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Grow Home 04:49

France 2021
Directed by: Cécilia BERMEJO, Swanny DE SAINT LOUP, Thomas HONORE, Lucas NADAL, Laura NICOLINI, Théo PFISTER, Faustine TERRAGNO
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



A plant, whichlivedpleasantly in LILA's nursery, issold. Neglected by her new owner, shewillpossess the latter's body in order to findagain the one sheconsidershermother.

BusLine35A 05:50

Denmark 2021
Directed by: Elena Felici
Screenplay: Elena Felici
Production/School: Michelle Nardone & Anja Perl
Dialogue language: English



One city bus, three passengers and a back seat scenario they fail to address.

Cut it out 07:19

Denmark 2021
Directed by: Inez Kristina
Screenplay: Inez Kristina
Production/School: Michelle Nardone and Anja Perl
Dialogue language: English



Tara is being guided to defuse a bomb in a school, which leads her into a surrealistic situation she has to escape from.

In case the body exults / Au cas où le corps éxulte 07:00

France 2021
Directed by: Florian Genthial
Screenplay: Florian Genthial
Dialogue language: French



On a movie set, Johann, a young camera opérator, shoot a rape seen. Even he is friend with the actress, he became more an actor of this decad system than a witness.

La Kitouge 04:06

France 2021
Directed by: Emma Brun
Screenplay: Emma Brun
Dialogue language: French



In Lucien's family, one rule cannot be broken: use the computer before the age of 12.

At the Top of the Hills / Le Plus Grand des Petits Voyages 05:17

France 2021
Directed by: Charlotte Coudreuse
Screenplay: Charlotte Coudreuse
Dialogue language: French



Coline had enough with her city life. She listens a podcast with Xavier Bourgois about micro-adventure, to escape a moment… Seeing world from a new perspective, she decides to go live her adventure … in a quest to live a impactful moment.

MiaoMiao 05:06

France 2021
Directed by: Xiaoyan ZHENG, Xiaopeng JIAO
Screenplay: Xiaoyan ZHENG, Xiaopeng JIAO
Dialogue language: Chinese



A young women from Zhenzhen took her grandpa’s ashes back to his hometown in order to throw him in the lake.

Sentimental Pascal / Pascal Sentimental 05:56

France 2021
Directed by: Hélène Laurent
Screenplay: Hélène Laurent
Dialogue language: French



It's been thrity years since Pascal has been sitting cross-legged at the top of a moutain searching for the spiritual enlightement that will give him his life purpose.

Butterfly Jam / La Confiture de papillons 06:19

Taiwan 2021
Directed by: Shih-Yen HUANG
Screenplay: Shih-Yen HUANG
Production/School: Shih-Yen HUANG
Dialogue language: French



A young woman describes her father and his relationship to his many pets that he never managed to take care of. The animals consistently die one after the other in a context of a family being torn apart.

Sounds between the crowns 14:32

Czech Republic 2020
Directed by: Filip DIVIAK



A homeless musician was kicked out of the city after the queen saw his face. Although the guards destroyed his instrument, he didn't lose the motivation to fix it.

Pests / Nuisibles 06:30

France 2021
Directed by: Juliette Laboria
Dialogue language: French



In the heat of summer, children and wasps gather around the same meal, but sharing is not on the daily menu.

Cufufu 06:28

Estonia 2021
Directed by: Bruno Quast
Screenplay: Bruno Quast



Bernie Krause's niche theory is that an animal's voice evolved in a way to occupy its own little, unique acoustic slot within a whole soundscape, a puzzle piece in the whole puzzle, to be distinguishable in the mess. A fisher wonders what sounds fit best in niches created by surrounding sounds.



Journey in amnesia / Voyage en amnésie 05:27

Belgium 2021
Directed by: Anouk Kilian-Debord
Screenplay: Anouk Kilian-Debord
Animation: Anouk Kilian-Debord
Technique: Stop-motion
Music: Lionel Polis
Production/School: Atelier de production de la Cambre, asbl
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English



Loïc, formerly worker in a gravel quarry, has lost all of his memory after an accident, and cut himself off from the world. One day, an event pushes him to go outside, where he witnesses the first snowfall since his amnesia. Loïc gets absorbed by long forgotten sensations and wanders. In his mind, he finds the way back to his quarry.

Broken Potato / 坏掉的土豆 07:03

China 2021
Directed by: Water(税源）
Screenplay: Water(税源）
Animation: Water(税源）Danny Chen(陈丹妮)
Technique: Water(税源） Danny Chen(陈丹妮)
Music: Finn
Production/School: Water(税源）
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English & Chinese



【Synopsis】 With one after another booms,large holes suddenly appeared in the town. No one knew what the holes were and where they came from. Curiosity seekers were swarming all over the town and everyone tried to take advantage of these holes to do what they wanted all the time. 【Theme】 How people consume news in information era. 【Director's Interpretation】 Director Water's testimony, which has been made public for the first time, is that people are free to make their own choices about everything. if I were a viewer, I'd be watching. If I were a consumer, I would buy products related to the hole. If I were a businessman, I would also take shortcuts. If I'm a journalist, I'll also make a fuss. If I were a director, I would make a film out of it. --------- The evil director is catching up with the speed of the world,using dense images and fast-moving stories


Ginnungagab 05:37
Germany 2022
Directed by: Sine Juhl, Natalie Heinrich, Lola Vergara Franke, Cecilia Lepratti
Screenplay: Sine Juhl
Animation: Sine Juhl, Natalie Heinrich, Lola Vergara Franke, Cecilia Lepratti
Technique: Cut-out, Stop-motion
Music: Luis Viktor Guldzynski
Production/School: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Dialogue language: Danish
Subtitles language: English

Before everything there was nothing. No sea and no shore. In this emptiness the three first gods, Odin, Vile and Ve built a world from the remains of a giant. An action which sparked a search for revenge that will not stop before the end of time. This traditional cut-out animation tells the story from Norse Mythology of how the world was created. The tale of magic and revenge takes place in landscapes and skies made entirely out of paper, light and silhouettes.


Roots 05:14

Ireland 2021
Directed by: Ellen Hickey McCullough
Screenplay: Ellen Hickey McCullough
Technique: 2D animation
Production/School: Institute of art design and techonology Dun Laoghaire
Dialogue language: English



Roots follows the narration of my father while he works in his garden, as he reflects on how he became so interested in gardening and his life growing up in Northern Ireland during its conflict.