Competition

Student 1

Gyros Dance 00:14:39

Poland 2016
Directed by: Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc



In a city where it's crowded and a lot of sunshine two mice live together under one roof, close to each other and very different. The house is also their place of work, the work is boring and hard. He is fine with that, she dreams of being a TV star.

The gentle giant / Olbrzym 00:10:41

Poland 2016
Directed by: Marcin Podolec



The main protagonist of The Gentle Giant is going to take part in a poetry contest. To gather up the courage to come out, he collects the memories from the entire life and fights his own demons. It's a film about one tiny step for mankind, one giant leap for a man.

Socks 00:03:23

Germany 2016
Directed by: Tristan Weis
Technique: 3D Animation
Music: Maximilian Zwiener



When an old lady is under attack in her dark basement, an unexpected savior gets her out of trouble. Will her new friend get rid of the other bad guys as well?

In One Drag / Ein Tiefer Zug 00:03:05

Germany 2016
Directed by: Alireza Hashempour



It’s late in the evening. A man leaves a building, lights a cigarette and smokes it in one drag. He casually flicks the stub away – everything as always. Only this time… all the cigarette butts in the city become alive.

Minji and the Star 00:01:20

Korea 2016
Directed by: Dooyeon Jung



Through the dark sky, the moonlight is shining when she looks up by accident. Eventually, Minji decides to take a dream journey. At the place arriving after she goes through the silence, Minji meets one and only friend.

Life / Leben 00:03:09

Germany 2016
Directed by: Lorenz Vetter



The film "LIFE" is about smartphone addiction. It shows different dreary tableaus from the everyday life. The protagonists always look on their smartphones, never interact with each other. They don't even realize the things going on around them, they completely shifted their lifes into the digital reality. The film shows a slightly exaggerated picture of the current situation in our society.

Karma 00:03:51

USA 2017
Directed by: Peter Zhou



A boy meets a fish in a mysterious forest.

Flow 00:02:30

Turkey 2016
Directed by: Meltem Sahin



This animation is inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s book The Birth of Tragedy, and specifically his ideas on Apollo and Dionysus. The main character in this animation is a sculptress who travels through Apollonian and Dionysian states. Throughout this trip, her art changes along with her personality.

Preloved 00:01:51

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Jude Marcella
Screenplay: Jude Marcella
Animation: Jude Marcella
Technique: Mixed media animation
Music: Jude Marcella
Production/School: Jude Marcella
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



Preloved- An experimental short film that journeys through the second hand clothing/textile disposal industries. 3D animation is combined with visceral stop motion textures and an ambient soundtrack. The film is at once chaotic, yet clean and modern, which symbolises the idea of waste disposal and landfill- contemporary, hidden and sanitised from the consumer’s view, yet extremely primitive and dark.

Mak 00:03:59

USA 2017
Directed by: Natalya Serebrennikova
Technique: 2D Digital and Traditional
Dialogue language: English



In a search for opium, big macs and cultural identity, a Russian-American teenager visits her hometown of St. Petersburg, Russia, and discovers that her old best friend has already grown up.

Streetlight 00:02:09

USA 2016
Directed by: Jing Huang



A street lamp stands on a street, who is looking forward his true love. Finally he meets the one in landfill because of a car accident.

The Black Box 00:03:57

Finland 2016
Directed by: Emma Louhivuori
Screenplay: Emma Louhivuori
Animation: Emma Louhivuori
Music: Janne Louhivuori



The girl's knitting is sabotaged by a creature from the black box.

Perched 00:10:30

United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Liam Harris
Screenplay: Nathaniel Price and Eoin Doran
Animation: Liam Harris
Technique: 2D Paper Drawn
Music: Victor Hugo Fumagalli
Production/School: Elina Litvinova



Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.

Stellar 00:04:45

Denmark 2016
Directed by: Laura Højberg Kunov



A bleak, numb city is infiltrated by colorful organisms that take us on an amazing, mind opening journey towards a luminous pulsating core.

The Art of Aping 00:04:49

India 2016
Directed by: Ananya Anil
Animation: Ananya Anil
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Rajat Dholakia
Production/School: 2016
Dialogue language: NA
Subtitles language: NA



Indians and their lifestyle under the unshakable influence of the west.

What Is Your Brown Number? 00:04:31

India 2015
Directed by: Vinnie Ann Bose
Screenplay: NA
Animation: Vinnie Ann Bose
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Rajat Dholakia
Production/School: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Dialogue language: NA
Subtitles language: NA



The film has been treated in an exaggerated and sarcastic manner in order to show the vanity in our mentality towards skin colour.

Little Flower 00:02:50

Ireland 2016
Directed by: Brigette Heffernan



Tired of being stuck in one place, a small flower has the impossible dream of flying away. Though the other flowers think her dream is silly she won't be deterred. After a series of failed attempts she begins to lose hope until she discovers something that may change things.

AEON 00:03:55
USA 2016
Directed by: Derek O'Dell

Wiktor's Journey / Podróż Wiktora 00:06:08

Poland 2016
Directed by: Karolina Chęcińska
Screenplay: Karolina Chęcińska
Production/School: Karolina Chęcińska, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice



One day Wiktor wakes up to see that noone except him is moving. So he decides to go through metaphisical journey to rescue his homeland. Will he succeed?