Student - Programme 6 (112')
Student Competition
Saturday, 28 March 2015, Alkyonis New Star Art Cinema, Hours: 23:00-1:00
1. Islands, 12’ 30’’
Colombia 2014
Directed by Catalina Vásquez Salazar
Screenplay: Catalina Vásquez Salazar
Animation: Catalina Vásquez Salazar, Sebastián Quintero Mesa, David Castaño Luján, Julián García Mejía
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Felipe Aristizábal
Dialogues: None
A man and a woman meet by accident. A spark occurs, “chemistry” appears among these characters that will go through an emotional that will become them in “Islands”.
2. ThunderHead, 39’’
Directed by Allison Pisha
Screenplay: Allison Pisha
Animation: Allison Pisha
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“What if the rainclouds came to life?” This short animation contemplates the nature of thunderheads and the clouds’ relationship to other lifeforms.
3. Brutalism, 2’ 42’’
Italy / France 2014
Directed by Jessica Poon
Screenplay: Jessica Poon
Animation: Jessica Poon
Technique: Charcoal Erase, Photography, Stop-motion
Music: Stefano Miraglia
Dialogues: None
A political allegory expressed with the destruction of the classical style by a giant that overpowers the city, and the reconstruction of another architectural style, Brutalism. This piece evaluates the abandonment of personal expressions and humanly interaction in replacement of coldness, violent and indifference.
4. April 21, 4’
Hong Kong 2014
Directed by Jessica Poon
Screenplay: Jessica Poon
Animation: Jessica Poon
Technique: 2D drawn on paper, Charcoal-erase, Cut-out animation
Music: Kwan Fai Lam
Dialogues: None
Anxious Cubeman getting ready for his first date.
5. Cycle, 4’ 41’’
Canada 2014
Directed by Raquel Sancinetti
Screenplay: Raquel Sancinetti
Animation: Raquel Sancinetti
Technique:
Music: -
Dialogues: None
A man and a woman surrounded by the overwhelming noise of electronics and consumerism. A portrait of loneliness in modern times.
6. Two Idiots In A Boat, 1’ 50’’
UK 2014
Directed by Andrew Whittle
Screenplay: Andrew Whittle
Animation: Andrew Whittle
Technique: Digital cut-out animation
Music: Sam Willmott
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
Two imbecile fishermen manage to fish a Chimpanzee out of the ocean. Never having seen a Chimpanzee before and unfamiliar with what a French person looks like, they mistake it for a French spy...
7. The very long John, 5’ 20’’
Germany 2014
Directed by Frank Pingel
Screenplay: Frank Pingel
Animation: Frank Pingel
Technique: Digital drawn
Music: Simon Brinkmann, Luna Picciotto
Dialogues: German
Subtitles: English
John is celebrating his 7th birthday - but he got no friends. The other children think he is strange. John knew he is different. His penis is more than 4 meters long.
8. Grandma, 7’ 30’’
Belgium 2014
Directed by Karolien Raeymaekers
Screenplay: Karolien Raeymaekers
Animation: Karolien Raeymaekers
Technique:
Music: Ruben De Gheselle
Dialogues: None
A young girl has to conquer her fear for her grandmother who is terminally ill.
9. Homoinsectus, 2’ 24’’
Bulgaria 2014
Directed by Stanislav Vasilev
Screenplay: Stanislav Vasilev
Animation: Stanislav Vasilev
Technique: Hand drawn animation (ink on paper), Photoshop, After Effects
Music:
Dialogues: None
Homoinsectus tells the story of human life through the eyes of an “insect”, a short story about the eternal struggle and striving for the light, for a new and a better life. Can we change our destiny or are we doomed to remain where we are meant to?
10. Tusk, 5’ 16’’
UK 2014
Directed by Rory Waudby-Tolley
Screenplay: Rory Waudby-Tolley
Animation: Rory Waudby-Tolley
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A mammoth is defrosted into an unrecognisable future.
11. On my planet, 7’ 37’’
China 2014
Direction: Meng-Qian Chen
Screenplay: Meng-Qian Chen
Animation: Meng-Qian Chen
Technique:
Music: Min He, Lister Rossel
Dialogues: English
The story of on my planet is a short love story. The concept is that everyone owns a little planet. The main character of my story is little boy called blue who owns a big blue planet but lives a very lonely and boring life.
12. Mr. Poo Bean, 1’ 02’’
USA 2014
Direction: Alan Shaochi Hung
Screenplay: Alan Shaochi Hung
Animation: Alan Shaochi Hung
Technique:
Music: "Jerome Rose-Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight"
Dialogues:
“Mr. Poo Bean” is a funny animated short that tells a sad story of Mr. Poo Bean’s love life.
13. Cachorro Loko, 5’ 30’’
Germany 2014
Direction: Igor Shin Moromisato
Screenplay: Igor Shin Moromisato
Animation: Igor Shin Moromisato
Technique: Hand drawn animation
Music: Sinapis
Dialogues: None
A traffic jam holds up the entire city. Only the “Cachorros Lokos”, Brazilian motorbike couriers, can scramble past the waiting cars. But not every road leads to success...
14. Reunion, 1’ 45’’
USA 2014
Direction: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou
Screenplay: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou
Animation: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou
Technique: Sand animation
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A son's journey of looking for his father after being abandoned. Their reunion in the end reveals the obstacles of life and love.
15. Menagerie, 3’ 28’’
Costa Rica / Canada
Directed by Julian Gallese
Screenplay: Julian Gallese
Animation: Julian Gallese
Technique: Hand drawn animation
Music: Lee Hutzulak
Dialogues: None
A bird in the water is dreaming about a forest, and ocean liner & himself. Then the tide drifts him to a strange shore.
16. Stolen Shoes, 1’ 29’’
UK 2014
Directed by Noriko Ishibe
Screenplay: Noriko Ishibe
Animation: Noriko Ishibe
Technique: Hand drawn on paper
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Shoes are necessary to walk on the ground. In order to walk in your own style, you need to find the shoes that fit only you.
17. The Bubble, 3’ 18’’
China 2014
Direction: Nan Wang
Screenplay: Nan Wang
Animation: Nan Wang
Technique:
Music: Meng Long Wang
Dialogues: None
A disabled girl blows a large bubble. She tries to communicate with the bubble but the creak sound from her wheelchair scares the bubble away. She decides to give up the wheelchair. The bubble is no longer afraid and their relationships are developed. They have a excellent trip together finally.
18. Anna O, 5’ 17’’
Israel 2014
Directed by Rotem Yarakchi
Screenplay: Rotem Yarakchi
Animation: Rotem Yarakchi
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Ziv Ravits
Dialogues: None
A short film depicting the internal world of a young phobic woman named Anna. Her phobia surfaces in the image of one realistic drop of water falling off the ceiling which then rapidly turns into pouring rain that culminates in a serious flood that alienates herself from her daughter in their own home.
19. The Golden Girl, 2’ 59’’
Canada 2014
Direction: Alexander Meunier
Screenplay: Alexander Meunier
Animation: Alexander Meunier
Technique: Hand drawn animation
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A man tries to smoke his pipe, but is continuously interrupted by his annoying daughter.
20. Light Conversation, 1’ 41’’
Canada 2014
Directed by Alexander Meunier
Screenplay: Alexander Meunier
Animation: Alexander Meunier
Technique: Flash animation
Music:
Dialogues: English
An insect stumbles upon an LED light, and attempts speaking with it.
21. The monster and the forest, 4’ 01’’
Directed by G.I.F.
Screenplay: Students of kindergarden
Animation: Dalvaro Castro, Wayner Tristao, Dario Wanderley, Orlando Matos, Italo Oliveira, Luiz Euclides
Technique: Drawn, 2D Computer animation
Music: Dario Wanderley
Dialogues: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
The technology gives space to nature shows your power in a children universe
22. Search, 5’ 28’’
Belgium 2014
Directed by Floriaan den Hoed
Screenplay: Floriaan den Hoed
Animation:
Technique: Hand drawn animation
Music: Adrian Swerts
Dialogues: None
A father obsessed with birds ruins his family life and escapes to a magic underwater house.
23. Vodnik, 1’ 23’’
UK 2014
Directed by Paul Murphy
Screenplay: Paul Murphy
Animation: Paul Murphy
Technique: Charcoal based 2D, Stop-motion, Computer animation
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Vodnik - A dark charcoal based animation about a sinister creature who will make any trespassers to his realm pay a fatal price
24. Wire Cutters, 8’
USA 2014
Direction: Jack Anderson
Screenplay: Jack Anderson
Animation: Jack Anderson
Technique: CG Animation
Music: Cody Bursch
Dialogues: None
A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet.
25. The Plug, 1’ 44’’
Canada 2014
Directed by Dougall Dawson
Screenplay: Dougall Dawson
Animation: Dougall Dawson
Technique: Hand drawn, Computer animation
Music: Dougall Dawson
Dialogue:
In a distant corner of space, a once dormant world is given life.
26. House, 6’ 24’’
Direction: Domen Dimovski
Screenplay: Vida Dimovska, Domen Dimovski
Animation: Domen Dimovski
Technique: 2D, 3D Computer animation
Music: Vida Dimovska
Dialogues: None
House is a short film about longing and hope. The story is set in a fantasy world, in a house on the edge of the forest.
27. A Chicken... But Farkha... Walaken, 8’ 37’’
Egypt 2014
Directed by Mahmoud Hemeda, Ahmad Thabit, Islam Mazhar
Screenplay: Mahmoud Hemeda, Ahmad Thabit, Islam Mazhar
Animation: Mahmoud Hemeda, Islam Mazhar
Technique: 2D Computer animation
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Subtitles: English
A three parts short movie talking about sexual harassment in Egypt and what women in Egypt faces in their life about this social issue.
28. Last Dance on the Main, 3’ 7’’
Canada 2014
Directed by Aristofanis Soulikias
Screenplay: No Screenplay - It is a documentary
Animation: Aristofanis Soulikias
Technique: 2D under lit cut-outs & over lit objects
Music: Tristan Capacchione
Dialogues: English and French
Subtitles: English
An animated documentary on the demolition of a row of historic buildings on Montreal’s St Laurent boulevard by politicians and building developers, and the resistance put up by the burlesque artists and the local community.
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