Competition

Short 1

Lovely Journey / Du Skön Resa 00:21:00

Sweden 2016
Directed by: Carolina Hindsjö



This is a film where I explore my faith. I am a feminist and believe in God. The woman meets faith, hope and love and then she falls asleep. When she wakes up she has created the world. Is the world a socialist world? There is lots of under meanings in the images, you can interpretate ate many things. The surrealism, creates lots of layers.

Tis 00:09:00

France 2016
Directed by: Chloe Lesueur



A still, blank sheet of white paper. A silhouette appears delineated beneath its surface. Here is our hero, TIS. He struggles and manages to free himself from the sheet of paper, but his feet remain attached to it. In the distance, he sees a crowd of beings similar to him. TIS tries to catch up with them but the sheet of paper he is attached to hinders his movements.

The Dinner Party / Middagsbjudningen 00:05:55

Sweden 2017
Directed by: Jacob Stålhammar



A mysterious host invites to a dinner party... and introduces the strange eating habits of his family and friends.

Fired Up 00:03:29

USA 2017
Directed by: Dan Fipphen, Elyse Kelly



Fired Up is a short animated film that depicts the origin story of President Obama’s famed “Fired up, ready to go” chant.

The Steinway / Lo Steinway 00:17:28

Italy 2016
Directed by: Massimo Ottoni



During the Great War a group of austrian soldiers on the italian front find a piano in a ruin. The instrument catalyze soldiers’ most human feelings in a fragile understanding, but the meaningless barbarity they’re trying to forget is always ready to burst.

The Chinese Princess / Princesa China 00:05:00

Spain 2015
Directed by: Tomas Bases



A Siamese cat was a normal girl in a past life, and before that a Chinese princess, before that a mother, before that a lion, before that … The wheel of reincarnation transforms us through time into all kinds of living beings. To be born and to die to be born again.

A Girl Needs A Bike 00:04:36

Australia 2016
Directed by: Vivien Mason and Letitia Lamb



Clara discovers that learning to ride takes courage, crashes and a whole village.

Lookin' For Love 00:01:00

Germany 2017
Directed by: A. L. Palmer



A lonely fly travels on a quest to find love.

Little Red Giant, The Monster That I Was 00:16:00

USA 2016
Directed by: Laura Harrison
Screenplay: Laura Harrison and Amanda Sukenick
Animation: Laura Harrison with some help from Guillermo Rodriquez
Technique: 2d puppets, hand drawn and painted
Music: Jim Becker, M83, Tom Scanlon
Production/School: Laura Harrison
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: none



An unhinged artist goes berserk at an academic's barbecue.

The Basket / Tokri 00:13:46

India 2017
Directed by: Suresh Eriyat



Two insignificant lives lost and found in time.