Competition

Short 8

Roots / Racines 03:43
Belgium 2021
Directed by: Anaïs Mauzat
Music: Pierre Jacques

How can we reconnect to our energy sources or wake up to our life?
The Parrot Lady / Η γυναίκα με τους παπαγάλους 06:45
Cyprus 2020
Directed by: Michalis Kalopaidis
Screenplay: Georgia Bloo Nikolaou
Animation: Andria Pourouti, Eleni Catharine Demetriou, Demetra Ntakaki, Maria Savva, Lydia Huijbregts Jaen, Mara Ungureanu, Rafael Kallistratou, Michalis Kontonikola, Rafael Englezos, Kostis Kyriakou, Stavros Christoforou, Mari Kask, Alexandros Kimonides, Thanos Gio
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Eleni Era, Andreas Trachonitis
Production/School: Zedem Media & Cyprus Ministry of Culture, Education, Sports and Youth
Dialogue language: Greek
Subtitles language: English

'The parrot lady is inspired by a true story. The film works as an artistic interpretation of a woman's life who chose to live on the streets with her parrots, afraid of dying alone in her home.
Sky Sun, Tile Sun 06:14
Iran 2020
Directed by: Ziba Arzhang


Revolykus 12:12
Germany 2020
Directed by: Victor Orozco Ramirez
Screenplay: Victor Orozco Ramirez
Animation: Victor Orozco Ramirez
Technique: Stop motion
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English

Several years ago I immigrated to Germany. Here, I live in a small old house. which urgently needs a modernization and that theoretically, protects me from wind, rain and cold.


Table / Mesa 10:08

Portugal 2020
Directed by: João Fazenda
Screenplay: João Fazenda
Animation: André ferrão; Osvaldo Medina; Pedro Brito
Technique: Luís Canau
Music: Philippe Lensini
Production/School: Animanostra
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none



A group gathers around a table. The food is served in a noisy environment, toasts are made and a happy birthday is sung, while we listen to the conversations. At some point there are already people sleeping, reading, and flirting. And in the end, only dirty dishes and silence remain.



MOTHER 03:05

India 2019
Directed by: Gaurav Wakankar
Screenplay: Gaurav Wakankar
Animation: Ghost Animation
Technique: 2D digital Animation
Music: Radhapriya Gupta
Dialogue language: N/A
Subtitles language: N/A



A mother and her boy find themselves pushed to ethical extremes when they stumble upon something sinister during a regular day of foraging.

Chado 07:24
United Kingdom 2020
Directed by: Dominica Harrison

Routine: The Prohibition / Rutina: La prohibición 08:15

Spain 2020
Directed by: Sam Orti
Screenplay: Flora Cuevas
Animation: Sam Orti, Claudi Sorribas
Technique: Stop motion, puppets
Music: Sam Orti
Production/School: Hampa studio S.L.
Dialogue language: invented and non-existent language



In a dark world, devastated by lies and dominated by fear, we continue with our self-destructive routines towards extinction.


Where Were You? / ¿Dónde estabas tú? 19:47
Spain 2020
Directed by: María Trénor
Screenplay: María Trénor
Animation: Júlia Cruz, Marta Gil, Vicente Puig, María Trénor
Technique: Computer animation 2D - 3D
Music: Fernando Pérez Escrivá
Production/School: Onair Comunicació i producció SL
Dialogue language: spanish, english, portuguese
Subtitles language: english

WHERE WERE YOU? challenges us to reflect on the transversal and universal reality that is violence against women. Everyday violence, subtle or brutal, all terrible and intolerable. Experiences told in different languages and from different countries.
Sky Sun ,Tile Sun 06:10
Iran 2020
Directed by: Ziba Arzhang
Screenplay: Ziba Arzhang
Animation: Ziba Arzhang
Technique: Two-dimensional manual and digital
Music: chosen
Production/School: Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC)
Dialogue language: No dialogue
Subtitles language: No dialogue

The sun breaks due to bombardment and it gets dark everywhere. People help each other build a new sun for their city sky

2020 01:41
United States of America 2020
Directed by: Tom Bessoir
Animation: Tom Bessoir and Joshua Pines
Technique: digital
Music: Thurston Moore
Dialogue language: none

A film for 2020, a year to remember. 2020 different colors create a flicker film.
Coward Ghost / Shabahe Tarsoo 08:54
Iran 2019
Directed by: Reyhane Kavosh

I Found Out What to Do / Fahmidam Chikar konam 06:52
Iran 2019
Directed by: Reyhane Kavosh



De berde 02:10

Sweden 2020
Directed by: Star Bazancir
Screenplay: Star Bazancir
Music: Piltan Gündogan
Production/School: Star Bazancir
Dialogue language: English



A story about people of flesh and blood, torn apart by illusions named border, nations and race.



Rage Monster 02:40

Canada 2020
Directed by: Sarah Gignac
Screenplay: Sarah Gignac
Animation: Sarah Gignac
Technique: Hand drawn/collage
Music: Sarah Harris
Production/School: Sarah Gignac
Dialogue language: English



A little girl struggles with her uncontrollable anger. Rage Monster was hand drawn, painted, and animated. It was made with the generous support of Arts Nova Scotia and the Helen Hill Animation Award.



Jabberwocky 02:15

Netherlands 2020
Directed by: Sjaak Rood
Screenplay: Lewis Carroll (original poem), Sjaak Rood
Animation: Sjaak Rood
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Music: Mark Nieuwenhuis
Production/School: TED Conferences
Dialogue language: English



A brave boy goes hunting for the Jabberwock despite the warning of the old man. When the monster is beaten, it still looks like the story will end badly. Jabberwocky is a poem filled with nonsense words that don't mean anything, but, miraculously, you understand excactly what the story is about.



Otto’s Dream / Otto's Traum 04:39

Austria 2021
Directed by: Alexandar Peev
Screenplay: Alexandar Peev
Technique: Hand-drawn animation | pencil on paper
Music: AGGREGAT (Synthesizers: André Wittman, Cello and Electronics: Daniel Sorour, Drums: Matho Thomsen)
Production/School: Kopfkino - Verein für alte und neue Medien
Dialogue language: English



Otto's life is cycling in a constant loop. Robots and automation processes surround him in a repetitive and empty choreography of production. He wonders if his life is just a draft, an exercise before the real living begins. Otto is daydreaming.