Competition

Short 9

Widdershins 11:10

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Simon P Biggs
Screenplay: Simon P Biggs
Animation: Simon P Biggs, Scott Burgoyne
Technique: Computer 3D/2D
Music: Giles Lamb
Production/School: Once Were Farmers
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: Spanish, French, German, Catalan



The life of a pampered gentleman is seamlessly automated by machines, but his orderly existence is thrown into chaos when he chooses to pursue a free-spirited woman, against the advice of his robot butler.

Etreintes 05:27

France 2019
Directed by: Justine Vuylsteker
Screenplay: Justine Vuylsteker
Production/School: Offshore, ONF



Standing still in front of the open window, a woman stares at the dark clouds that obscure the sky. Immobile, she fights against the remembrances of the past. In the clouds, a passionate embrace appears.

Step by step / Marche par marche 04:22

France 2018
Directed by: Simon Lehembre
Animation: Simon Lehembre
Music: Laurent Douel
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



From time immemorial, you have been wanting to reach the moon. Step by step, you climb mountains, always higher. An eternal leap towards the moon, an eternal downfall into darkness. You fail, you fail, always to start over!


The Flying of Leaves 07:13
Italy 2018
Directed by: Juan Pablo Etcheverry, Nathalie Signorini
Screenplay: Salvo Gennuso
Production/School: Fabio Teriaca
Dialogue language: Italian

A strange trial / Uno strano processo 09:58
Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Marcel Barelli
Screenplay: Marcel Barelli
Animation: Marcel Barelli
Technique: drawn on paper 2D
Music: Louis Crelier
Production/School: Nicolas Burlet
Dialogue language: italian
Subtitles language: english

“I have always wanted to make a film ABOUT hunting... that is... AGAINST hunting! But that's not so easy when you come from a family of hunters... my thoughts are intermingled with my memories. I discuss it with my father: a hunter, of course. But my mother also has a thing or two to say...” (Marcel Barelli) A film about (against)
Hello Jemima 03:02

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Peter Baynton
Screenplay: Peter Baynton, Benjamin Scheuer
Production/School: Peter Baynton, Jesse Romain, Jamie MacDonald
Dialogue language: English



Ben posts himself from New York to London to visit the girl he loves.

Cadavre exquis 12:50

France 2018
Directed by: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Screenplay: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Animation: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy
Technique: 2D and video
Music: Denis Vautrin
Production/School: Marc Jousset, Perrine Capron (Je Suis Bien Content)
Dialogue language: no dialogues



‘Cadavre exquis’ invites to a visual, acoustic and odorous ballad through the wandering of a one eyed dog. In the maze of Old Hanoi narrow streets, daily life and legend mingle on the syncopated rhythm of Hat Xam, the Vietnamese blues.

The Cat’s Regret / Le Chat qui pleure 08:37

France 2018
Directed by: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Screenplay: Alain Gagnol
Animation: Alain Gagnol, Sylvie Leonard Victorino, Pascal Vermeersch
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Serge Besset
Production/School: Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage)
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



Punished by his mother, a ten-year-old boy, who hates his little brother, is forced to spend an afternoon with an uncanny old man. The boy will receive a lesson in life by uncovering the old man’s terrible secret. [Please download stills from: http://www.studio-wasia.com/promofilms/menu.html]

My Grandpa is Hiding / Mon papi s’est caché 07:11

France 2018
Directed by: Anne Huynh
Screenplay: Jean Regnaud
Animation: Anne Huynh
Technique: oil pastels on wax plates
Music: Pierre Oberkampf
Production/School: Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage)
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



A grandfather explains to his grandson that he'll have to take care of his flower garden after he dies. There follows a touching and poetic discussion about losing loved ones and on the marks they leave behind. [Please download stills from: http://www.studio-wasia.com/promofilms/menu.html]

Sam’s Dream / Le Rêve de Sam 07:18

France 2018
Directed by: Nolwenn Roberts
Screenplay: Nolwenn Roberts
Animation: Sebastien Rouxel, Laurent Rossi, Marie Bouchet, Julien Perron, Marco Allard, Piotr Nikov, Ashley Body, Oscar Carambano, Faouzi Hamnadi
Technique: 2D computer
Music: Erwann Chandon
Production/School: Barbara Schuerrer (Gabi Production)
Dialogue language: no dialogues



By a sunny spring morning, a small mouse decides to make his dream come true, quite a crazy dream: flying with swallows. Sam has one year to the day to make it real by defying the laws of gravity and the lack of understanding from the other animals. [Please download stills from: http://www.studio-wasia.com/promofilms/menu.html]

Colaholic 11:00

Poland 2018
Directed by: Marcin Podolec
Screenplay: Marcin Podolec
Animation: Marcin Podolec, Dominik Bartosik, Alicja Blaszczynska, Agnieszka Czachor, Joanna Fuczko, Michalina Musialik, Michal Orzechowski, Yelyzaveta Pysmak, Wiktoria Podolec, Zuzanna Stach, Marta Szymanska, Klaudia „javvie” Tabor, Alicja Wilkowska, Paulina Ziolkow
Technique: 2d
Music: Rafal Samborski, Piotr Markowicz
Production/School: Marcin Podolec, Wiktoria Podolec
Dialogue language: Polish
Subtitles language: english



"Colaholic" is a documentary, a romantic comedy, and a memoir of a person who drinks way too much soda.



Malleus Dei 14:04

Croatia 2018
Directed by: Dino Krpan
Screenplay: Dino Krpan
Production/School: Dino Krpan
Dialogue language: English



It’s the end of 17th century. The world is brimming with new ideas and discoveries. However, People mostly stick to tradition, gathering at fairs and Sunday Mass, but occasionally also attend public executions.



Robot will protect you 10:00

Estonia 2018
Directed by: Nicola Piovesan
Screenplay: Matt Willis-Jones
Animation: Eleftherios Kokkinakis, Andriy Muzichenko, Preetham Tej
Technique: 3D and 2D
Music: Yann Latour
Production/School: chaosmonger studio
Dialogue language: English



One rainy night nine year old Tina and her guardian robot, SAM-53, set off on a quest that asks: if cyberspace has made romantic love obsolete, do we still need love in the real world?