Short 8

A Whale Song 02:36

Japan 2021
Directed by: Sacha Beeley



Music video for Brother Sun Sister Moon

DING (Thing) / Ding 04:32

Germany 2021
Directed by: Malte Stein
Screenplay: Malte Stein
Animation: Malte Stein
Technique: Malte Stein
Music: Malte Stein
Production/School: Malte Stein
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



Haunted by a little thing, a man gets driven to the edge.

Up, up, up & cow aroound / Up, up, up & Bunt herüm 05:45

Germany 2021
Directed by: Kirsten Carina Geißer, Ines Christine Geißer
Screenplay: Kirsten Carina Geißer
Production/School: Ines Christine Geißer
Dialogue language: English



Two different yet similar situations: Loud screeching birds harass the female protagonists who live in harmony with themselves and nature. In the end, the birds button their beaks. A feminist retelling of a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm.



In The Beginning Was Water 19:03

Ireland 2021
Directed by: Kasia Zimnoch and Paweł Kleszczewski
Screenplay: Kasia Zimnoch
Animation: Mariusz Kleszczewski
Technique: 2D
Music: Yann Ciennik
Production/School: Konik Film Studio
Dialogue language: no dialogues
Subtitles language: no dialogues



„In The Beginning Was Water” is an animated movie which is our interpretation of Irish legends about origin of Shannon River and the myth about Salmon of Knowledge (Irl. bradán feasa). The plot is built through symbolic events, archetypal themes, in particular related to the element of water. The script was inspired by Mircea Eliade's book "Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy". Femininity expressed in the symbolism of water is the leitmotif of the story.


Forgotten 04:23
Canada 2021
Directed by: Mawrgan Shaw
Screenplay: Mawrgan Shaw
Animation: Mawrgan Shaw
Technique: 2D hand-drawn
Music: Jacob Waxman
Dialogue language: English

A timely interpretation of one senior's loneliness, sorrow, and deteriorating grip on reality.
Life unfolded 09:59
France 2021
Directed by: Bhopal
Dialogue language: French

Life as it unfolds, through the memories and traces left in our minds.
C / Alleswasichberühre 05:04
Switzerland 2020
Directed by: Marion Täschler
Screenplay: Marion Täschler
Music: Yannick Gächter, Sounddesign: Loïc Kreyden
Production/School: LUCERNE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, Departement Animation, Jürgen Haas
Dialogue language: German
Subtitles language: English

In a constant search for closeness, C experiences emotions in all their highs and lows. Even if a familiar phase of togetherness is followed by a rejection of the other person and, accordingly, a sad loneliness, C does not give up. Again and again, new ways are found to find the longed-for closeness and tenderness. And to lose.
Insect / Insekt 29:50

Poland 2021
Directed by: Marcin Podolec
Screenplay: Marcin Podolec
Animation: Agnieszka Czachór Renata Gąsiorowska Karolina Kajetanowicz Ala Nunu Leszyńska Ewa Łuczków Adrianna Matwiejczuk Julia Marchowska Agata Mianowska Marcin Podolec Kacper Zamarło
Technique: 2d
Music: Wojtek Kurek
Production/School: Marcin Podolec, Wiktoria Podolec (Yellow Tapir Films)
Dialogue language: Polish
Subtitles language: English



Pascal lives with his parents in a city full of smog. The dense fog confuses the citizens. The smoke hides the secrets of both people and infamous... insects. The discovery of one of those secrets changes Pascal's life.

BONNE NUIT PETITE TOMATE 10:26

France 2020
Directed by: Cyprien NOZIÈRES
Screenplay: Cyprien NOZIÈRES
Production/School: Olivier CHABALIER, Clémence MARCADIER
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



In a peaceful kitchen garden, the mother of a small tomato defuses a nocturnal fright by telling of the terrible fate of a knife and how his desire of violence led to his loss.



Doom Cruise 16:45

Germany 2021
Directed by: Hannah Stragholz, Simon Steinhorst
Screenplay: Olivia Schrøder
Animation: Simon Steinhorst, Hannah Stragholz
Technique: Ink on paper
Music: Elisa Kühnl
Production/School: Simon Steinhorst, Hannah Stragholz
Dialogue language: english, french, german, greek, russian
Subtitles language: english



A giant cruise ship is drifting through a dissolving world. Although the passengers seem to know that this ship is going down, nobody bothers anymore. Only when the engine starts to fade and the captains voice is breaking in the PA, a sense of panic arises. What to do when we have to say goodbye? Three children on board decide to do something nice.