Competition

Short 2

Stories About Him / 關於他的故事 12:46

Taiwan 2017
Directed by: Yung Shiuan Yang
Screenplay: Yung Shiuan Yang
Animation: Yung Shiuan Yang, Chih Ying Ku, Chiou Lan Liu
Technique: Clay, Paint on glass, Object, Cut-out, draw on paper, 2D computer
Music: Yoon Kim, Po Chung Lin
Production/School: Yung Shiuan Yang, Chih Ying Ku
Dialogue language: Taiwanese, Chinese
Subtitles language: English



One day I asked my aunts and uncles about my grandpa while they were playing Mahjong. What does he look like? Where did he come from? How was his childhood? What had he been through? The stories they told me are too difficult to imagine. Are those all real? Who is he?



Cococo 07:06

Costa Rica 2017
Directed by: Julian Gallese
Screenplay: Julian Gallese
Animation: Julian Gallese
Technique: Julian Gallese
Music: Julian Gallese
Production/School: -
Dialogue language: -
Subtitles language: -



We tend to better appreciate values of light when we wake up somewhere different every day.



A love letter to the one I made up / מכתב אהבה לבחור שהמצאתי 06:05

Israel 2017
Directed by: Rachel Gutgarts
Screenplay: Anat Bosak, Einat Gaulan, Dana Decktor
Animation: Rachel Gutgarts
Technique: classic 2d, screen print
Music: Aviv Stern
Production/School: Bezalel Academy
Dialogue language: hebrew
Subtitles language: english



A lonely walk home is intertwined with an underwater fantasy world. The combination between the reality and fantasy is portrayed in a love letter addressed to an imaginary "perfect" man.

Departure 09:15
Ireland 2017
Directed by: Aoífe Doyle
Screenplay: Aoífe Doyle
Animation: Aoífe Doyle, Leo Crowley, Billy Shing, Alan Carruthers, Beata Lukasiewicz, Craig Fish
Technique: 2d Digital
Music: West One Music
Production/School: Pink Kong Studdios
Dialogue language: N/A
Subtitles language: N/A

An Irish grandmothers unexpected departure from her lonely life. The film tells the story of a lonely Irish Grandmother called Alma. Faced with the prospect of yet another Christmas without her emigrated Family, Alma is at an all time low. This almost tragedy quickly turns into a comedy as the universe conspires to bring her closer to her family than she could ever have imagined.
All the things I can remember / 所有我能記得的事 05:19
Taiwan 2017
Directed by: Ya-Chi Yang



Lullaby For A Mother And Child 07:29

Australia 2017
Directed by: Emma Lorie
Screenplay: Emma Lorie
Animation: Emma Lorie
Technique: 2D Computer
Music: Kevin MacLeod
Production/School: Emma Lorie
Dialogue language: English



"There was once a mother and a child who lived far away...", and so begins the charming story of a rhino and her calf.

Riot 13:00

France 2017
Directed by: Frank Ternier
Screenplay: Frank TERNIER
Animation: Frank TERNIER, Laurent MOULIN
Music: Zed
Production/School: Annabelle GANGNEUX
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: english



A young black man is killed in an altercation with a vigilant neighboor and the police. An indignant crowd gathered together. The feeling of injustice is high. A group isolates itself. Emotion engenders riot .... In the absence of words, can the body take its revenge?



Mother 04:34

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Lee Charlish
Screenplay: Lee Charlish
Animation: Mother
Technique: Photos and Digital
Music: NSOV
Production/School: Lee Charlish
Dialogue language: English



There's no love like a mother's love...   Desperate for a child of her own and following the break-up of a loveless marriage, a woman seeks counsel to help soothe her mental anguish. Her life takes an unexpected twist when a stranger visits and she succumbs to a new torment which throws her life into a macabre turmoil.



The Box 12:12

Slovenia 2017
Directed by: Dusan Kastelic
Screenplay: Dušan Kastelic
Animation: Dušan Kastelic
Technique: 3D computer animation
Music: Mateja Starič
Production/School: Bugbrain Institute
Dialogue language: No spoken dialogue
Subtitles language: No subtitles



You have probably heard of the phrase "To think outside of the box"? This is a film about such a box and the flat-headed creatures that live inside of it. Life in the Box is boring and miserable. Until one day when a new baby boy starts to grown in the middle of the Box! This boy is very different from other flat-headed inhabitants of the Box. He's happy, lively and curious. As the boy grows bigger, the flat-headed neighbours are becoming more and more annoyed with him. Until one day when he literally grows over their heads...

Folly / La bêtise 06:45

Canada 2016
Directed by: Thomas Corriveau
Dialogue language: French



Two characters meet and confront each other in a merciless battle. The story is revealed through a profusion of black and white drawings, evoking an etching in perpetual movement. Brief gestures are repeated in loops, to the point of exhaustion. Obsessive and hypnotic.



Death of a Father 10:16

India 2017
Directed by: Somnath Pal
Screenplay: Somnath Pal
Animation: Somnath Pal, Swati Addanki, Saurabh Vashishtha
Technique: Hand drawn 2D
Music: Tajdar Junaid
Production/School: Chaitanya Tamhane, Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films
Dialogue language: Bengali, English, Hindi
Subtitles language: English



When Babu's father passes away, he is caught in a web of age-old rituals and social formalities. As he looks for opportunities to cope with the loss of his father, death ends up being just another mundane routine for Babu.

Dandelion 02:52

Italy 2017
Directed by: Elisa Talentino
Animation: Elisa Talentino
Music: Julia Kent
Production/School: Fondazione Dravelli
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None



Dandelion An antique dance, a courting ritual. A dandelion flower to blow desires. The double time bourrée dance is full of romantic and loving meanings, it is almost a theatrical transposition of dynamics of seduction. The dancers come close, reaching towards each other, then they turn away, find and avoid each other, without ever touching. The dandelion flower is the spring oracle. The legend says that the lovers give their wishes to the flower and then blow them away to make them come true.



Kitchen Dreams / رویاهای آشپزخانه 14:23

Iran 2016
Directed by: Arvin Medghalchi
Screenplay: Arvin Medghalchi, Anise M.hadi
Animation: Arvin Medghalchi
Technique: Stopmotion
Music: Aydin Tavakolian
Production/School: Behtash Sanaeeha, Kiarash Sanaeeha



The story of a young woman who has an imaginary world beyond her boring and prosaic marriage. She loves to write but hides her writings because...



Late Season / Nachsaison 07:26

Austria 2017
Directed by: Daniela Leitner
Screenplay: Daniela Leitner
Animation: Christian Leitner, Martin Lorenz, Markus Wagner
Music: Fabian Baumgartner, Marina Viotti, Silvia Ponce Marti, Anna Isabel Chan Flores
Production/School: Daniela Leitner



An elderly couple seem to have lost their affections for one another. One day at the beach, after falling asleep, something incredible happens with them - something that rekindles their long lost romantic feelings.

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CREDITS:
Written, directed and produced by: Daniela Leitner
Design: Daniela Leitner
Camera and Editing: Christian Leitner, Daniela Leitner
Music - composed and performed by: Fabian Baumgartner, Marina Viotti, Silvia Ponce Marti, Anna Isabel Chan Flores
recorded and mixed by: Silvio Canazei
Sound Design and Editing: Silvio Canazei
Rigging: Christopher Hofmann
Animation: Christian Leitner, Martin Lorenz, Markus Wagner
Additional Animation: Simon Griesser
Coloring: Daniela Leitner, Lip Comarella
Compositing: Simon Griesser, Daniela Leitner