Student - Programme 1 (109')
Student Competition
Thursday, 26 March 2015, Alkyonis New Star Art Cinema, Hours: 21:00-23:00
1. School of Crime, 2' 36"
Australia 2012
Directed by Roberto Prado (aka Beto Prado)
Screenplay: Roberto Prado (aka Beto Prado)
Animation: Roberto Prado (aka Beto Prado)
Technique: 3D Digital animation
Music: Gilberto Candido
Dialogues: None
School of Crime is a comedy that portraits some social issues in Brazil. The film points out problems such as criminality, illiteracy and visual pollution that are common issues in the Brazilian big cities.
2. End Of / Fin De, 3' 27"
USA 2013
Directed by Federico Cuatlacuatl
Screenplay: Federico Cuatlacuatl
Animation: Federico Cuatlacuatl
Technique: 2D, 3D Computer animation
Music: Waskar Amaru "Chuklla"
Dialogues: None
Jacobo is a premature bird romantically aspiring to fly. An Aztec mythological bird observes Jacobo and decides his fate to live or fly.
3. Your Legacy, 1' 35"
Germany / Austria 2014
Directed by Cornelia Leichtfried
Screenplay: Cornelia Leichtfried
Animation: Cornelia Leichtfried
Technique:
Music: Cornelia Leichtfried
Dialogues: Yes
“Your Legacy” illustrates how much garbage the average human being in western society generates throughout their lifetime.
4. One Thousand and One Teardrops, 17'
UK 2014
Directed by Fateme Ahmadi
Screenplay: Fateme Ahmadi
Animation: Maryam Mohajer
Technique: Cut-out animation
Music: Filip Sijanec
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
On her first day of school, little Louly is faced with a question: what should she wear? The ugly school uniform or whatever she wants? Luckily, she is visited by a magic teardrop-keeper who helps her make a choice by telling the story of how the women of her nation, Iran, have strived to answer this question for 200 years.
5. Food, 3' 32"
China 2014
Directed by Siqi Song
Screenplay: Siqi Song
Animation: Siqi Song
Technique: Stop-motion, Animated Objects
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: English
This is an animated documentary about FOOD! The documentary, in an ironic and sarcastic way brings attention to food. Ranging from vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian to carnivore, the conversation offers the perspectives of a wide variety of eaters from around the world. By pairing real interviews with stop-motion animation, the film brings in discussion about various topics in the food industry.
6. The Orange Song, 1' 39"
UK / Bulgaria 2014
Directed by Eleonora Asparuhova
Screenplay: Eleonora Asparuhova
Animation: Eleonora Asparuhova
Technique: Hand drawn animation
Music: Bulgarian Children Songs - "The Orange Song"
Dialogues (Lyrics): Bulgarian
Subtitles: English
A little girl’s obsession with her favourite colour reminds us of how incredibly amazing is to be a child. An animated music video of one of the most beloved Bulgarian children’s songs.
7. Religatio, 3' 22"
Canada 2014
Directed by Jaime Giraldo
Screenplay: Jaime Giraldo
Animation: Jaime Giraldo
Technique: Drawing on paper
Music: -
Dialogues: None
Beings who live in a world hanging from ropes are all engaged in a struggle to avoid falling into the void below.
8. The Role of Each Fret, 9'
Iran 2013
Directed by Maryam Farahzadi
Screenplay: Maryam Farahzadi
Animation: Maryam Farahzadi
Technique: 2D Animation
Music:
Subtitles: English
The story is about union of a couple in love by getting assistance from a joint effort of music and nature performed in Persian miniatures from ancient land of Iran.
9. In Her Footsteps, 7' 45"
Israel 2013
Directed by Michal Spiegelglas, Inbal Ochyon
Screenplay: Michal Spiegelglas, Inbal Ochyon
Animation: Michal Spiegelglas, Inbal Ochyon
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Yair Elazar Glotman
Dialogues:
A complex mother-daughter relationship. the mother's primeval anxieties. leaving the daughter's fate uncertain.
10. The Fair, 2' 08"
USA 2014
Directed by Casey Follen
Screenplay: Casey Follen
Animation: Casey Follen
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Music: Nick Pourcho
Dialogues: None
The Fair is a peak into a moment in time that is both nostalgic and fantastic. Warped in a veil of memory, imagination merges with fact to create the magic within.
11. The Smile, 6' 36"
Iran 2014
Directed by Sonia Hashemi
Screenplay: Sonia Hashemi, Reihane Pasandide
Animation: Reihane Pasandide, Sonia Hashemi
Technique: Computer 2D animation
Music: Hamed Younesi
Dialogues: None
The story is about a little girl who is suffering from cancer. The little girl weaves carpet and through a woven crane in the carpet she will enter the fantasy world of the carpet. With the help of the Origami crane she will pass the seasons and through this journey she will find happiness and be able to grant happiness to the others.
12. Black Bear Moon, 7' 08"
Taiwan 2014
Directed by Ta-Wei Chao
Screenplay: Ta-Wei Chao
Animation: Ta-Wei Chao
Technique: 2D Computer animation
Music: Chien-Yu Huang
Dialogues: Chinese
Subtitles: English
A newly married girl finds a bear shape paperweight while packing to move out of her parents’ house. It is a key to unlock her childhood memories with her grandpa and a black bear.
13. Ocule, 6' 27"
Canada 2014
Directed by Kristin Ruff-Frederickson
Screenplay: Kristin Ruff-Frederickson
Animation: Kristin Ruff-Frederickson
Technique: Cut-out, Puppet, 2D, 3D computer animation
Music:
Dialogues: None
Subtitles: English
OCULE is a cutout animated film exploring the relationship between observer and observed and the power imbalances inherent therein. In quantum physics it's suggested that matter exists in multiple positions simultaneously until observed by a consciousness when it is fixed to a single point, creating an objective reality. A similar concept could be applied to social theory, where individuals may internally possess intricate and complex identities, yet be reduced to a single fixed role by the external observation of the culture in which they exist. OCULE explores this idea by using characters reduced to scrutinizing eyes who embody the Gaze, and by extension the power that the intangible act of Looking has in projecting a very tangible and often restrictive identity onto a passive subject.
14. FrogBoy, 1' 5"
USA 2013
Directed by Jehan Madhani
Screenplay: Jehan Madhani
Animation: Jehan Madhani
Technique: 2D, Flash Animation
Music:
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
FrogBoy learns a valuable lesson about family in this animated short.
15. Beat in the Forest 5' 21"
Israel 2014
Directed by Adi Goral
Screenplay: Adi Goral
Animation: Adi Goral
Technique:
Music: Rotem Moav
Subtitles: English
An old and dedicated forest keeper, living in a magical heart-beating forest, fights against dark forces to keep it alive, until his last breath.
16. Chinese soundtrack 4' 14"
Israel 2014
Directed by Sharon Miller
Screenplay: Sharon Miller
Animation: Sharon Miller
Technique:
Music: STEREO/TYPE- band
Subtitles: English
Audo, who lives on his own planet, misses his lover Tera, which lives on a different planet. Audo decides to build a rocket and go out on an interstellar journey to reunite with his one true love.
17. Don't Worry, I'll Do It, 4' 11"
USA 2014
Directed by Jordan Wong
Screenpaly: Jordan Wong
Animation: Jordan Wong
Technique: Traditional hand drawn
Music: Jordan Wong
Subtitles: None
I don't care, it's up to you. don't worry, i'll do it. i deserve it, it's fine. some days are better, overall i'm ok. take your time, no rush. good luck. travel safe. have fun. take care.
18. Half Wet, 7' 14"
UK 2014
Directed by Sophie Koko Gate
Screenplay: Sophie Koko Gate
Animation: Sophie Koko Gate
Technique: 2D Digital animation
Music: Johnny Wildey
Dialogues: English
Subtitles: None
We are all born as wet as a banana. 75% water. By the time we reach adulthood, that amount decreases to 54%. Gus is interrupted by Tiny Eyes at dusk, on the eve of his 25th birthday.
19. Toro, 3' 30"
USA 2014
Directed by Lynn Kim
Screenplay: Lynn Kim
Animation: Lynn Kim
Technique:
Music:
Dialogues: None
A closer look into the bullfight. Hand drawn and stop motion animation.
20. Kia Rex, 3' 07"
USA 2014
Directed by Yandong Qiu
Screenplay: Yandong Qiu
Animation: Yandong Qiu
Technique:
Music: Dan Erben
Dialogues: None
Kia. a two year old boy, is swept away by his imagination. After chasing after his favorite toy he envisions a world filled with dinosaurs and adventure.
21. Oh Whale, 5' 50"
Switzerland 2014
Directed by Joana Locher
Screenplay: Joana Locher
Animation: Joana Locher, Yael Schaerer, Manuela Leuenberger
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Nina Geiger
Dialogues: Swiss-german
Overvoice Subtitles: English
One day the cat meets the meditating whale on the beach with fish on his head. Soon after, the whale is in the cat and the cat in the whale, the fish are on the cat until the cat is whale.
22. Fish Village, 3' 08"
Singapore 2014
Directed by Bak Liping
Screenplay: Bak Liping
Assistant's Name: Ang Wei Yun
Animation: Bak Liping
Technique: 3D Computer animation
Music:
Dialogues: None
Kun found himself walking into a floating fish village up the sea of clouds. Without any choice, he went into the inn and held himself with the food. After he finishes his last meal, he then later found himself in a spiritual world, in an inn tented by giant koi fishes. Kun realizes he has to depend on the koi cups to continue his journey.
23. "I Am &...", 0’ 51’’
The Netherlands 2012
Directed by Bart Lindeman
Screenplay: Bart Lindeman
Animation: Bart Lindeman
Technique: All Digital hand-drawn
Music: Sonoton Creative Solutions
Dialogues: Dutch
Subtitles: English
"I am &" discusses how others (choose to) see me. There is more to me than just what is on the surface, physically as well as emotionally. Try not to judge based on just one thing.
24. Fing, 1’
The Netherlands 2014
Directed by Bart Lindeman
Screenplay: Bart Lindeman
Animation: Bart Lindeman
Technique: Digital Cut-out
Music: Marko Ivic
Dialogues: None
Creativity and ambition. “Fing” explores a metaphorical world of an experienced professional and the diligent student who looks up to him.
25. Mouth Wide Open, Ears Shut Tight, 16’’
Israel 2012
Directed by Tom Madar, Emlly Noy
Screenplay: Tom Madar
Animation: Emlly Noy T
echnique: Stop-motion animation
Music: Dror Shiman
Dialogues: Hebrew
Subtitles: English
A young woman, who lives a life of solitude and silence, finds herself drawn into a world of sounds by her new neighbor on the other side of the wall.
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