Competition 4

Cube 01:48
USA 2016
Directed by: Jun Yang
Screenplay: Jun Yang
Animation: Jun Yang
Technique: 3D
Music: Men Xu
Production/School: John McIntosh


A young elementary school boy draws a cube in art class. Through his drawing, he struggles between expressing himself and following societal norms.



Unmasked 04:47
USA 2016
Directed by: Alice Gavish, Christina Faraj
Screenplay: Alice Gavish, Christina Faraj
Animation: Mitchell Jao
Technique: 3D
Music: Gareth Coker
Production/School: John McIntosh


Unmasked is an animated short film encompassing an emotional story that revolves a young boy who embarks on a journey after the sudden loss of his father.



20 Kicks 06:20
Bulgaria 2016
Directed by: Dimitar Dimitrov
Screenplay: Dilyan Elenkov
Animation: Dimitar Dimitrov
Technique: 2D
Music: Samuel Pocreaou
Production/School: Neli Gacharova
Dialogue language: English


I asked my teeth if they'll withstand a drink, says the main charecter in '20 KICKS". He lives in a world, in which exchange system is slaps and fists. In this way the film is raising the question of the price we pay for the small pleasures, and the sacrifices we make, to attain true happiness.



Cuerdas 10:52
Spain 2014
Directed by: Pedro Solís García
Screenplay: Pedro Solís García
Animation: David Ordieres
Technique: 3D
Music: Victor Peral Urbina
Production/School: Nicolás Matji
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English


María’s routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.



Rabbit Blood / Tavsan Kani 04:36
Turkey 2016
Directed by: Yagmur Altan
Screenplay: Yagmur Altan
Animation: Yagmur Altan
Technique: 3D
Music: Mehmet Aydin
Production/School: Yagmur Altan


Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where its residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea.



Killer Recipe 03:50
USA 2016
Directed by: Chadwick Whitehead
Screenplay: Chadwick Whitehead
Technique: 3D
Music: Chadwick Whitehead
Production/School: YuLing Koh Hsu
Dialogue language: English


An avocado inadvertently invents tortilla chips that want to eat him. His tomato friend helps him destroy the menace and he learns to appreciate nature. But wait...



Achromatic 06:45
Greece 2015
Directed by: Eftychia Maria Kondylis
Screenplay: Eftychia Maria Kondylis
Animation: Eftychia Maria Kondylis
Technique: Clay animation
Production/School: Eftychia Maria Kondylis
Dialogue language: English


In a colorful world where its habitants are defined by their color, the main character, a grey creature, who suffers from seeing everything in black and white tries to adjust. He wonders "living in a colored world and having no idea what color is; what does everyone else see?".



Money Time 11:00
France 2014
Directed by: Ludovic Houplain
Screenplay: Fran
Animation: Elise Bernateau, Xavier Brault, Alexandre Henri
Technique: 3D
Music: Mirwa
Production/School: Ludovic Houplain
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English


It all begins as a marvelous fairy tale. In the icy steppe, a bear and her cub discover a plane that has been there for some undetermined time. All is calm. But this glacial tranquility will soon be disrupted by a train