ATHENS ANIMFEST
Competition
| Student | Panorama of Short Animated MoviesSTUDENT - Programme 1Student Competition01. THE BIG-HEADED BOY, 9’ 14’’ Portugal 2015 Directed by: Nelson Fernandes Screenplay: Nelson Fernandes Animation: Ana Amélia, Élia Janeira, Marta Gonçalves, Luís Pinto, Jacinta Alves, Maria Ramalho, Bruno Vaz, Francisco Roxo, Tiago Santos, Diogo Silva, Rita Cunha, Hugo Cunha and Diogo Monteiro Technique: 2D Cumputer Animation Music: Filipe Santareno, Pablo Ríos, Alberto Roahelis, Matías Avilés Production: Matriz E5G and nzfims Dialogues: None Subtitles: Enghish
A big-headed little boy is being bullied. At night, with the howl of a wolf, he finds the solution for his problem.
02. STOCKHOLM 6, 9’ UK 2015 Directed by Magnus Lenneskog Screenplay: Magnus Lenneskog Animation: Magnus Lenneskog Technique: 2D Computer Animation Music: Magnus Lenneskog Production: Magnus Lenneskog Dialogues: Swedish Subtitles English
An animated chamber play set during the darkest days of the year in a snow-capped Stockholm. Buzzing neon lights glow on the dark walls of a Jugendstil apartment block. Inside, in the poorly lit stairwell a hardworking (and damn good) postman tries his best to do his job but the building and its tenants are not making life easy for him. The story is leaning on the edge of dream and reality - the unexpected is never far away - drawing inspiration from the film makers own experiences as a postman in the area.
03. CAGE’, 4’ 26” USA 2015 Directed by: Peng Peng Du Screenplay: Peng Peng Du Animation: Peng Peng Du Technique: Peng Peng Du Music: Ge Guo Production: Peng Peng Du Dialogues: None
Life is liberty in a CAGE. CAGE represents a situation that is filled with a lot of constraints, or a habit or an addiction that is hard to get rid of. This project is to present a Chinese cultural and traditional visual style to audiences. On the other hand, CAGE tries to inspire them to recall their memory and consider what is the meaning of life to them individually.
04. DREAMCAUGHT, 3' 17'' UK 2015 Directed by: Natasza Cetner Screenplay: Natasza Cetner Animation: Natasza Cetner Technique: 2D Digital Drawn Animation (Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, TvPaint) Music: Natasza Cetner Production: Natasza Cetner Dialogues: None
"Dreamcaught" presents relations between disturbing images we come across in our nightmares. It is about those blurred connections that drive our minds to "play" particular combinations of visions. Kept in dark surrealistic atmosphere with unclear plot lets us wonder about the subconscious.
05. ROCKPOOL, 3’ Germany 2014 Directed by: Pablo Zinser Screenplay: Pablo Zinser Animation: Pablo Zinser Technique: 2D, 3D Computer Animation Music: Pablo Zinser Production: Pablo Zinser Dialogues: None
"Rockpool" is an associative journey where the protagonist finds himself living through a metamorphosis. He continues pursuing his aims with determination and despite of all change he keeps in touch with his roots.
06. IN OTHER WORDS, 6’ Israel 2015 Directed by Tal Kantor Screenplay: Tal Kantor Animation: Tal Kantor Technique: 2D Animation combined with Segments of live-action Music: Alon Cohen Production: Tal Kantor & Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Dialogues: Hebrew Subtitles: English
A man recalls a moment of a lost opportunity to communicate with his daughter. Their brief meeting after so many years undermines his world and renders his words meaningless.
07. MINUET FOR A DISAPPEARNCE, 5’ 47’’ USA 2015 Directed by Maaman Rezaee Screenplay: Maaman Rezaee Animation: Maaman Rezaee Technique: Drawings on 16mm film animated by the use of an optical printer Music: L.V. Beethoven's Minuet. ("Played" by Maaman Rezaee) Production: Dialogues: None
Minuet for a Disappearance is an experiment to give life to memories of a political prisoner in Iran through drawings on 16mm films and documenting the objects sent to his daughter from the prison.
08. UNDER THE SMALL SUN, 15’ Israel 2015 Directed by Tal Kantor & Shahar Davis Screenplay: Tal Kantor & Shahar Davis Animation: Tal Kantor & Shahar Davis Technique: Stop Motion, 3D Computer Animation Music: Shira Legman Production: Tal Kantor & Shahar Davis, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Dialogues: None Subtitles: Emglish
A lonely man follows a friendly cockroach out the corner of his bedroom and into a surreal desert that stretches infinitely on the other side of the room
09. HEAD, 4’ 20’’ Israel 2015 Directed by Stav Levi Screenplay: Stav Levi Animation: Stav Levi Technique: Drawn, 2D Digital Animation Music: Trixerin Production: Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design Dialogues: None
A man breaks up with his head; unfortunately, his decision carries dire consequences.
10. PUZZLE, 3’ 20’’ Israel 2015 Directed by Stav Levi Screenplay: Stav Levi Animation: Stav Levi Technique: Drawn, Digital Animation Music: Tatran Production: Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design Dialogues: None
A strange character is engulfed in the creation of its grand masterpiece - a puzzle the size of the world itself.
11. GOOD MORNING, 1' 27'' Finland 2015 Directed by Heta Okkonen Screenplay: Heta Okkonen Animation: Heta Okkonen Technique: 2D Animation Music: Production: Heta Okkonen Dialogues: None
When the alarm goes off she gets up and starts her day.
12. RRRING RRRING!, 6' 20'' Germany 2015 Directed by Thomas Kneffel Screenplay: Thomas Kneffel Animation: Thomas Kneffel Technique: Hand Drawing Animation Music: Production: Thomas Kneffel Dialogues:
Am I boring? What are the others doing? Are they just like me? The protagonist of the animated film „RRRING RRRING!“ decides to call some of his friends. But the search for acknowledgment becomes very frustrating. Everybody seems to be busy with something really exciting. With increasing desperation, the apparent boring person finally finds a way to stand up to his dialog partners.
13. ALL TRUISH, 2' 37'' USA 2014 Directed by Mina Mir Screenplay: Mina Mir Animation: Mina Mir Technique: Mixed Music: Dorothy Collins (Cheek to Cheek), Bogus Ben Covington (Adame and Eve) Production: Mina Mir Dialogues: None
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14. CHAINS, 2' 19'' USA 2015 Directed by Sung Hannah & Han Jun Young Screenplay: Sung Hannah & Han Jun Young Animation: Sung Hannah & Han Jun Young Technique: Music: Production: School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects Dialogues: None
"Chains” is the story of a man and woman who are trapped in chains of oppressive words.
15. DAVID MILLS, 3' 05'' USA 2015 Directed by Pimentel Jeric & Nico Del Giudice Screenplay: Pimentel Jeric & Nico Del Giudice Animation: Pimentel Jeric & Nico Del Giudice Technique: CG/VFX live action Music: Thom Robson Production: School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects Dialogues: None
David Mills is a CG/VFX live action short film about a man that must face his fear or continue to run from it.
16. SEASON, 1' 20'' USA 2015 Directed by Okuno Manabu Screenplay: Okuno Manabu Animation: Jun Chen Technique: 3d Computer Animation Music: Production: School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects Dialogues: None
Α story of a beautiful nature (environment) and a beautiful girl.
17. ZOE, 1' 21'' USA 2015 Directed by Chi Hyun Lee Screenplay: Chi Hyun Lee Animation: Chi Hyun Lee Technique: 3D, VFX Computer Animation Music: Production: Lee Chi Hyun Dialogues: None
A life of a man. From the cradle to the grave. The beauty of life.
18. FULFILAMENT, 7’ 33’’ UK 2015 Directed by: Rhiannon Evans Screenplay: Rhiannon Evans & Joe Murtagh Animation: Rhiannon Evans Technique: Stop-Motion Animation Music: Filip Sijanec Production: Alexandra Breede Dialogues: None
Travel around the brain with a little, lost thought and discover what it takes to make a great idea.
19. EL SEÑOR XOLOTL, 5’ 14’’ Finland 2016 Directed by Saima Lahtinen Screenplay: Saima Lahtinen Animation: Saima Lahtinen, Tuuli Sihvonen. Drawn animation by Mika Koskinen Technique: Puppet Animation, Drawn Animation Music: Harri Jokihaara Production: Turku Arts Academy / Ari Ahlholm Dialogues: None
Artist Frida Kahlo’s life was determined by pain and sickness. Still, she always found comfort in her animal companions, especially in her little dog called El Señor Xolotl. Animation El Señor Xolotl studies the friendship and loyalty between a dog and his owner. The movie is inspired by an ancient Mexican mythology.
20. BIRD’S HEART, 10’ Greece 2015 Directed by Pavlos Prantsidis Screenplay: Pavlos Prantsidis Animation: Pavlos Prantsidis Technique: 2D Drawing Animation Music: Daphne Farazi Production: Deparmnet of Film Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Dialogues: (narration) Greek Subtitles: Engilsh
Everything was taken over by everyday life. The tasks of a worker, the notes of a diary, the words of a radio announcer. Even a bird that was accidentally set free, was now standing motionless.
21. SMOKE, 1' 30'' UK 2016 Directe by by Martina Latini Screenplay: Martina Latini Animation:Martina Latini Technique: Music: Production:Martina Latini Dialogues: None
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22. RUBEN LEAVES, 5’ Switzerland 2015 Directed by: Frederic Siegel Screenplay: Frederic Siegel Animation: Frederic Siegel Technique: 2D Computer Animation Music: Nico Kast Production: Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst Dialogues: None
On his way to work, Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts; is the front door locked? Is the stove really turned off? As Ruben’s creative mind is invaded by increasingly absurd scenarios, reality and imagination begin to merge… Back |
