Competition

Short 9

Goose in High Heels 21:50

USA 2017
Directed by: John R. Dilworth
Screenplay: John R. Dilworth
Animation: John R. Dilworth
Technique: 2D, Hand drawn directly on computer monitor
Music: Jody Gray and Andy Ezrin
Production/School: Stretch Films, Inc.
Dialogue language: n/a
Subtitles language: None



A tale told in three intertwined stories focused on a writer driven by glory. He struggles to complete a masterpiece, with inspiration from a life-long muse, about love, betrayal and horror based on childhood memories. After an encounter with an unnatural force, the writer realizes his true prize.

Homegrown 09:20

United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Quentin Haberham
Screenplay: Tim Fraser, Quentin Haberham
Animation: Quentin Haberham
Technique: Stop motion
Music: Lindsay Wright
Production/School: National Film and Television School
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None



Francis raises his son like he cultivates his plants, shielded from harm, comfortable inside. However when the boy outgrows his father's protective confines, Francis must face an uncomfortable truth.

Don't Think of a Pink Elephant 07:20
United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Suraya Raja

Handbook for Gardening / Guide de Jardinage 10:45
France 2017
Directed by: Sarah Jane Hatooka Scebat
Screenplay: Sarah Jane Hatooka Scebat
Animation: Sarah Jane Hatooka Scebat
Music: Daniel Markovitch
Dialogue language: french
Subtitles language: english

As Aria gives birth to her son, the happy event turns into a nightmare as she realizes that her child is covered in thorns.  Full of guilt and unable to connect with him, she hides herself from the truth and looks in vain for a solution in a handbook for gardening.
In our skin 03:55
United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Rosa Beiroa


Spindrift 11:43
United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Selina Wagner
Screenplay: Selina Wagner
Animation: Selina Wagner
Technique: 2D digital cut out
Music: Mike Vass
Production/School: Blobina animations
Dialogue language: English

On a desolate island off the coast of Orkney, a young girl lives with her parents in a run-down and unloved croft by the sea. Her father has retreated far into himself and her mother can't see past her own unhappiness, forcing the girl to survive on her own. She finds solace in the only other living thing on the island, a majestic sea eagle. With no human role models, her behaviour is distinctly bird-like; but when a boy arrives on the beach she is forced to look at herself through his eyes and realises she wants nothing more than a human friend. When everything goes wrong, she can no longer face what she is and chooses life as an eagle to escape the pain of human connections. Her choice brings her crashing down to face reality, but she will no longer have to face it alone.
Dystopia 08:43

Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Bellopropello
Screenplay: Bellopropello
Animation: Bellopropello
Technique: 2D Computer animation
Production/School: Bellopropello



soap bubbles are infiltrating a robot factory of arms. Subversiveness against logical reasoning. Who will get the upper hand?



Gelato – Seven Summers of Ice Cream Love / Gelato – Die sieben Sommer der Eisliebe 12:18

Germany 2017
Directed by: Daniela Opp
Screenplay: Kai Rönnau
Animation: Daniela Opp
Technique: 2D computer animation
Music: Christopher Dierks
Production/School: Daniela Opp
Dialogue language: German
Subtitles language: English



The 20th Century was still young when Italien mountaineers conquered Germany with a sensation: Gelato! Tiny stalls developed into beautiful ice cream shops. But suddenly the Italians turned into war enemies. The love story between Rosa and Paolo ended before the seventh summer had even started … Up until little Molly decides to take matters into her own hands almost 80 years later.



We will see someday 06:30

Korea 2018
Directed by: Nari Hong
Animation: Nari Hong
Technique: drawing on paper, pencil
Music: Seung Joon Ahn
Dialogue language: no dialogue, Music with Korean lyrics
Subtitles language: English



This story is about death. A while ago, I had met a cat on the way home. We’d carefully watched out for each other. Even though when we had known each other for a long long time, we had kept some distance all the time. I cannot forget the day when the cat allowed me touch. It was very warm and soft. That's how we became friends. One grey drizzly day, the cat died. What I saw in the next morning looked like a dress left by the cat. I folded up what remained with sincerity and buried it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lyrics - subtitle) We will see someday Don’t say no ‘cause we all know That nobody here knows the right answer I may become the wind and you may become a tree Or I may become a net and you may become a lion Whatever it looks like, we will see someday and we will know Maybe on the grassland or in the water or just in the wind for a second We will see someday I may become a petal or a tiny bug or a human again by chance Whatever it looks like, we will see someday and we will know We may become a cloud, or a migratory bird, or a duck, or a human again by chance Maybe we’ll cry or laugh Maybe just the smell will remind me of you Whatever it looks like, we will see someday Although invisible, we will know each other A petal, a root, some sand or a human again by chance

Rose on the Moon 02:25
Hungary 2017
Directed by: Panna Horvath-Molnar
Screenplay: Panna Horvath-Molnar
Animation: Laszlo Istvan Toth, Marton Radics, Marton Kovacs, Balazs Ronyai
Technique: 2D frame by frame animation
Music: Ionics
Production/School: Jozsef Fulop
Dialogue language: Hungarian
Subtitles language: English

Hidden by the depth of night small creatures roam the forest. Based on a Hungarian children poem by Tibor Zalan.
Underneath the Sound 12:50

USA 2018
Directed by: Olga Nikulina
Screenplay: Olga Nikulina
Production/School: Olga Nikulina
Dialogue language: English



The film is about a musician who plays violin in a chamber orchestra and starts to lose hearing. Will he find a way to live the life he used to?