Competition

Short 5

Voicing CSA: The Mouse 02:00

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Katie Steed
Screenplay: Philip Lafferty, Katie Steed, Chris Harper
Animation: Animation Fern Bailey
Technique: 2D Digital
Music: Inês Müller Karanassos
Production/School: Slurpy Studios
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



A short film to raise awareness for Voicing CSA and The Truth Project, a charity that works to help adult survivors of child sexual abuse find their voice.

Overrun 07:42

France 2017
Directed by: Pierre Ropars, Antonin Derory, Diane Thirault, Jérémie Cottard, Matthieu Druaud, Adrien Zumbihl
Screenplay: Pierre Ropars
Animation: Jérémie Cottard, Antonin Derory, Diane Thirault, Adrien Zumbihl
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Jordan Rees, Kevin Bardin
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



Overrun, tells the story of an ant who is plunged into a dark and cold place. We follow it’s journey through this seemingly disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world and its quest to escape.

Stockholm 06:25

France 2017
Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Aziere, Victor Chavanne, Thomas Némery, Morgane Perrin, Camille Roubinowitz
Screenplay: Jean-Baptiste Aziere, Dominique Lohlé
Animation: Camille Roubinowitz, Victor Chavanne, Morgane Perrin
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Hadrien Bonardo
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



A dead tree with creaking branches in the wind, two naked humans in the snow and a dog standing in a costly coat. Welcome to the freezing tale of Stockholm, the story of an animal who only wanted to be human...

Twin Islands 07:18

France 2017
Directed by: Manon Sailly, Charlotte Sarfati, Christine Jaudoin, Lara Cochetel, Raphaël Huot, Fanny Teisson
Screenplay: Manon Sailly
Animation: Christine Jaudoin, Fanny Teisson
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Valentin Lafort
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: English



Twin Island East and Twin Island West are two twin islands governed by two kings, where the inhabitants follow the cult of symmetry. Therefore, everything goes two by two. But one day, the queen of Twin Island West gives birth to an only child, to her husband's utter dismay...

GP-to 07:27

France 2017
Directed by: Maxime Gental, Zoé Pelegrin-Bomel, Edwin Leeds, Pulkita Mathur, Jonathan Valette, Catherine Lardé
Screenplay: Maxime Gental, Zoé Pelegrin-Bomel, Edwin Leeds, Pulkita Mathur, Jonathan Valette, Catherine Lardé
Animation: Edwin Leeds, Jonathan Valette
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Valentin Lafort
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: Russian
Subtitles language: English



Everyday, a gigantic tube pours out an astronomic quantity of garbage in a huge bowl shaped dump yard. A creature, GP-to by name, made up of these very wastes, takes in a young boy, whose arm in harshly severed, and helps him. The child, traumatised after waking up, finally seems to have found his place in this world with his new protector.

In your Hands / Entre tes Mains 07:50

France 2017
Directed by: Delphine Delannoy, Lisa Baillon, Tsu-Ning Lai, Atiyyah Lallmahomed, Gwenaël Renaud, Daphné Westelynck
Screenplay: Delphine Delannoy, Lisa Baillon, Tsu-Ning Lai, Atiyyah Lallmahomed, Gwenaël Renaud, Daphné Westelynck
Animation: Delphine Delannoy, Gwenaël Renaud
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Kévin Bardin
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



The world is in perpetual movement, like an infinite dance which accelerates, slows down, be made alone or with some people. "In your Hands" shows how it can be difficult to follow this dance through one couple confronted to depression. XY wakes up one morning and discovers with his wife XX that he has some crystals growing on his back.

Hooked 07:50

France 2017
Directed by: Lucil Lepeuple, Margot Cardinael, Zoé Caudron, Benjamin Bouchard, Camille Gras, Marine Boudry
Screenplay: Lucil Lepeuple
Animation: Benjamin Bouchard, Lucil Lepeuple, Margot Cardinael
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Louis Chenu
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



April is a young fish-headed woman and she is obsessed with water. But the problem is, the more she touches it, the more it gets dangerous and toxic for her. When she thinks she is finally trapped by her addiction, hope appears and a bear fishes her out...

Ys 07:35

France 2017
Directed by: François Letty, Léa Arachtingi, Simon Goeneutte-Lefevre, Marion Patin, Yves-Guillaume Pecquet, Jeremy Violier
Screenplay: François Letty
Animation: Léa Arachtingi, Marion Patin
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Erwann Chandon
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



Once upon a time in Brittany was a legendary city called YS built in the middle of the sea and protected by a great wall sealed by huge doors which prevented the waves from entering the city. This city was ruled by a king, Gradlon who had given the key to his daughter, the princess Dahut. Every evening, the princess asked the sea to bring her a sailor for the night. She slept with him, killed him and sent him back to the sea. The king kept seeing his daughter like a perfect young lady despite the warnings of his counsellor, Saint Guénolé. Until the day the devil arrived in the city…

Temptation 04:57

France 2017
Directed by: Camille Canonne, Laura Bouillet, Michael Hoft, Catherine Le Quang, Pauline Raffin, Martin Villert
Screenplay: Camille Canonne
Animation: Pauline Raffin, Martin Villert
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Julien Auclair, Arthur Romain
Production/School: Supinfocom Rubika
Dialogue language: No dialogue



A glutton bear tries hard to steal a picnic basket located in a scout camp. Sadly for him, this camp is ruled by an ex-military scout leader who is obsessed with labelling things. The bear doesn't realize he is going to embark on a frantic high-speed chase...

Hot Tea 02:15
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Marcel Tigchelaar
Screenplay: Marcel Tigchelaar
Animation: Marcel Tigchelaar, Ruben Zaalberg, Edwin van Beek
Technique: 2D drawn animation on paper
Music: Han Otten
Production/School: Chris Eimers-Mouw
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none

HOT TEA - Some beverages are refreshing in more ways than one…
Cuckoo 03:40
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Michaël Veerman
Screenplay: Michaël Veerman
Animation: Michaël Veerman
Technique: 2D computer animation, rotoscope, drawn on paper
Music: Rieneke Brink, Paloma de Beer, Ilse Eijsink
Production/School: Michaël Veerman
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none

A short documentary about the cuckoo bird. How the cuckoo bird lays her egg in another nest, how this cuckoo hatches and gets rid of his competition to claim all food.
Sand Wanderer 06:31
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Eric Giessmann
Screenplay: Eric Giessmann
Animation: Eric Giessmann
Technique: computer animation
Music: Michel Banabila
Production/School: Koert Davidse, Marc Thelosen
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none

As the world starts moving around him, the young desert dweller decides to follow the footprints of his fellow tribesmen to the origin of natural forces, time.
Free as a Bird 25:00
Netherlands 2016
Directed by: Joyce van Diepen
Screenplay: Joyce van Diepen
Animation: Ronald Toes, Serge Lenaers, Christiaan Moleman
Technique: Drawing / 3D & 2D computer animation
Music: Reyn Ouwehand
Production/School: Germen Boelens, Patrick Nijman
Dialogue language: Dutch
Subtitles language: English

A 10 year old boy, Imad, lives in a war zone. When he finds a bird with a broken wing, he brings it home and carefully nurses it back to health. This new friendship brings Imad joy, dreams, and strength. He learns to listen to his heart and finds the courage to choose a (new) future.
Waste 02:15
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Sander Alt
Screenplay: Emily Reekers
Animation: Joost Gulien
Technique: computer animation
Music: Paleis van Boem: Martin Vonk, Jaap de Weijer
Production/School: Michiel Wesselius
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none

Two mice on the run looking for a better place to live. After a hard and though journey they find their way into a kitchen. Everything what they hoped for is there.... ? But is it really that wonderful?
The Demanding Eye / Der Fordernde Blick 08:23

Germany 2017
Directed by: Moana Vonstadl
Screenplay: Moana Vonstadl
Dialogue language: German



A short film about both attraction and refusal of the unknown, inspired by texts about foreignness, exoticism and the uncanny in the self. In front of every door there's eerie things lurking- yet somehow they seem appealing. She makes up the unknown within spitting distance and finds strange places in her mind. One step after the other she enters a track toward an abandon place.



Late Afternoon 09:23

Ireland 2017
Directed by: Louise Bagnall
Screenplay: Louise Bagnall
Music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Production/School: Nuria González Blanco
Dialogue language: English



Emily finds herself disconnected from the world around her. She drifts back through her memories to relive different moments from her life. Emily must look to her past so that she may fully connect with the present.