Competition

Student 4

Malayz / مالایز 02:00

Iran 2019
Directed by: Sara Hanif - Maryam Alavi - Marzieh Kordloo - Leila Ahang
Screenplay: Maryam Alavi, Marzieh Kordloo
Animation: Leila Ahang, Sara Hanif
Technique: Digital Cell
Music: Farhad Saffar
Production/School: Tehran University of Art



The nervous, naughty fish is called Moslem. He is resting on the sea weed board when a luminous ring drops down and wakes him up. He gets angry and roars toward the ring. The luminosity of the ring catches his eye and he decides to get it. He makes a huge effort for this purpose and faces lots of difficulties. Then the ring is stuck on the body surface of a giant under water creature called Masmoom. Masmoom is slept. Moslem mistakes it with a large stone and continues his effort to pull out the ring from the surface. Eventually he releases the ring and follows it upward in order to catch it. Masmoom who had been awake for a while swallows moslem and the ring both.Masmoom spits the shiny ring out. The ring stucks in the sandy ground again. Meanwhile another fish comes. He enjoys the luminocity of the ring and the loop goes on.



jeijay 07:45

Germany 2021
Directed by: Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese
Animation: Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese, Yannick Stark
Technique: stop motion, 3d, 2d
Music: Thomas Höhl
Production/School: fishyfilms-animation
Dialogue language: English



“Jeijay” begins where most romantic movies end. The film is about two people who try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, more and more of the happy facade of their love life comes crumbling down. The profound melancholia of the subject is captured in little everyday moments that are intertwined with dreamlike sequences.

Fathom 02:20

United States of America 2020
Directed by: Connor Binford
Production/School: Digipen Institute of Technology
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



One night changes a young boy’s life forever as he is forced to face an uncomfortable truth.

The tale of the green cheese / D'Gschicht vom grüene Chääs 04:48

Switzerland 2020
Directed by: Noah Erni
Screenplay: Noah Erni
Animation: Noah Erni
Technique: 2D digital
Music: Aleksandra Sucur, Herzog Yanick, Pfändler Christoph
Production/School: HSLU Design & Kunst / BA Animation Jürgen Haas
Dialogue language: no dialogue



A peasant lives an idyllic life in the Swiss alps, until one of his goats gives birth to a kid that doesn't look like it should.



Thorns and Fishbones 09:47

Hungary 2020
Directed by: Natália Azevedo Andrade
Screenplay: Natália Azevedo Andrade
Animation: Kása Károly Papp, Zoltán Koska, Gábor Mariai, Natália Azevedo Andrade, Bettina Szremkó, Annabella Perecz, Balázs Csillag, Tibor Huszák, Borbála Zétényi, Zoltán Reindl
Technique: Stop-Motion Sets, 2D Drawn Animation, 3D details
Music: Csaba Kalotás
Production/School: József Fülöp / Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



Three young children, bored and neglected, live off the adventures they create in their own heads, until a day comes when they try to reach the outside. The mother, always busy, seems completely emotionally detached from her surroundings. As the children grow and the mother’s routine is ever more tiresome, the secrets of the mysterious house become apparent.

The Other Me 07:21

France 2020
Directed by: Théo Clenet, Clara Lorente, Cédric Malet, Alexandre Mazelly, Alexia Oylataguerre, Rémi Portes Narrieu, Grégoire Soghomonian.
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



Arthur, junior employee in an authoritarian company, has forever been in conflict with his shadow. Up until the day their opposition would lead them towards an unknown world.

Quand les Poules auront des Dents 06:22

France 2020
Directed by: Raphaël Bandet, Adrien Chauvet, Julien Gohard, Eugenia Maggi, Milena Mouries, Eléonore Rolewski, Franck Valero
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



In a laboratory two scientists experiment on chickens to enhance the production of eggs and meat .

Kid Cat 06:47

France 2020
Directed by: Hugo Barret-Castan, Marine Granger, Amélie Ben Naceur, Quentin Azzaro, Aïda Tchistoganoff, Clémence Ponchaut, Nolwenn Raffin, Nils Perrais
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



Following the kidnapping of his cat, a young boy calls upon his superhero identity to go and save him, encouraged by an original mentor.

DUNGEON & CIE / DONJON & CIE 06:40

France 2020
Directed by: Adèle BICHON, Alizée GARNIER, Noëllic LEBOUVIER, Yann ORHON, Léonard PLATA, Mattéo RIVIERE
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



The Grolls, victimized minions of a dungeon, are relentlessly attacked by knights in search of adventure. Exhausted, they go on strike to demand better working conditions.

Castaway 06:30

France 2020
Directed by: Rachel BOSC-BIERNE - Vincent CARRETTE - Simon FABBRI - Marie GAUTHIER - Margo LOPEZ - Léopoldine PERDRIX - Flore-Anne VICTOR
Production/School: ESMA



Nora is a young woman living alone on a cloud connected to a village below by an endless ladder. She wishes she could get down, but she’s paralyzed by fear.

The Tulip King / Le Roi Tulipe 06:34

France 2020
Directed by: Chloé Chapart, Agnes Dejean, Dorian Douaud, Flavien Duramé, Audrey Rioux et Alexis Rousseau
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



Once upon a time in a forgotten kingdom, a humble King living alone with his housekeeper. One day, while he was walking in his vast garden, he discovered a new flower, a tulip.

Gladius 07:00

France 2020
Directed by: Florian Cazes, Gregory Diaz, Marie-Charlotte Deshayes-Ducos, Margaux Latapie, Guillaume Mellet, Jimmy Natchoo, Baptiste Ouvrard, Clément Petellaz.



During Ancient Rome, Marcus, winemaker, is haunted by his past as a gladiator.

FILM FOUND 03:30
Denmark 2020
Directed by: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist
Screenplay: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist
Animation: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist, Astrid Ellensdatter Mork-Knutsen, Christine Tjore Lervåg, Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen, and Laure Menard
Technique: stop motion
Music: Anton Friisgaard
Production/School: Volda University College
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: none

Look at a mistake that is not human. Be present in the uncontrollable intervention of the material. A material that thrust the story and asserts its right to be obstreperous. Between control and chance, surface and void a film will (perhaps) be found.


LettingGo 04:04

United States of America 2020
Directed by: Brandon Garcia , Jhorinson Dominguez
Screenplay: Brandon Garcia , Jhorinson Dominguez
Production/School: Jimmy Calhoun
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



Letting Go is a story about an astronaut who loses her husband in a spaceship accident. This leaves her in a dark place of depression which leaves her sad, alone and angry at everything including the song they use to play together. One night she is visited by what can only be described as a ghost of her husband. Who proceeds to pull her out of her reality and into a fantastical dream sequence where he's been living. In this dream, he helps her get over her fears of the ship crash and help her let go of what she's been holding onto for so long. Finale, she accepts her loses and reaches a level of peace with her life, eluding to better things in the future as she is now able to enjoy the music that is prevalent throughout the film.



The Train Ride Home 02:05

United States of America 2020
Directed by: Jessica Pon
Screenplay: Jessica Pon
Production/School: Jimmy Calhoun
Dialogue language: English



A young woman and her father set out in hopes of catching up with each other.


Calliope 08:29
Hungary 2020
Directed by: Zsófia Csánki
Screenplay: Zsófia Csánki
Animation: Eszter Zolcsák, Fatime Lieszkovszki, Fiorella Spitzer, Gréta Straubinger, Johanna Géczi, Júlia Csihar, Panni Ómolnár, Petra Haász, Tia Szikszai, Zsófia Csánki, Gergely Mészáros, Levente Major
Technique: 2D digital animation, stop motion animation
Music: András Pongor
Production/School: Budapest Metropolitan University
Dialogue language: no dialogue
Subtitles language: no dialogue

A bored boy explores a hidden club in a hope of fulfilling his desire for adventure. The bizarre, dark, kinky and decadent world of Calliope reveals for him, and transforms into a horroristic nightmare, where you never want to return to... do you?
Mother Figure / 妳只在乎妳在乎的 14:23

Taiwan 2020
Directed by: Chang Chia-Tse
Screenplay: Chang Chia-Tse
Production/School: Lin, Chiao-Fang
Dialogue language: Chinese



Drawing from a close friend’s childhood memories and his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mother Figure is centred on a man and his toxic relationship with his mother growing up. The animation begins with the protagonist whipping out his radio from childhood. As he presses the play button on the radio, mellow music starts to fill the room. A familiar whirring sound starts to envelope the protagonist as well, whisking him back in time. As childhood memories begin to flood back, recollections of Mother start to creep up on the protagonist as well. An overbearing Mother dictates his living space to nothing beyond a red box, while the earnest protagonist yearns for nothing but Mother’s love. Tragedy strikes when the protagonist goes out of bounds and messes with Mother’s lipstick one day...