Competition

Short 4

Flutter 10:00

Bulgaria 2016
Directed by: Vladimir Todorov
Screenplay: Vladimir Todorov
Animation: Vladimir Todorov
Technique: 2D digital
Music: Vladimir Todorov, Ivo Venkov
Production/School: Moonrock Pictures
Dialogue language: No Dialog
Subtitles language: No Subtitles



Set in a dystopian universe, FLUTTER is a short animated film about despair, hope and the power of love. In a world, where everyone can defy gravity and fly at will, being stuck on the ground is no fun. If all you can do is shuffle on your own two feet, then loneliness, depression and despair will come knocking on your door. Letting them come in is an option. Finding the courage to soar is priceless.


Impromptu 11:09
Spain 2017
Directed by: Maria Lorenzo
Screenplay: Maria Lorenzo
Animation: Maria Lorenzo, Pterodactive, Sergio Pilan
Technique: Drawing and painting on paper
Music: Frederic Chopin, Isaac Istvan Székely
Production/School: Enrique Millan
Dialogue language: no dialogue

Impromptu is an animated short film inspired by five piano Etudes by Frédéric Chopin, to pay tribute to the forgotten pioneers of cinema, such as Joseph Plateau, Eadweard Muybridge, Jules Marey, William Dickson, Louis Le Prince and Georges Demenÿ. But Impromptu is also a homage to the Fin-du-siècle period, to their unforgettable muses —Loïe Fuller, Carmencita, Anna Belle—, and to the fascination for movement itself, which lead to the invention of filmmaking.


Prychynna: The Story of Love / Prychynna / Причинна 21:55

Ukraine 2017
Directed by: Andrii Shcherbak
Screenplay: Andrii Shcherbak
Animation: Andrii Shcherbak, Yevheniia Ternova, Valentyna Kuzmych
Technique: CG painting
Music: Tetiana Shamshetdinova
Production/School: MaGiKa-Film
Dialogue language: without dialogue
Subtitles language: english



The war separates lovers, but their hearts remain together. The young woman loses her mind, but love gives her strength to wait for her beloved.

Word! 07:09
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Amos Mulder
Animation: Amos Mulder
Technique: 3D computer
Music: Amos Mulder
Production/School: Submarine Channel
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: none

WORD! by Amos Mulder is a visual exploration of language and is set in a parallel post-factual universe. Quotes in the form of tweets by famous philosophers and writers appear throughout the film. Between the chirping of birds and the evocative urban scenarios that unfold, the viewer is invited on a seven-minute cinematic journey that interrogates our indissoluble relationship with words.
Marvin 06:02
United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: H. Rodgers

Constructive 07:54
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Jeroen ter Welle


Whine & Cheese 01:00
Canada 2017
Directed by: Ben Bronson
Screenplay: Brandon Frank and Ben Bronson
Animation: Dominic Stott
Technique: Flash
Music: Ben Bronson and Uri Avi

Frank the cat does not enjoy the taste of his canned food. A brazen rat roaming the house draws his attention as a result.

Routine 04:35
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Fokke Mars
Music: Tyco Hendriks, Gerwin Weidenaar
Production/School: HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Dialogue language: No Dialogue

A man that is stuck in his routine tries to escape by dreaming of a world where Giants live as tall as skyscrapers, where trees are upside down and the laws of physics don't apply.
Blue 01:35

United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Moth Studio
Animation: Moth Studio, Joe Bichard, Jennifer Zheng, Aaron Lampert, Carlos De Faria, Stephen McNally, Ester Rossi
Music: Giacomo Smith
Production/School: Moth Studio
Dialogue language: English



"Blue is the world's favourite colour" We worked with CNN and Dr. James Fox to produce a film for their Colour Scope series.

Conan O'Brien Discusses "We're Going to be Friends" 02:40

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: The White Stripes
Animation: Moth Studio, Joe Bichard, Sam Taylor, Emma Ehrling, Thomas Knowler
Music: The White Stripes - "We're Going to be Friends"
Production/School: Moth Studio
Dialogue language: English



An animated interview with Conan O'Brien about his last Late Night Show and friendship with Jack White.

Flossenburg 06:50
USA 2017
Directed by: Heejoo Kim

The Spring 03:34
Australia 2016
Directed by: Xin Li

Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) - Sparks 03:45

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Joseph Wallace
Animation: Joseph Wallace, Roos Mattaar, Aiden Whittam
Technique: Puppet Animation
Music: Sparks
Production/School: Cardel



Sparks find themselves in 1930s Paris in pursuit of something just beyond their grasp in this meticulously crafted stop motion music video.

The Fight for Good 03:00

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Moth Studio
Animation: 2D Animation: Carlos De Faria, Tyler DiBiasio, Anne-Louise Erambert, Anne Escot, Freya Hotson, Reg Isaac, Jennifer Zheng, Tucker Klein, Harry Slinger-Thompson; Cleanup: Bianca Beneduci Assad, Tyler DiBiasio, Marguerite Dumans, Anne-Louise Erambert, Anne E
Music: Pierre O'Reilly
Production/School: Moth Studio, Hornet
Dialogue language: English



Christmas campaign for The Salvation Army which tells three different stories about hardship and the grace that comes from individual generosity.

Twice Upon a Time / Bio dvaput jedan kralj 14:10

Serbia 2017
Directed by: Vojin Vasovic
Screenplay: Vojin Vasovic
Production/School: Vojin Vasovic, Tatjana Zezelj
Dialogue language: English



Twice Upon a Time, there was a king with split personality whose one half wants to become a poet and the other a fearless warrior. They share their conscience, but have opposing wishes and desperately want to get rid of each other.

Your Face Global Jam 03:30

USA 2017
Directed by: Ken Mora
Screenplay: Ken Mora
Technique: Animation
Music: Maureen McElheron
Production/School: Bella Fe Media, LLC
Dialogue language: English



In 1987, Bill Plympton, now heralded as "The King of Indie Animation" was nominated for an Oscar for his debut hand-drawn animated short film "Your Face." For 2017, animators around the world came together for the 30th anniversary of that nomination to 'Jam' this historic milestone and celebrate his worldwide influence.

Funny Fish / Drôle de poisson 06:20

France 2017
Directed by: Krishna Chandran A. Nair
Screenplay: Krishna Chandran A. Nair
Animation: Marc Robinet, Florent Ribeyron, Krishna Chandran A. Nair
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Frederic Le Junter
Production/School: Folimage
Dialogue language: French (English soon available...)
Subtitles language: English



Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, a school of fish comes to the rescue of a goldfish floating on the surface of the water. They decide to do everything they can to help it back into the water and breathe. What they don't know is that it's actually a balloon.