues: No dialogues
Subtittles: None
Enric Mellier, a famous french pianist is about to give a piano concert, when strange events start to happen inside the theatre, events that make him to understand that he has a serious problem.
8. Meanwhile, 5’ 15’’
Ireland 2014
Directed by Stephen McNally
Screenplay: Stephen McNally
Animation: Stephen McNally
Technique: 3D, CG, Hand drawn
Music: Adam Cullen
Dialogues: English
Blending CG 3D and 2D drawn animation techniques, Meanwhile follows four characters traversing a city, each lost in their own separate worlds, trapped in their memories, regrets and frustrations. Meanwhile uses bold colour schemes and fragments of narratives to examine empathy in urban insularity.
9. The Animals, 6’ 18’’
Singapore 2014
Directed by Mark Wee
Screenplay: Mark Wee
Animation: Mark Wee
Technique: Stop-motion, Cut-out animation
Music: Helge Ebinger
Dialogues: None
Influenced by the German Expressionist movement of the early 1900s and the silhouette animated films by Lotte Reiniger, The Animals is a paper cut-out stop-motion animation that is adapted from the life of Joseph Merrick, the historically famed Elephant Man who walked the streets of Victorian England, exhibiting himself in freak shows. Abused and despised by society for his horrific appearance, Merrick is at his wit’s end when things take a serendipitous turn.
10. The Vending Machine, 6’ 46’’
Taiwan 2014
Directed by Po-Yu Chen
Screenplay: Po-Yu Chen
Animation: Po-Yu Chen
Technique:
Music: Ng Hak Loi
Dialogues: None
Subtitles: English
Under the whole darkness, everywhere was barren and filled with crack,
Someone bumped into a vending machine unintentionally when wandering alone
However ,the vending machine initiated the eagerness of comsumption …
11. Playroom, Big Voice Media, 3’ 6’’
UK 2014
Directed by Big Voice Media
Screenplay: Children aged 5-10 from Ashbrow Primary School
Animation:
Technique: Pixilation animation, Complied and shot using an iPad and associated apps
Music: Composed by the children using app software
Dialogues: none
A wreckless playroom race between two very different cars causes a potential disaster as all the toys are whipped up into an animated frenzy in this music driven dynamic short.
12. Pekk, 8’ 38
Estonia 2014
Directed by Paula Mauer, August Varustin, Morten Tšinakov, Heili Lõhmus
Screenplay: Paula Mauer, August Varustin, Morten Tšinakov, Heili Lõhmus
Animation: August Varustin, Morten Tšinakov, Paula Mauer
Technique: Puppet film
Music: August Varustin
Dialogues:
The woman wishes to dance but there is no music. She sends her husband outside to feed the bird so the neighbor could come to visit. And that's how the love triangle appears..
13. Infection, Yiu-Tsz Wai Melody, 2’ 19’’
Hong Kong 2014
Directed by Yiu Tsz Wai Melody
Screenplay: Yiu Tsz Wai Melody
Animation: Yiu Tsz Wai Melody
Technique: Digital 2D animation
Music: Yiu Tsz Wai Melody
Dialogues (lyrics): "Two Hours Later"
Language of dialogues: English
A boy is infected with a weird disease and he tries to find a cure.
14. What if..., 2’ 35’’
Romania 2014
Directed by Balázs Gábor
Screenplay: Balázs Gábor
Technique: Draw animation
Music: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
Dialogues: none
The story begins from love, a perfect relationship between a guy and a girl. But in every relationship is it an "If", what if attain, than everything changes. It is all in metaforic illustrated.
15. Saski, 7’
Iran 2014
Directed by Sedigheh Famil Farnia
Screenplay: Sedigheh Famil Farnia
Animation: Sedigheh Famil Farnia
Technique: 2D animation
Music:
Dialogues:
A very clean beetle lives at the bottom of drainpipes. Every time she wants to go out of her very clean and well-furnished house. She confronts with many problems…
16. The 40 Martyrs of Famagusta, 8’ 30’’
Singapore 2014
Directed byJamin Wu
Animation: Jamin Wu
Technique: 2D Digital animation
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: English
Little boy Ara is troubled by the sad story of the painting his father is working on, on the wall of a church in Famagusta, Cyprus.
17. Mouth, 7’
Israel 2014
Directed by Yulia Koritni
Screenplay: Yulia Koritni
Animation: Yulia Koritni
Technique: Clay animation
Music: Sharon Safanov
Dialogues: None
In a dark, remote cabin lives a mouthless she-creature who collects bones from the forest floor to hang on her walls for decoration. Her daily routine changes when her son arrives to the world, a clamorous, demanding critter who's ravenous hunger cannot be sated.
Their twisted relationship, a metaphor for human behavior, raises criticism of parent-child relationships and shines a light on the multifaceted female psyche.
18. Desportistas, 5’
Spain 2014
Directed by Ivan Ramirez, Juan Carlos Arniz, Ana Rodríguez
Screenplay: Ivan Ramirez, Juan Carlos Arniz, Ana Rodríguez
Technique:
Music: -
Dialogues: Spanish
Subtitles: English
During a sport event, athletes doesn't seems they are having a good time.
19. E scape, 3’ 28’’
Spain 2014
Directed by Ivan Albacete
Screenplay: Ivan Albacete
Animation: 2D animation
Technique: Rotoscope
Music: BSO Jonathan Gutiérrez
Dialogues: None
Alex is a teenager at high school. When he enters the school building he gets into a world apart where satyrs make the rules. Satyrs look down on him, because he's different, weak and an easy victim of their taunts. Alex will suffer every second at school: a real hell.
20. Dreamer Ballerina, 2’ 08’’
Germany 2014
Directed by Jakob Waldinger
Screenplay: Jakob Waldinger
Animation: Jakob Waldinger
Technique:
Music: Sebastian Waldinger
Dialogues:
Fränk, the little fat bulldog, gets into a daydream. How he wishes to be an elegant ballerina, who could easily fill crowds of people with enthusiasm for his dancing. But in the end he will always remain being only a dog...
21. Another Drink Please, 1’ 14’’
UK 2014
Directed by Jessica Lester
Screenplay: Jessica Lester
Animation: Jessica Lester
Technique: 2D computer
Music:
Dialogues:
A visual exploration of the effects of alcohol on two people on a date.
22. Broken Down, 1’ 26’’
UK 2014
Directed by Will Rowson
Screenplay: Will Rowson
Animation: Will Rowson
Technique: 2D, 3D Computer animation
Music:
Dialogues:
With help from her daughter, a mother must come to terms with being broken down in the middle of nowhere.
23. Lovebites, 3’
Australia 2014
Directed by Jonathon Iskov
Screenplay: Jonathon Iskov
Animation: Jonathon Iskov, Aaron Bautista, Aram Davern, Michael De Caria
Technique:
Music: Peter Lam, Doug Walker
Dialogues:
Cecil the mantis goes on his first date.
24. Flat Encounters With The 3-D Kind, 2’ 40’’
UK 2014
Directed by Jack Alexandroff, Jack Snelling
Screenplay: Jack Alexandroff, Jack Snelling
Animation: Jack Alexandroff, Jack Snelling
Technique: Stop-motion
Music: -
Dialogues: None
A headstrong cosmonaut lands on an alien world in search of treasure, adventure and riches. But nothing could prepare him for the secrets he will uncover, the secrets of the next dimension.
25. The Astonishing Effects of Zebulon's Machine, 7’ 37’’
USA 2014
Directed by Andrew Malek
Screenplay: Andrew Malek
Animation: Andrew Malek
Technique: Stop-motion puppets
Music: Duncan Thum
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
A man with a fantastic music making machine accidentally lures a Sasquatch into his home, but these seeming opposites have more in common than they know.
26. The Unforgettable Pianist, 6' 47"
Spain 2014
Directed by Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Screenplay: Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Animation: Josep Antoni Ribas Rossello
Technique: 3D Computer Animation
Music: Various Artists
Dianlogues: No dialogues
Subtittles: None
Enric Mellier, a famous french pianist is about to give a piano concert, when strange events start to happen inside the theatre, events that make him to understand that he has a serious problem.
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