Competition

Short 4

Chemicals - Parker Bossley 04:12

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Joseph Wallace
Screenplay: Joseph Wallace
Animation: Joseph Wallace, Marie Lechevallier
Technique: Cut Out Animation
Music: Parker Bossley
Production/School: Cardel
Dialogue language: None / Lyrics



Parker Bossley takes a psychedelic trip, metamorphosing into exotic animals and traveling through colourful landscapes in this cut-out animated music video.



Popcorn / Palomitas 09:30

Spain 2018
Directed by: Sergi Vizcaíno
Screenplay: Sergi Vizcaíno
Animation: Marina Calderón, Fran Valle, Ivan Sobral, Nacho Soto, Beatriz Goig, Maritere Vigil, Katia Rabadan, José Camara, José Pardo, Sergio Linares, Leandro Roman, Moamed Sampson
Technique: 3D
Music: Ho Ling Tang. King Heng Leung. Nerea Alberdi. Christian Tristan. Cecil Vineet Abhishek
Production/School: Primerframe



Marley is a popcorn enclosed in a Popcorn case from an old movie theater. His only dream is to watch a big screen movie. But first he must escape from the crystal cage.



Bystander / Tamashachi 08:23

Iran 2017
Directed by: Sheyda Kashi
Screenplay: Sheyda Kashi
Animation: Shahryaar Beyranvand
Technique: Cut Outs
Music: Hamid Pakdel
Production/School: Independent Production
Dialogue language: No dialogue



An old man is living with a window in front of his eyes. He sees a cold, black and white and fragile world from behind the window. But the window was not always there while he was a young active participant of a big revolution...


Do I See What You See? 08:00
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Simon Ball
Animation: Simon Ball
Technique: Rotoscope, CGI, Drawing
Music: Zai Tang
Dialogue language: English

How do changes in the brain cause us to see differently? Experience the world through the eyes of people living with a rare form of dementia, affecting how they process objects and tasks around them
My trip to Japan / Viaje a Japón 03:37
Germany 2018
Directed by: Dante Zaballa
Screenplay: Dante Zaballa
Animation: Dante Zaballa, Gabriel Freire
Technique: 2D digital
Music: Skillbard
Production/School: -
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English

Based on a real conversation we had with Juan Molinet before leaving Japan. Mixed up memories about out visit to Tokyo, Hiroshima, Miyoshi, Naoshima and Kyoto.


The Juggler / O Malabarista 10:55

Brazil 2018
Directed by: Iuri Moreno
Screenplay: Iuri Moreno
Animation: Wesley Rodrigues
Technique: Digital 2D
Music: Dênio de Paula e Saracura do Brejo
Production/School: Caolha Filmes
Dialogue language: Portuguese
Subtitles language: English



An animated documentary about street jugglers who add colour to the monotonous day of urban life.

Turbopera 02:10
France 2018
Directed by: Fabien Meyran, Antoine Marchand, Paul-Eugène Dannaud, Benoît De Geyer D'Orth


An Unfinished Love 04:08
Netherlands 2018
Directed by: Rami el Harayri
Screenplay: Rami el Harayri
Animation: John McGrew
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: F. Can Erdogan
Production/School: Storytelling Film Solutions

A young couple in love, Robert and Sarah, get engaged in the park of their hometown. Soon after, World War I throws Robert into the trenches where a gust of wind blows away not just Robert's letter to Sarah, but the couple's future as well. Post-war, Robert struggles to come to terms with the changes in the world and the rapid growth of the city he calls home. He once again finds solace in writing letters to his lost love, and does so every day for decades.

The Masque of Blackness 12:45
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Epoh Beech
Screenplay: Epoh Beech
Animation: Epoh Beech
Technique: Hand drawn animation
Music: Esben Tjalve
Production/School: Epoh Beech
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English

Epoh Beech's The Masque of Blackness is a hand drawn animation re-imagining Ben Jonson's 1605 play The Masque of Blackness and Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. The animation weaves both texts together and explores the spirit of place to take you on a journey from West Africa to the Thames in London and the Rhine in Germany. It has themes of moonlight, oceans, rivers, unexplored territory and mythological symbolism. Our guides on the journey are Hermes, a grey seal, and Pegasus, the winged horse, they are both unconstrained by the straight jacket of time.

The Day I got into my head 14:44
France 2018
Directed by: Floriane Montcriol
Screenplay: Floriane Montcriol
Animation: Floriane Montcriol
Technique: Cut-out / pixilation
Music: Julie Roué
Production/School: G.R.E.C
Dialogue language: No dialogue
Subtitles language: No dialogue

Weary of her work as a nurse and of her responsibilities as a mother, Sarah is on the verge of becoming severely depressed. One evening, while suffering from suicidal thoughts, she discovers a mysterious door in a far-off corner of the hospital where she is working. Soon she finds herself embarking on a bewildering journey.
The Lighthouse 07:30
Macau 2018
Directed by: Jay Lei
Screenplay: Jay Lei
Animation: Yuhua Yang, Nubu Chen, Dongjie Zhu, Honglei Yang, Henan Ma, Jay Lei
Technique: 2D Computer
Music: Ellison Lau
Production/School: SEESAW CREATIVE LIMITED
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No Subtitle

When the night falls, Luke climbs up to the deserted lighthouse. With the old and worn equipment, he tries to "light up" the memory buried underneath the glass curtain walls.


The Stranger and The Wind / غریبه و باد 15:00

Iran 2018
Directed by: Hamed and Hamidreza Ahmadi
Screenplay: Hamed and Hamidreza Ahmadi
Music: Moein Rad
Dialogue language: Persian
Subtitles language: English



Hearse drivers transport a corpse from the hospital to the university. He stops for eating his breakfast in a coffee house in the middle of the road. The owner of the coffee house suggests replacing his father with the corpse.

Rules of play 07:34
Germany 2018
Directed by: Merlin FLÜGEL