Competition

Experimental 2

Monsters in the fridge / Monstruos en el refri 06:43
Mexico 2018
Directed by: Laura Elena Torres Vargas

Graffiti 01:00

Italy 2018
Directed by: Rick Niebe
Animation: Rick Niebe
Technique: stop motion
Music: TTUKUNAK (Maika & Sara Gomez) Live in Grottaglie (ITALY) 1 may 2011 (excerpt)
Dialogue language: no dialogues



Cinematic hommage to urban graffiti [An abstract exploration of urban graffiti based on a musical improvvistaion on txalaparta an ancient basque instrument]

Pas de deux - after McLaren 03:08

USA 2018
Directed by: Edward Ramsay-Morin



An exploration of form, energy, and space. A rotoscoped animation using footage from Norman McLarens' Pas de deux. Created by students in the Department of Art at Sam Houston State University, under the direction of Associate Professor Edward Morin.

Safety 03:37

USA 2018
Directed by: Cassie Shao



One's anxiety grows out of bugs and into bugs. An animated music video for Safety by Flash Flash Comfort.

Echo of Falling Man (2017) 02:54
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Harm Weistra, Eddi Bal
Screenplay: Harm Weistra, Eddi Bal
Animation: Echo of Falling Man
Technique: 2D and 3D animation
Music: silent
Production/School: n.a.
Dialogue language: n.a.
Subtitles language: n.a.

With the work Echo of Falling Man, the artists Harm Weistra & Eddi Bal ‘reanimate’ a picture of one of the unidentified gay men, killed by ISIS by throwing them off buildings. The work can be seen as an afterimage, mirroring the iconic Richard Drew photo of a ‘falling man’, who jumped out of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks in New York. On a deeper level, the animation symbolizes the relationship between the Al-Qaeda attacks in New York and the terror ISIS spread through the Middle East.
Immerge 3 02:00

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Gill Bliss
Screenplay: Musical soundtrack - Circus Marcus



A short experimental animation. Drawn images of natural forms are set into digital sequences to create immersive rhythms of emerging colours and textures. Underlying themes in the work are connected to ecology - how living organisms interact with each another and with their surrounding environment. 2 minutes duration.

Flora / 꽃 04:17

USA 2018
Directed by: Chaerin Im
Dialogue language: English



Experimental animation about gender and sexuality, the awkwardness of division. Uncanny sculptures of vagina and penis are the main element.

Senses of Time 05:00
United States of America 2018
Directed by: Wenhua Shi
Animation: Wenhua Shi
Music: Dajuin Yao
Dialogue language: N/A
Subtitles language: N/A

Senses of Time depicts the lyrical and poetic passage of time. The work reflects on time and focuses on defining subjective and perceptual time with close attention to stillness, decay, disappearance, and ruins.


Three Sketches 07:56

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Adam Butcher
Screenplay: Adam Butcher
Production/School: Adam Butcher



Three Sketches takes a novel approach to storytelling, giving the viewer an extended stay in three locations. As our senses immerse in the manifold details, events seem to repeat themselves in a chronologically dysfunctional way. The viewer is encouraged to draw their own conclusions.

Red Bird and Cave 05:18
USA 2018
Directed by: Zey Li
Animation: Zeyi Li
Technique: Hand Drawing
Music: Conor Stechschulte

Digital Graffiti 04:09

Romania 2017
Directed by: Ruxandra Mitache



Reflecting, juxtaposing, moving through a dream like atmosphere of a displaced space.



Mi Di Worm No. 10 01:00

Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Barbara Peikert
Screenplay: Baraba-pe
Animation: Baraba-pe
Technique: 2-Stop motion
Music: Baraba-pe
Production/School: Atelier a./f Barbara Peikert
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: N/A



Synopsis MI DI WORM no. 10, 2018, 1’, color, audio The starting material is a frame-to-frame animation art of 2-Stop motion: A production with visual effects. Of the type related to a stereoscopic recording, the flickering wiggling-picture ramifications of the yellow color animate strokes on a red background. Part of the constellations complement intermittent in animated gestures: Similar to caves drawing or a children's schematic stick figures. The setting has met with curiosity. The points stand out, as they would be a fantastic set of notes, virtually painted to listen to.



Morse 02:52

USA 2018
Directed by: Tom Bessoir
Animation: Tom Bessoir and John Baumann
Technique: Digital
Dialogue language: English



A very brief history of Morse code. This film includes my five favorite significant messages: 1. The first American Morse Code message transmitted in 1844 by Samuel Morse himself, 2. In 1912 the Titanic transmitted the then new SOS distress call as it sank, 3. In 1956 the beacon atop the new Capitol Records Tower flashed Hollywood to promote them as the first record company based on the west coast, 4. In 1966 Commander Denton blinked a message to secretly communicate how POWs were being treated in North Vietnam, 5. The last official use of International Morse Code by the French Navy in 1997.

Fun to Cook "World's Best Food" 03:34

USA 2018
Directed by: Dongjun Kim
Dialogue language: English, Other



Fun to Cook “World’s Best Food” is an experimental film that explores extraterrestrial cuisine. It investigates qualities of Otherness in relation with how humans connect with food. Cooking is not only a method of survival but it contains and reveals mankind’s identity through culture and history. The film uses various techniques such as, mold casting, compositing, live action, and 3D animation.

September 3rd 2015 08:45

Croatia 2018
Directed by: Sara Jurincic
Screenplay: Sara Jurincic
Production/School: Anita Bastasic / Restart
Dialogue language: Croatian



In that moment, all the news published on September 3rd 2015. became extremely real. Banalities of that day and personal memories mixed intensively.



Laugh Lines / Lachfalten 05:52

Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Patricia Wenger
Screenplay: Patricia Wenger
Animation: Michael Flückiger, Zéa Schaad, Patricia Wenger, Kevin Duong
Technique: Hand Drawn Animation
Music: Joachim Flüeler
Production/School: YK Animation Studio GmbH/Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No Dialogue



Where People meet, brave ones discover that with enough trust pupil become door knobs and in doing so worlds open where horizons dissolve into nothing - the movie tells eight short stories about friendship.