- Only Human
04:12United States of America 2022
Directed by: Nolan J. Downs
Screenplay: Nolan J. Downs
Animation: Nolan J. Downs
Technique: 2D Hand Drawn Digital
Production/School: California Institute of the Arts
Dialogue language: English
A parasitic slug bites off more than is chewable. Absorbing the memories of its host, the slug confuses the host's life with its own, putting its identity into question.
- The Prejudiced Hierarchist
02:24Netherlands 2021
Directed by: Conform Cox
Screenplay: Conform Cox
Animation: Conform Cox
Music: Madhara
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English
For a long time, humanity has separated itself from animality. But the more scientists know about non-human animals, the more they see similarities with humans. We need animal emancipation to go forward. This short movie makes a start in breaking down human’s hierarchical ideas about other animals, using real-life examples.
- Pears
05:37Israel 2021
Directed by: Julia Trachtenberg
Screenplay: Julia Trachtenberg
Production/School: Julia Trachtenberg
Dialogue language: Russian
Yana was longing for love, but her mother had only one way of showing it, through pain.
- Humans are dumber when crammed up together
/ Les humains sont cons quand ils s'empilent 04:36France 2021
Directed by: Laurène Fernandez
Screenplay: Laurène Fernandez, Loriane Arribas
Technique: Stop-motion
Production/School: Agathe Chevrier
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English
Locked up in their own apartments, some neighbors tell the camera about the little troubles of life in community. Little by little, when everything piles up, it's enough to drive one mad.
- Mundus
03:44United States of America 2022
Directed by: Geyllen Qinsky
Screenplay: Geyllen Qinsky
Animation: Geyllen Qinsky
Technique: Pastel on paper, cut-outs, 2D traditional, 2D digital, 3D digital
Music: Antoni Schonken
Production/School: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Dialogue language: English
A world of photosynthetic animals, a world of transferring consciousness, and a world of projected images. What is your perfect world?
- In his Mercy
/ In seiner Gnade 11:55Germany 2022
Directed by: Christoph Büttner
Screenplay: Christoph Büttner
Animation: Christoph Büttner, Amélie Müller, Carmen Gosling, Benita Bernoteit
Technique: 3D Animation, 2D Clean Up
Music: Louis Brückner, Marlon A. Math
Production/School: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Dialogue language: German
Subtitles language: English
A convicted criminal is tempted into a hell of a ride through darkness by signs of grace.
- Under The Endless Sky
04:00Ukraine 2022
Directed by: Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
Screenplay: Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
Dialogue language: English
Our memories play an important role in the construction of identity and self-awareness. My childhood memories have acquired a special value for me since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine, my home country. For many children, this time will become a formative memory. My childhood in Ukraine was different and I want to share it with the audience in the form of an animated short. In the film I tell a personal story about my childhood memories and explore how memories are preserved and why they have a special meaning for people.
- The Last Floor
/ Dernier Étage 05:30United Kingdom 2021
Directed by: Milo Bonnard
Screenplay: Milo Bonnard
Technique: Puppet animation
Music: Otto Marloft
Production/School: University for the Creative Arts
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Michel's uninteresting evening takes an unexpected turn when the banality of his everyday life makes him do the unthinkable.
- Zadig/ Človek
04:21Slovakia 2022
Directed by: Andrea Pátková, Adam Čurko, Viktoria Voržáčková
Screenplay: Andrea Pátková
Animation: Andrea Pátková
Technique: 2D and 3D animation
Music: Peter Lipa, David Rotter Ondrej Ruml
Production/School: SŠUPAT
Dialogue language: Slovak
An animated video clip for Jazz song called Človek for Peter Lipa and David Rotter. The animated video clip is journey of an alcoholic tourist in Egypt , who is trying to runaway from his fate. The story is inspired by a folk tale based on quote from The Old testament saying “God created heaven and Earth”. Therefore hell must be place on Earth and it is upon us how we shape our path. Our main hero ends up in the same place as he was running from , but it is clearly darker and sinister…
- Cocoa
08:33China 2022
Directed by: 尚兰 黄
Screenplay: 尚兰 黄
Animation: Shanglan Huang
Technique: Shanglan Huang
Music: Linyue Liu
Production/School: South China Normal University
Dialogue language: Chinese
Subtitles language: English / Chinese
Based on a realistic understanding, the story of Cocoa takes place in the autumn of primary school, focusing on the friendship between little girls. At the same time, the character of "head teacher" is designed to remind viewers of the influence of educational atmosphere on children's growth.
- Doll Factory
03:24Korea 2022
Directed by: Junyoung Park
Dialogue language: English
Here is the doll factories. One day, some fatal errors occurred in the buildings, and a mutant came out. Her name is ‘Say’. Say had brought up by typical, mundane life such as school education, company, and religious life etc. She realized that the factory were controlling all of dolls including herself, and started to fighting for freedom. Thanks to Say, many dolls who had various egos were coming out and they could escape from the restricted system.
- Beyond Masks
/ Além das Máscaras 11:23Brazil 2022
Directed by: Letícia Lopez Rangueri, Lucas Brassanini Flores, Carolina Bonformagio da Silva
Screenplay: Letícia Lopez Rangueri, Lucas Brassanini Flores, Carolina Bonformagio da Silva
Animation: Leticia Rangueri
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Bibi Cavalcante
Production/School: Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP)
Dialogue language: Portuguese
Subtitles language: English
While playing the rivals Harlequin and Pierrot in a play, the enamored actors Tetra and Lester live a secret love offstage. Tetra takes his role harshly, maintaining his character at all times and hiding his relationship with Lester. Afraid of rejection, Tetra starts to lose his own personality and puts his relationship with Lester at risk, having no choice but to show who he really is.
- Tall Order
04:41United States of America 2022
Directed by: Christophe Bouchard
Music: Eric Pansulla
Production/School: Brooke Gnoit, Daniel Prehm, Christophe Bouchard
At the height of the Prohibition, an unorthodox detective takes the mafia head-on.
- Cycle
05:26Cyprus 2022
Directed by: Christina Sachpazidou
Animation: Christina Sachpazidou
Technique: 2D animation
Music: "Toy Piano" by Wayne Jones
Production/School: Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts / Cyprus University of Technology
The film follows Yellow, who wakes up one night and starts their adventure to a new day's dawn.
- WHEN GEORGES LANDED ON WASSILY'S WORLD
/ Όταν ο Ζωρζ προσγειώθηκε στον κόσμο του Βασίλι 04:33Greece 2022
Directed by: Henri, Siam, Zildjian, Hamayun, Alicia, Kristi, Rohani, Flavia, Omar, Afsar, Alex
Screenplay: Students
Technique: Cutout
Music: Reverie, Pt. 2 by Lucjo
Production/School: Cinemathesis / 40th Primary School of Athens
Dialogue language: Modern Greek (1453-)
Cycles of life, love and art. The students of the Refugee and Immigrant Reception Department of the 40th Primary School of Athens created their own short animation film with visual and cinematic references. Through the game they explored color, shape, composition and the cinematic language of the pioneers Wassily Kandinsky and Georges Méliès.
- Together/Apart
06:53United States of America 2022
Directed by: David Amberg
Screenplay: David Amberg
Animation: David Amberg
Technique: 2D Digital
Music: Jaimie Ann Pangan
Production/School: University of Southern California
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English
Two years after an attack, Michael and Alex are still feeling the aftershocks in their relationship. Things continue to get complicated, as Michael’s dissociations start becoming reality.
- Unfound
/ איבוד 07:47Israel 2022
Directed by: Shahar Balfour
Animation: Shahar Balfour
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Bar Karti
Production/School: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
"A Little girl sets to explore a wondrous darkening street as evening falls, not noticing she was left alone. An old lady loses her way inside her own home, where memory crumbles and familiar space becomes foreign and threatening.
In two parallel timelines, both characters lose their way as they wander on a journey between reality and imagination. "
- The Sirens still singing
11:11Greece 2022
Directed by: Student Group "Myth, Music & Animation", Matina Venetiadou
Screenplay: Writers: Konstantina Tabourantzi, Nikolaos Bablekis, Dimitra Valianou
Animation: Ageliki Karadima, Eleftheria Dalla, Dimitra Vallianou, Konstantina Tabouradji, Danae Arianoutsou, Artemis Griva, Despina Astraki, Tatiana Gotski, Irini Kanellopoulou, Raphael Kassoumou, Aella Paraskevopoulou, Ketevan Tsakalidou, Marianthi Tsironi
Technique: Stop Motion Animation
Music: Matina Venetiadou
Production/School: Matina Venetiadou/ Athens High School of Arts (Καλλιτεχνικό Γυμνάσιο Αθηνών)
Dialogue language: Modern Greek (1453-)
Subtitles language: English, French
Somewhere out there, in mythological time, two worlds - islands floating in the same sea... One world is that of the Sirens, the hybrid female creatures of the wild sea and the other world is a society of typical humans, of gloom, oppression, separation and war. Colours intertwine with black, healing songs are born for sailors wandering on the magical and difficult journey of life. The feminine principle struggles to find and initiate her power through her song. But where is this song born? Is it somewhere there on the outskirts of Hades, at the bottom of the human soul and the sea? All that is left of the confrontation with death is the song. It is the symbol of a struggle for life itself, an initiation into the power of the woman who transforms. She shares wings, love and songs. But who, will extend his hand to receive the gifts of life? This is a film dedicated to all people with a feminine soul who fight in the darkest corners and like weavers, they courageously spin a better world.
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