Competition

Student 2

Pious 00:04:02

UK 2016
Directed by: Jade Xuan Wu



In ancient China, an old warrior monk found himself trapped in a task that against his faith.

Enslaved 00:01:53

Cyprus, UK 2016
Directed by: Constantinos Sophocleous



The unfortunate sequence of events that occur to an unsuspected young girl in her process to escape prostitution.

Decision 00:02:45

USA 2016
Directed by: Mary Jo Zefeldt
Screenplay: Mary Jo Zefeldt
Animation: Mary Jo Zefeldt
Technique: Animation - Digital hand drawn with some 3D background rendering
Music: Rights obtained via FirstCom.com music subscription
Production/School: Mary Jo Zefeldt



Within an expanse of anxiety and faced with a false choice, a decision must be made. Decision is a short animated film that explores one woman’s experience with anxiety and how she handles a perceived false choice. “Decision” was conceived as a film based on the experience of a single emotion, anxiety. The process of making “Decision” became an exploration into the director's own anxieties and how art and filmmaking provide a channel for communicating such an experience.

The Deal 00:04:29

United Kingdom 2015
Directed by: Ewa Smyk



Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikołaj Smyk’s diary — the director’s grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authentic headscarf, Polish and Russian books, the copy of Mikołaj Smyk’s diary and photographs help situate the story in its original environment and express the atmosphere of the times.

Mayham 00:02:21

Canada 2016
Directed by: Samantha Tan



When Pierre the pig moves into the apartment suite across the hall from George the human, George must control his carnivorous urges so that he does not eat his new neighbor for dinner.

Fritter 00:02:16

USA 2016
Directed by: Fabian Corona



Fabi lets his imagination run wild, when taking out the trash.

Wayfaring Wanderer of the Worlds / Wandelnde WeltenWanderer 00:11:23

Germany 2016
Directed by: Anna Mahendra



A collective of fantastic dreamlike sequences in which mythical creatures wayfare though time and dimensions. Inspired by the close collaboration with shamans and the culture of the Ainu this exploratory film connects dream and reality.

Jila 00:05:18

Germany 2015
Directed by: Anna Mahendra



Born out of dust and long-forgotten memories world in world - opaque glas, neither door nor gate. At some point the passage can be opened. What are you going to do? Are you afraid, curious? You could just simply close your eyes and go back.

Ascribed Achievements 00:04:05

Iran 2017
Directed by: Samaneh Shojaei



The old boy, who is dissatisfied with their appearance and hereditary, decides to end his life. But his failed suicide creates a new situation in his life.

Crossing Stripes / A Pas de Zebra 00:05:00

Spain 2017
Directed by: Guillem Ruiz



A zebra plays with the paint buckets of an old recked truck in the jungle. She paints down a zebra crossing and has her own happy game. Until she gets a visit from another habitant of the forest. Sadly, the zebra is instinctively afraid of some colors from the wilderness. Will she accept the new comer in her game?

In the Crosshairs / Dar Tirras 00:05:17

Iran 2016
Directed by: Marziyeh Kheirkhah



The story is about a soldier who finds a bird's nest with eggs in the tank tube. Despite his inner desire, he is forced to enter the war to blow up a village as his commander has ordered. After explosion, we realize that soldier has taken the nest out of the tank before getting on. Chick starts to break out of egg. Suffering from the war, the soldier becomes so happy of seeing chick. Being hopeful, happily comes out of tank when he realizes being targeted by another tank.

The Bus Trip / Bussresan 00:13:40

Sweden 2016
Directed by: Sarah Gampel
Screenplay: Sarah Gampel
Animation: Sarah Gampel
Technique: 2D digital animation, mixed media with live action
Music: Rickard Age, Patric Simmerud
Production/School: Sarah Gampel
Dialogue language: English, Swedish, Polish
Subtitles language: English



Sarah is invited to show her film in Israel as part of a film festival bus trip. She is hoping for political discussions and friendship, except the conversation stops each time she brings up the occupation of Palestine. So instead, Sarah talks to her dead dad over a noisy phone line.

Once Upon a Line 00:07:06

USA 2016
Directed by: Alicja Jasina



A man leads a very boring life until he falls in love.