Short 5

Noir-Soleil 20:23

France 2021
Directed by: Marie Larrivé
Screenplay: Marie Larrivé
Animation: Marion Auvin, Ambre Decruyenaere, Romane Granger, Cécile Ladaveze, Morgane Le Péchon, Lucas Malbrun, Jean Baptiste Peltier
Technique: handpainted
Music: Maël Oudin, Pierre Oberkampf
Production/School: Eddy Productions
Dialogue language: French, English, Italian
Subtitles language: English



After an earthquake in Naples bay, the body of a man is found. The Italian police believe the man killed himself 40 years ago. They contact Dino and his daughter Victoria for a DNA test. During this unexpected journey together, the young woman digs into her father's mysterious past while Dino immerses himself unwillingly in the scenery of his childhood.



Shine 04:50

USA 2021
Directed by: Faiyaz Jafri
Screenplay: Faiyaz Jafri
Animation: Faiyaz Jafri
Technique: 3D Compositing
Music: Faiyaz Jafri
Production/School: Faiyaz Jafri, Elise Simard



The intrusiveness of sunlight recounts adolescent insecurities and vulnerability in this boyhood chronicle of boredom.

A Brief History of Us 06:22

Poland 2021
Directed by: Etgar Keret
Screenplay: Etgar Keret
Animation: Ofra Kobliner
Technique: 2D
Music: Maciej Dobrowolski
Production/School: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak, Hamutal Gur
Dialogue language: English



The story is about a couple who have gone so long together that they almost became one.

The One, The Ones, and the Won 01:25

USA 2021
Directed by: Wally Chung



Living in the big city, a man’s sleep is interrupted.

In the Mountains 05:20

USA 2021
Directed by: Wally Chung



A couple goes on a hike and run into some trouble.

The Enigma of Faina 04:54
Azerbaijan 2021
Directed by: Durna Safarova
Screenplay: Durna Safarova
Animation: Atilla Erkmen, Nazim Semih Dokuler
Production/School: Durna Safarova
Dialogue language: Azerbaijani, Russian

Faina, a 33-year-old woman from Azerbaijan, loses her life under suspicious circumstances in a prison in 2007. Silenced today by the authorities and forgotten by society, Faina’s story is about a female activist who fought for freedom, justice and democracy.
Hunor 2 13:44

Hungary 2022
Directed by: Béla Klingl, Árpád Koós
Production/School: Béla Kling



The protagonist of the series is Hunor, the Hungarian Superhero, who has been surviving on a disibility allowance since the change of system. He is conflicted because of his past – back then, he thought he was doing good. When he gains new superpowers (due to getting the wrong treatment from the health service), he continues his superhero deeds in secret. As he braves dangers in each episode, he is filled with doubt about what he does.

ACID 10:42
Hungary 2020
Directed by: Árpád Koós
Screenplay: Árpád Koós
Production/School: Béla Klingl
Dialogue language: Hungarian

The film presents an electronic music genre, which was born in the early ‘90s. It was the musical and cultural boom of our youth, and it had a great impact on our peers. This fake documentary is trying to give the robots’ perspective on the so called ‘machine music’. Compressed into a few minutes we gain insight to the transience and cyclical nature of musical genres, and the life of the average “band”. It was our goal to muster up all stereotypes involved in this context. This should make to story easier for all to relate to, regardless of the style of music. The industrial visual setting, the aged metallic and concrete surfaces all serve to underline the origin of this musical style, which is created by machines. The film is created in 3D technology, since the birth of electronic music and the boom in 3D computer graphics happened simultaneously.
Mountain 04:55
United Kingdom 2020
Directed by: Harrison Fleming
Screenplay: Jake Chapman, Harrison Fleming
Animation: 2D
Technique: Traditional Frame by Frame
Production/School: Jake Chapman, Harrison Fleming
Dialogue language: English

Four retired mountaineers reminisce and boast about the crippling injuries they sustained attempting to conquer a mythical mountain in their youth. Their nostalgic ramblings turn to horrors as their wounds seek to consume them.

three 04:53
Romania 2022
Directed by: Maria Scutaru
Screenplay: Maria Scutaru
Animation: Maria Scutaru
Technique: 2D digital
Production/School: Maria Scutaru
Dialogue language: English

A point of view about separation as understood by a child, in an asynchronous state of self-discovery of her mother. About being, identifying and staying true to ourselves.
Red 69 / Vermelho 69 08:17
Brazil 2021
Directed by: Antonio Sergio Spagnol
Screenplay: Antonio Sergio Spagnol
Animation: Antonio Sergio Spagnol
Technique: stop motion
Production/School: Antonio Sergio Spagnol
Dialogue language: Portuguese

A man goes to a red house to meet a woman and falls in her hair
She Dreams At Sunrise 10:39

USA 2021
Directed by: Camrus Johnson
Screenplay: Camrus Johnson
Animation: Alexander Snow
Technique: 2D/3D Computer
Music: Stefan L. Smith
Production/School: Joel Foster, Avi Lasser, Camrus Johnson
Dialogue language: English



Every sunrise, Gerry dreams of a magical world where life feels as joyful as it once was. But when she wakes up, her great-nephew must find ways to remind her of the joy that's still there.

It Was Only a Rock That Looked Like Someone / Era Solo Una Roca Que Se Parecía a Alguien 11:17

Mexico 2020
Directed by: Matisse Gonzalez
Screenplay: Matisse Gonzalez
Animation: Aska Hdz
Technique: 2D Computer, Puppets, Stop Motion
Music: Hugo Hernandez
Production/School: Aska
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English



Adam and Steve are two astronauts with a mission: They have to send space samples to Earth with the help of a robot. This work turns out to be extremely boring and tedious, especially for Steve who, carried away by his overwhelming loneliness, begins to see very familiar faces in the stones of the planet. The hallucinations get worse and worse leaving the Astronauts no return to reality.