ATHENS ANIMFEST
Competition
| Student | Panorama of Short Animated MoviesSTUDENT - Programme 4Student CompetitionSTUDENT – Programme 4
01. THE BLUE AND THE BEYOND by Youri Dekker, USA 2015, 9’ 36’’ 02. WHOLE by Verena Klinger & Robert Banning, Germany 2014, 8’ 03. THE BRIGHT SIDE by Kelsey Ryan, USA 2015, 1’ 45’’ 04. LIKE DAD by Jiyeon Jung, USA / Korea 2014, 3’ 42’' 05. LIGHTS IN THE ATTIC by Cynthia Isioma Osaseri, USA 2015, 2’ 35’’ 06. HELIUM / Hel, by Damian Krakowiak, Poland 2015, 5’ 07. DRACULA IN SUMMER by Davide Benvenuti, Singapore 2015, 36’’ 08. DÉBOULÉ by Sophie Pastorello, France 2015, 3’ 44’’ 09. BYE, COMET by Sang Mok Song, Korea 2015, 7’ 39’’ 10. BLUE HONEY / Miel Bleu, by Constance Joliff, Daphne Durocher, Fanny Lhotellier, France 2015, 4’ 45’’ 11. A SMALL VOICE, by Michelle Brand, UK 2016, 1’ 60’’ 12. NET by Ao Chen, USA 2016, 50’’ 13. “ILLUSORY” BIRDS by Ao Chen, USA 2016, 2’ 14. NEIGHBOURHOOD YOKAI by Fuyuka Kato, Japan 2015, 1' 15. ME & US by Masoomeh Hosseini, Iran 2015, 5’ 54’’ 16. AL COMPÁS by Alejandro Garcós, Julián Lobo-Guerrero, Mayra Pomaquero, Adriana Quizhpi, Gustavo Vejarano Master en Animación, Spain 2016, 4’ 19’’ 17. MILA FOG by Marta Prokopova, Slovakia 2015, 11΄ 18. CIEL by Phaedra Derizioti, Greece 2015, 5' 16'' 19. THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RAT, by Jan Julian Rospond, UK 2015, 6' 51'' 20. THE JOURNEY by Prasha (Puthima Wongdeeprasith), USA 2015, 2' 20'' 21. NOCTURNAL BUTTERFLY by Annika Dahlsten, Finland 2015, 5' 22. BEWARE OF BUNNY by Becky Gill, USA 2015, 5’ 03’’ 23. HEARD by David Howard, USA 2015, 4’ 55’’ 24. PANTHALASSA by Casey Follen, USA 2016, 2’ 41’’ 25. THE VALLEY BELOW by Joel Hofman, Switzerland 2016, 8’ 32’’ 26. PIPO by Eliott Deshusses, Germany 2015, 9’ 02’’ 27. HUM by Tom TellerHum, USA 2015, 8’ 30’’ 28. ISKON ANIMA AETERNAM by Mihajlo Dragas, Serbia 2015, 14’ 6’’
01. THE BLUE AND THE BEYOND, 9' 36'' USA 2015 Directed by Youri Dekker Screenplay: Youri Dekker Animation: Kimberly Mucha, Nicki Yee, Casey Straka, Rebecca Chan, Ryan Eways, Ariana Barton, Youri Dekker Technique: 2D Traditional Animation Music: Megan Carnes Production: San Jose State University Dialogues: None
The Blue and the Beyond is the story of a young, imaginative man named Charlie, who is searching to find someone like him in a world where he is different in every
02. WHOLE, 8’ Germany 2014 Directed by Verena Klinger, Robert Banning Screenplay: Verena Klinger Animation: Verena Klinger, Robert Banning Technique: Puppet, Stop-Motion Animation Music: Prop Construction Production: University of Applied Sciences Georg Simon Ohm Dialogues: None
A relationship is put to the test, as a husband makes a drastic sacrifice for his wife.
03. THE BRIGHT SIDE, 1' 45'' USA 2015 Directed by Kesley Rayan Screenplay:Kesley Rayan Animation:Kesley Rayan Technique: Stop-Motion Animation Music: Eleanor Hart Production: Sheridan College Dialogues: None
A little bat tries to fall asleep in the forest at sunrise.
04. LIKE DAD, 3’ 42’’ USA / Korea 2014 Directed by Jiyeon Jung Screenplay: Jiyeon Jung Animation: Jiyeon Jung, Sungwook Lee, Mooly Segal Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: Soo Jung Kwack, Bella Boo Hyun Kim Production: Jiyeon Jung Dialogues: None
A big painter wants to focus on his artwork more than anything else. But his mischievous 4-years-old daughter loves him terribly and wishes to be with him every time. Finally, she causes a huge incident, which pisses him off.
05. LIGHTS IN THE ATTIC, 2’ 35’’ USA 2015 Directed by Cynthia I. Osaseri Screenplay: Cynthia I. Osaseri Animation: Cynthia I. Osaseri Technique: Digital, Silhouette Music: Soundminer provided by Savannah College of Art & Design Production: Savannah College of Art & Design -Atlanta Dialogues: None
Thrown in the attic, a place for the things old and forgotten, a group of obsolete toys decide to break the rules, and throw a dance party unbeknownst to the posh attendees just below the floorboards. But their reckless actions end up ruining the night for everyone, if not for the illuminating presence of one broken chandelier. Told visually through silhouettes, “Lights in the Attic” is an 2D animated short that follows Dolly and her fellow rag dolls as they make their humble space into an exciting new home.
06. HELIUM / Hel, 5’ Poland 2015 Directed by Damian Krakowiak Screenplay: Damian Krakowiak Animation: Damian Krakowiak Technique: 2D Animation Music: Bumtralala, Hańba Production: Polish Lodz Film School Dialogues: Polish Subtitles: English
Young couple are leaving their wedding party to do photo session. During this time - quests are ourselves. All their habits and sins going on top. The film is a loose interpretation about the concept of salvation, damnation and the 7 deadly sins.
07. DRACULA IN SUMMER, 36’’ Singapore 2015 Directed by Davide Benvenuti Screenplay: Davide Benvenuti Animation: Davide Benvenuti, Andre Quek Technique: 2D Digital Animation Music: Ross Adrian Williams Production: Davide Benvenuti Dialogues: None
Count dracula finds himself in a strange situation dealing with an unexpected event.
08. DÉBOULÉ, 3’ 44’’ France 2015 Directed by Sophie Pastorello Animation: Sophie Pastorello Technique: Stop-Motion Animation Music: Gaëtan Vigier Production: ENSAD Dialogues: none
Déboulé is an experimental animation short film about duplication and the relation between immobility and mobility. It is symbolized by a danced meeting between a physical figure and its luminous alter-egos. The simple story-line gives a good deal of room for personal reading.
09. BYE, COMET, 7' 41'' Korea 2015 Directed by Sang Mok Song Screenplay: Sang Mok Song Animation: Sang Mok Song, Woongki Sim, Taehun Kim Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: Jae Eun Choi Production: Sang Mok Song, Film School Hongik University Dept. of Animation Dialogues: None
Journey of a comet boy who can't fly and comet girl.
10. BLUE HONEY / Miel Bleu, 4’ 45’’ France 2015 Directed by Constance Joliff, Daphne Durocher, Fanny Lhotellier Screenplay: Constance Joliff, Daphne Durocher, Fanny Lhotellier Animation: Constance Joliff, Daphne Durocher, Fanny Lhotellier Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: Matthieu Lechowski Production: Ecole Georges Méliès Dialogues: None
A small bee, allergic to pollen, discovers an extraordinary product that will dramatically impact the life of the hive...
11. A SMALL VOICE, 1’ 60’’ UK 2015 Directed by Michelle Brand Screenplay: Michelle Brand Animation: Michelle Brand Technique: 2D Drawing Animation Music: Production: University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Dialogues: (voice) Katrin Linder Subtitles: None
A shy young boy is confronted with the relentless demands of an overbearing adult forcing him to sing in front of a crowd. Vivid imagery conveys the child's trauma as it helplessly stands facing the expectant onlookers, unable to sing through fear. Overwhelmed by the ordeal, the only alternative is to run away.
12. NET, 50’’ China 2016 Directed by Ao Chen Screenplay: Ao Chen Animation: Ao Chen Technique: 2D Computer Animation, Photos Music: Robbi-985 (aka SomethingUnreal) Production: Ao Chen Dialogues: None
The film is about the audio-visual expression of the digital age.
13. "ILLUSORY" BIRDS, 2’ China 2016 Directed by Ao Chen Screenplay: Ao Chen Animation: Ao Chen Technique: 2D Computer Animation, Photos Music: Ao Chen Production: Ao Chen Dialogues: None
"Illusory" Birds is a two-minute 2D animation. The film reveals the overlapping relationship among real space, awareness of space, and text space. Uncertainty may be the key to unlock the gate of truth.
14. NEIGHBOURHOOD YOKAI, 1’ Japan 2016 Directed by Fuyuka Kato Screenplay: Fuyuka Kato Animation: Fuyuka Kato Technique: Cut-Out Animation Music: Mr. Elephant Production: Michael Lyons Dialogues: None
A short animation of some Yokai in my neighborhood. Yokai are Japanese monsters born from folk beliefs.
15. ME & US, 5’ 54’’ Iran 2015 Directed by Masoomeh Hosseini Screenplay: Masoomeh Hosseini Animation: Masoomeh Hosseini Technique: Paint On Glass Animation Music: Babak Nasirikhah Production: Vahidreza Shojaei Dialogues: None
The story is about a war-stricken boy. In a Cold day a poor boy sitting on side of a street by seeing a Passer-by walking woman remembers his mother memories and the good days of past.
16. AL COMPÁS, 4’ 19’’ Spain 2016 Directed by Alejandro Garcós, Julián Lobo-Guerrero, Mayra Pomaquero, Adriana Quizhpi, Gustavo Vejarano Screenplay: Garcós, Julián Lobo-Guerrero, Mayra Pomaquero, Adriana Quizhpi, Gustavo Vejarano Animation: Garcós, Julián Lobo-Guerrero, Mayra Pomaquero, Adriana Quizhpi, Gustavo Vejarano Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: Isaías Ruíz Production: Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Dialogues: None
This love history take us to the fascinating world of Fausto and Elisa, two characters separated by a mysterious space. An unexpected event will mark the beginning of an adventure to stop time.
17. MILA FOG, 11’ Slovakia 2015 Directed by Marta Prokopová Screenplay: Marta Prokopová Animation: Marta Prokopová Technique: 2D animation Music: Adam Dekan Production: Erika Paulinská, Academy of Performing Arts Dialogues: Slovak Subtitles: English
I feel emptiness around me. The night is cold and dark. I am looking for a light, wherever it can be.
18. CIEL, 5’ 16’’ Greece 2015 Direction: Phaedra Derizioti Screenplay: Phaedra Derizioti Animation: Phaedra Derizioti Technique: 2D Computer Animation Music: Georgiana Filippaki Production: Dialogues: None
Ciel is a film about the soul and the path from body to body in a dreamy universe full of emotions, it is a bizarre voyage in the deep of existence.
19. THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RAT, 6’ 51’’ UK 2015 Directed by Jan Julian Rospond Screenplay: Jan Julian Rospond Animation: Jan Julian Rospond Technique: Puppet, Stop-Motion Animation Music: Dan Cippico Production: Jan Julian Rospond Dialogues: None
In the city shred by terror, a mysterious shape-shifting man, strikes fear into the hearts of the citizens. A wild, innocent cat nearly falls victim to the strange monster, however he discovers his great secret.
20. THE JURNEY, 2’ 20’’ USA 2015 Director: Puthima Wongdeeprasith Screenplay: Puthima Wongdeeprasith Animation: Puthima Wongdeeprasith Technique: 2D Digital Animation Music: Audiojungle Production: School of Visual Arts Dialogues: (narration) English Subtitles: None
“The Journey” is a 2D Motion Graphics Animation. The story is based on the artist’s life when she lost her luggage traveling between continents. In the film, a young boy is the narrator. And the main character is actually the luggage, which enjoys the unexpected adventures he encounters on the trip.
21. NOCTURNAL BUTTERFLY, 2’ 15’’ Finland 2015 Directed by Annika Dahlsten Screenplay: Annika Dahlsten Animation: Annika Dahlsten Technique: 3D Computer Animation Music: Iida-Alina Poijärvi Production: Turku Arts Academy / Eija Saarinen Dialogues: None
Memento mori - remember that you must die. The journey of a butterfly becomes a melancholic metaphor of a human life, lost in an unknown world. In the film ”Nocturnal Butterfly”, the winged main character comes upon a still life composed of objects depicting the brevity of time, and the inevitability of the end. Every moment, every flap of the wing, is unique, every life is meaningful.
22. BEWARE OF BUNNY, 5’ 03’’ USA 2015 Directed by Becky Gill Screenplay: Becky Gill Animation: Becky Gill Technique: 2D Animation Music: Scott Stedman Production: Dodge College, Chapman Ubiversity, USA Dialogues: None
On the way home a little boy finds the pet of his nightmares.
23. HEARD, 4’ 55’’ USA 2016 Directed by David Howard Screenplay: David Howard Animation: David Howard, Rochelle Lynn Dimapolis, Jordan Eugene, Jen Frisco, Ida Victoria Hem, Jasmine Lewis Technique: Digital 2D Animation Music: David Howard, Brett Clanton, Jacob Hunt Production: David Howard Dialogues: English Subtitles: None
HEARD is an animated short film following a frustrated artist’s journey through his own artistic development as he struggles to find his voice in a world built on silence.
24. PANTHALASSA, 2' 43'' USA 2016 Directed by Casey Follen Screenplay: Casey Follen Animation: Casey Follen Technique: Stop Motion, Puppetry, 2D Digital Animation Music: Nick Pourcho Production: Thesis Film Dialogues: None
The story begins by exploring an expansive terrestrial environment. We encounter a few quiet nature scenes, and a lone flower is to be brought to life. The viewer closes in on the source bringing life to the forest. The plants respond to this creature by growing as she walks by. The goddess climbs to the highest point where she is framed by the landscape, but her identity is still unknown.
25. THE VALLEY BELOW, 8’ 32’’ Switzerland 2016 Dircted by Joel Hofman Screenplay: Joel Hofmann, Matthias Huber, Dominic Lutz Animation: Joel Hofmann, Dominic Lutz, Jonas Habermacher, Monika Jagodzinski Techniques: 2D/3D Computer Animation Music: Matthias Huber Production: Hochschule Luzern, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Dialogues: None
What is disguised in the fog will only be revealed from up close. On top of a mountain a soldier protects his town from threat lurking beneath the fog. One day a mishap forces him to confront his fears. In the process he realizes that not everything unknown hides great danger.
26. PIPO, 9’ 20’’ Germany 2015 Directed by Eliott Deshusses Screenplay: Eliott Deshusses Animation: Eliott Deshusses Technique: Stop Motion & Live action Music: Florian Lipphardt Production: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Dialogues: None
A child is accidentally raised by a television.
27. HUM, 8’ 30’’ USA 2015 Directed by Tom Teller Screenplay: Tom Teller Animation: Tom Teller Technique: 3D Computer Animation, Live Action Music: Ryan Stratton Production: Dodge College, Chapman Ubiversity, USA Dialogues: English Subtitles: None
A solitary dish washing robot living out his life in the back room of a restaurant is enlightened to the world that exists beyond his four walls, with the help of a small friend he breaks free of confinement to pursue his dream of exploration.
28. ISKON ANIMA AETERNAM, 14’ 6’’ Serbia 2015 Directed by Mihajlo Dragas Screenplay: Mihajlo Dragas Animation: Mihajlo Dragas Technique: 2D Computer Animation Music: Mihajlo Dragas Production: Mihajlo Dragas Dialogues:
Living in the disharmony with his own soul, a man desperately tries to materialize the ideals and to explain with intellect that which is part of his eternal nature. At the last moment, the voice of the soul, will like a guiding light point him to the hidden potential and strength of the right way. Then he will finally have to face the terrifying storm and make the ultimate choice. Back |
