Competition

Short 3

Blows With The Wind / در باد می وزد 06:30

Iran 2017
Directed by: Hazhir As'adi
Screenplay: Hazhir as'adi
Animation: Mohsen jafari
Technique: Cut out
Music: Koohiar peik
Production/School: None
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None



After occurring some events for the scarecrow, scarecrow becomes human.

Anima Dea 03:27
USA 2017
Directed by: Emma Haupt



Back In Fashion 08:23

Spain 2017
Directed by: Belinda Bonan
Screenplay: Belinda Bonan
Animation: Salvador Artero, Nacho Maure, Alejandro Ruz, Francisco Javier Raya
Technique: 3D Animation
Music: Kopernika ft. Sergio Bieto
Production/School: Most Wanted Studio
Dialogue language: English / French
Subtitles language: English



Pascal Benard, one of the best designers of all time, has returned to the world of fashion after his sudden withdrawal in the late 90s. The fact has such repercussion, that the mythical BPC is shooting a special program about his return for the documentary series "Back in Fashion".



Maybe it's me / Ίσως είμαι εγώ 06:08

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Dimitris Simou
Screenplay: Dimitris Simou
Animation: Dimitris Simou
Technique: 3d
Dialogue language: Greek
Subtitles language: English



In Maybe it’s me an animator tries to recreate his childhood memories. This is a film that has embedded questions around the expression of creativity in its structure and deals with the fear of forgetting through its characters. It is a film about loss and acceptance.



Corky 05:45

USA 2017
Directed by: Ty Primosch
Screenplay: Ty Primosch, Karen Mathieson
Animation: Ty Primosch, Karen Mathieson
Technique: 3d animation
Music: Tyler Durham
Production/School: independent
Dialogue language: no dialogue



A corkscrew with a screw loose battles a giant glass bottle to uncork seven magical lightning bugs trapped inside.

The Blissful Accidental Death / Splendida Moarte Accident 15:10
Romania 2016
Directed by: Sergiu Negulici

The Northeast Kingdom 07:49

USA 2017
Directed by: Alan Jennings
Screenplay: Alan Jennings
Animation: Alan Jennings
Technique: 2D Digital Animation
Music: Diego Gaeta
Production/School: California Institute of the Arts
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: N/A



A small tight knit New England community is shaken by the arrival of a newcomer. Meanwhile, a mystical creature quietly affects the lives of the locals.



Black Dog 15:00

USA 2017
Directed by: Joshua Dean Tuthill
Screenplay: Joshua Dean Tuthill
Animation: Joshua Dean Tuthill
Technique: Stop motion
Music: Jeremy Horseman
Production/School: Syracuse University
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



Utilizing archival footage and stop-motion animation, Black Dog is set during the US and USSR space race of the 1960's amidst a time of heated social and political tension. Two brothers must deal with the sudden loss of their parents. As one falls into the darkness of a troubled marriage, the other must find an escape from the evil that is devouring his family.


With or without sun 02:30
Canada 2017
Directed by: Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Animation: Jean-Guillaume Bastien
Technique: Hand-drawn on paper, rotoscopy, colored in Photoshop
Production/School: Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema
Dialogue language: French

Summertime sweetness meditation. Light reminder for the fall to come. Study for a solitary and (almost) spontaneous cinema in 1080p.
Little Grey Wolfy. Spring and Icy Drift / Den Vesle Grå Ulven. Vår og Isen Går 06:30

Norway 2017
Directed by: Natalia Malykhina
Screenplay: Natalia Malykhina
Production/School: Natalia Malykhina
Dialogue language: English, Norwegian, Russian



A new pure spring comes again to the wood. The trees and the beasts wake up feeling good... Spring is the time of an ice drift on a river. Wolfy and Hare, carried away by their running, suddenly find themselves on the floe in the middle of an icy stream. The cold stream hides many dangers, but their imagination comes to help. And their friends of course! But no! This floe is not an ice block! Look, this is a frigate that has left its dock. Across the seas, nothing can frighten them, Set sail captain Wolf and Hare at the helm. Two sailors, two friends, as brave as can be, They steer their ship in a fantasy sea… The film exists in ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN and RUSSIAN versions, with or without subtitles :-)

What's That in the Ground? 02:14

USA 2017
Directed by: Wally Chung
Dialogue language: English



When you want one thing, sometimes you get the complete opposite or something worse.

The Hunt / La Chasse 05:36

France 2017
Directed by: Alexey Alekseev
Screenplay: Alexey Alekseev
Animation: Alexey Alekseev
Technique: 2D computer
Music: Alexey Alekseev
Production/School: Am Stram Gram
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none



The disappointments of a short-sighted and harmless hunter who took with him by mistake a rabbit instead of his dog to go hunting in the forest. No animal has been injured...

Leo Minor 07:44

France 2017
Directed by: Tai Wedekind
Screenplay: Tai Wedekind
Animation: Alexander De Bavelaere, Marina Saunier, Marion de Saint Leger, Lionel Lorne, Pauline Fabre, Benjamin Perera
Technique: 3D computer
Music: Clemens Ruh
Production/School: Jean-Baptiste Houard
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none



8-year-old Leo is dying of cancer. Denying his death, his imagination carries him and his big brother far away from the hospital room. Drifting through their emotions and space, they find the strength to undergo their grief.

Alphonse Gets Lost / Alphonse s’égare 14:00

France 2016
Directed by: Jean-Luc Greco and Catherine Buffat
Screenplay: Jean-Luc Greco and Catherine Buffat
Animation: Gregoire Lemoine, Jean-Luc Greco, Catherine Buffat
Technique: cut outs
Music: Alexis Pecharman
Production/School: Les Films à Carreaux
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



In a school corridor, Alphonse catches up with a girl who suddenly faints in front of him. He tries to kiss her stupidly, but Marco shows up and makes a fool out of him. 6 months later, it’s summer. Alphonse is excited at the idea of spending the month of August alone, without his roommate.

Smoke -n- Suds 12:48

USA 2017
Directed by: George Nicholas
Screenplay: George Nicholas
Production/School: George Nicholas
Dialogue language: English



Two punks meet at a laundromat in late 80's Hell's Kitchen NYC in a lo-fi animated film reminiscent of early Jim Jarmusch.