ATHENS ANIMFEST
Competition
| Student | Panorama of Short Animated MoviesShort - Programme 1Short CompetitionWednesday 7th April, 2016, 18:00-20:00 / Saturday 9th April, 2016, 22:10-22:00 / Monday 11th April 2016, 22:10-24:00
01. WINTER LOVE / Amore d’ Inverno, 8’’ Italy / Spain 2015 Directed by Isabel Herguera Screenplay: Isabel Herguera, Gianmarco Serra, Alessandro Ingaria Animation: Traditional Technique: Paper Drawing Animation Music: Gianmarco Serra Production: Isabel Herguera, Geronimo Carbonó Dialogues: Spanish Subtitles: English
While a couple walks along the river, hunters hide behind a hill and friends in the forest recall the Dancer of Clavesana, a metaphor of free love. She slowly vanishes into the winter landscape.
02. LINDEN TAR, 5’ 25’’ Russia 2015 Directed by Olga Grechanova Screenplay: Olga Grechanova Animation: Olga Grechanova Director of photography: Svetlana Makarova Technique: Stop-Motion (Puppet) Music: Chelsea Wolfe Production: Linden Tar Dialogues: None
Tishka is a plush puppy living with his foster mom, an old petroleum lamp, in the closet of an abandoned puppet theater. Suddenly the lamp goes out, and Tishka decides to go out to the yet unknown space in search of the fire to light it again.
03. THE CHRISTMAS BALLAD, 11’ Czech Republic 2016 Directed by Michal Žabka Screenplay: Michal Podhradský, Břetislav Pojar Animation: Michal Kubíček, Alfons Mensdorff - Pouilly Technique: Puppet Stop-Motion, 3D Computer Animation Music: Jan P. Muchow Production: Michal Podhradský, Animation People Dialogues: None
The Christmas ballad is a story of a powerful magic of children's games, that breaks the walls of hatred and puts together apparent enemies. The story of the Christmas gift that returns to the rugged world of humanity.
04. LOVE, 14’ Hungary / France 2016 Directed by Réka Bucsi Screenplay: Réka Bucsi Animation: Réka Bucsi Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: David Kamp Production: Gábor Osváth, Marc Bodin-Joyeux, Dialogues: None Subtitles: None
LOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet, caused by the change of gravity and light. This pulsing planet makes the inhabitants become one with each other in various ways
05. STAR TAXI, 14’ 30’’ Slovakia 2015 Directed by Juraj Krumpolec Screenplay: Juraj Krumpolec, Igor Derevenec, Anton Šulík Animation: Matej Mazák, Adam Belis Technique: 2D & 3D animation Music: Peter Dudák, Tomáš Sloboda Production: Juraj Krumpolec Dialogues: (voice) Slovak Subtitles: English
Adventures of a little boy Hugo and a taxi driver Peppino on their journey through dangerous universe. One meter faster than light they flee from the furious monsters of Aldebaran. Animated short for chil-dren based on the fairy tale by famous author of children’s books Gianni Rodari.
06. THE BEACH BOY, 7’ 48’’ Germany / Singapore 2015 Directed by Hannes Rall Screenplay: Tran Ngoc Viet Tu, Darren Lim Animation: Low Zi Rong, Ng Yuwen, Cao Youfang Technique: 2D Digital, VFX Animation Music: Eckart Gadow Production: Hannes Rall, Seah Hock Soon Dialogues: (narration) English Subtitles: None
An animated short film about two star-crossed lovers from ancient Vietnam. Designed in a style inspired by Vietnamese brush painting and traditional art.
07. THE ORCHESTRA, 15’ Australia 2015 Directed by Mikey Hill Screenplay: Mikey Hill, Jennifer Smith Animation: Andrew Bowler, Mikey Hill, Peter Lowey Technique: 2D Animation Music: Jamie Messenger Production: Melanie Brunt Dialogues: None
Imagine a world where a band of tiny musicians follow you and play a soundtrack for your life – communicating your emotions, fears and hopes. In this world lives elderly Vernon; a lonely man whose crippling shyness causes his orchestral musicians to perform terribly out of tune.When Vernon and his little band fall for their new next door neighbour and her classical ensemble, they find themselves presented with perhaps their last chance at happiness – a chance to strike a chord and play in harmony. But first they must confront their stage fright.
08. UNDER THE APPLE TREE, 18’ 23’’ Netherlands 2015 Directed by Erik van Schaaik Screenplay: Erik van Schaaik (based on the book by Erik van Schaaik) Animation: Erik van Schaaik Technique: Stop-Motion Animation Music: Miguel Boelens Production: Erik van Schaaik, Beast Animation, Pedri Animation Dialogues: English Subtitles: None
Two brothers, an apple farmer and a priest, live next to each other as neighbors. Unfortunately, they can’t get along very well. The priest is fed up with his peasant brother and his ugly apple orchard, dropping thousands of rotten apples in his neat little graveyard. The farmer is a gawky fellow, drunk on homemade cider, and deeply unhappy. The apple trees are rotten and the apples full of worms. He is bankrupt, desperate and loathed upon by his heartless brother.
09. THE CRYPTOZOOLOGIST, 8’ Spain 2015 Directed by Vicente Mallols Screenplay: Fernando Cortizo Animation: David Caballer, Iván Sarrión, Carla Pereira, Ana Esteve y Vicente Mallols Technique: Stop-Motion Animation Music: Vincent Barrière Production: TV ON Producciones Dialogues: English Subtitles: Spanish
Bernard, a veteran cryptozoologist who has spend all his life searching for cryptids creatures, has the chance to hunt one of this greatest challenges, the Mosquifant. Back |
