Competition

Short 6

Each Other / Yek Digar 15:57

Iran 2019
Directed by: Sarah Tabibzadeh
Screenplay: Nader Rezaeeyan
Animation: Rashid Abedin
Technique: 2D & 3D Animation
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Production/School: Sarah Studio
Dialogue language: Without Dialogue
Subtitles language: Without Dialogue



People are living with their personality layers, and they take them to “Layeromat” just like their clothes. A young man who works in one of these “Layeromat” accidentally loses one of his layers. Despite his long search, he couldn’t find it. But through an inner revolution during his searching, he reaches a new understanding of his being.

Albert&Josephine 07:15
Poland 2019
Directed by: Tomasz Wełna
Screenplay: Alex "Clov" Baczkowski
Animation: Tomasz Welna
Technique: painting, drawing, 2d computer animation
Music: Steve Kaiser, Alex Clov Baczkowski, Bill Harris

Albert is a teddy bear. Josephine is a white owl. They live together in a small house deep in the forest. One day Albert goes out and begins a journey. When Josephine figures out that Albert disappeared she begins to search him...
The One who Crossed the Sea / Der übers Meer kam 09:34
Germany 2020
Directed by: Jonas Riemer


MINOTAUR / MINOTAURO 08:33
Spain 2019
Directed by: ENRIQUE DIEGO
Screenplay: ENRIQUE DIEGO
Animation: DANI HERNANDEZ & ENRIQUE DIEGO
Technique: STOP MOTION
Music: Neønymus
Production/School: PERRUNCHO STUDIO
Dialogue language: SPANISH
Subtitles language: ENGLISH

The Minotaur was imprisoned for life in the labyrinth and is fed once a year with human
The peculiar crime of Oddball Mr. Jay / O peculiar crime do estranho Sr. Jacinto 10:50
Portugal 2019
Directed by: Bruno Caetano
Screenplay: Manuel Ruas Moreira and Bruno Caetano
Animation: Rita Sampaio, Timon Dodswell, Emanuel Nevado, Claudi Sorribas
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: Filipe Raposo
Production/School: Cola - Audiovisual Collective (PT) and Wild Stream (FR)
Dialogue language: Portuguese
Subtitles language: English

In a city where nature has been forbidden, a small crime by a simple man triggers a chain of unexpected consequences.
Windshriek / Hurlevent 06:23
France 2019
Directed by: Frédéric Doazan
Screenplay: Frédéric Doazan
Animation: Frédéric Doazan
Music: Vandy Roc
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None

The wind blows and browse through the book of the alphabet creatures.
Metamorphosis 10:35
Spain 2019
Directed by: Carla Pereira & Juanfran Jacinto
Screenplay: Carla Pereira & Juanfran Jacinto
Animation: Iván SARRIÓN, Ignacio DE MARCO, Juan SOTO, César DÍAZ, Carla PEREIRA
Music: Albert MEJÍAS
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None

In his thirties and still living with his mother, a man decides to break free from his inner demons.
Five / Fuenf 06:55

Germany 2019
Directed by: Peter Kaboth
Screenplay: Peter Kaboth
Animation: Peter Kaboth, Albert Radl
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: Ludwig Goetz, Karsten Scheunemann
Production/School: Peter Kaboth
Dialogue language: German
Subtitles language: english



Five fingers with a plum are representing a whole society and the challenges of humankind.


Incidents - Way home / Hemväg 07:23
Sweden 2019
Directed by: Jessica Laurén
Screenplay: Jessica Laurén
Animation: Jessica Laurén
Technique: 2D/photo/film/paintings
Music: Lasse Sander
Production/School: Maria Åkesson, Sugar Rush Productions
Dialogue language: Swedish
Subtitles language: English

Three true stories - experienced, animated and told by the director, about not coming home safely as a young girl/woman. 12 years old: She is walking from school to get home to her dad. 18 years old: She is walking home from a bar in the evening. 24 years old: She is walking with her newborn baby in the stroller on her way home - a situation that should be safer than anything. Each time men come in her way, making her way home threatening and difficult. She is a survivor, she can handle it - but why does she have to?

Dragon Recipes / ΔΡΑΚΟΜΑΓΕΙΡΕΜΑΤΑ 07:12
Cyprus 2019
Directed by: Maria Pavlou
Screenplay: Maria Pavlou
Animation: Pixel giants, Oak9e, Zedem Media
Technique: 3D
Music: Andrie P. Meletiou
Production/School: The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture/Cultural Services (Cinema Advisory Committee), Maria Pavlou
Subtitles language: English

A young apprentice witch dreams of becoming the most wicked witch around – and of course, a wicked witch needs an evil, fire-breathing dragon. Using an old recipe and magic spells, our inexperienced protagonist will eventually get a special dragon; just not the one she has in mind!


The Grass is Always Greener When it isn't Covered in Chocolate 09:48

Kuwait 2019
Directed by: Hala Alhomoud
Dialogue language: English



A sheep​ (​Woolly​) ​is discontent with his monotonous farm​, ​its contained lifestyle​, ​and the exploitative system it runs on​. ​The owner of the farm shears the sheep in exchange for chocolate-covered grass​. ​Frustrated with the farmer’s abusive actions​, ​Woolly says goodbye to the only home he​'​s ever known for something more​.​ However​, ​freedom comes with a lot of decision-making​. ​Anxious and overwhelmed by the options available to him​, ​he rejects a friendly invitation from local strangers​. ​While exploring the edges of the world​ (​and beyond​), ​the dread of loneliness sets in​. ​Will​ ​he return to the comfort of his home or choose adventure at the cost of being alone​?​

Queerer Than Thou 02:26

United Kingdom 2019
Directed by: Kate Jessop
Screenplay: Kate Jessop
Technique: 2D animation/live action
Production/School: Jo Lewis
Dialogue language: English



Who is the queerest of them all? This queer off will reveal all! Warning: may include vogueing karate. Queerer Than Thou is the pilot episode of Tales From Pussy Willow, using real actors within animated worlds it is a portray of contemporary Britain. A Berlinale Talent Lab participant 2019.