Competition 5

The Voices of Silence 01:59
Greece 2015
Directed by: Panagiota Stefanopoulou
Screenplay: Panagiota Stefanopoulou
Animation: Pamela Panagiota Stefanopoulou
Technique: 3D, mixed media
Production/School: Panagiota Stefanopoulou


The movie explores with word "binge" and its wide range of interpretations and "symptoms' often characterized by a loss of control. This project is a representation of the direct relationship between the artist and the way she perceives the world.



Variations (in black and white) 09:34
USA 2015
Directed by: Dennis H. Miller
Screenplay: Dennis H. Miller
Animation: Dennis H. Miller
Technique: 2D motion graphics
Production/School: Dennis H. Miller


Variations is a set of 9 short movements that explores different versions of a single original source image. The music creates an affect for the abstract images and propels the piece forward.



Now or Never 05:16
USA 2016
Directed by: Deepti Menon
Screenplay: Deepti Menon
Animation: Deepti Menon
Technique: 2D
Production/School: Deepti Menon
Dialogue language: English


Today is the day. Felix is struggling.



My Life I Don't Want 11:54
Myanmar 2016
Directed by: Nyan Kyal Say
Screenplay: Nyan Kyal Say
Animation: Nyan Kyal Say
Technique: 2D
Music: Disamore
Production/School: Nyan Kyal Say
Dialogue language: English


A short animated film about the life of a Myanmar girl inspired by the true stories.



Migration 04:35
Taiwan 2016-06-24
Directed by: Shun Wen Chao
Screenplay: Shun Wen Chao
Animation: Shun Wen Chao, Chen Tengi, Jia Ying Lee, Jun Liao, Wan Lun Hong
Technique: 2D
Music: Ming Yi Chen
Production/School: Chao Shun-Wen


This story is a hint about the competition and the evolution of life and the key elements of story is the convey life filter evolution process. The Main characters of elders symbolize the survivals and big worm indicates threats of the environment. Whale represents the evolution of life, also with a bit of luck and the fittest to survive. However, we don’t know eternal and won’t become forever, we cloud change to become a better person.



Light Angle Sieve 06:45
USA 2016
Directed by: Jonathan Wilson
Screenplay: Jonathan Wilson
Animation: Jonathan Wilson
Technique: Mixed media
Music: Jonathan Wilson
Dialogue language: English


Light, space, time, and blur are all activated via a fractal pattern in this short film that explores the depth of the cinematic frame. The images in this film were shot on a multi plane camera and driven by the imperfections that might break their own strict structuralist principles. Original Composition by Jonathan Wilson



Perched 10:00
United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Liam Harris
Screenplay: Nathaniel Price, Eoin Doran
Animation: Victor Almelo
Technique: 2D computer, VFX
Music: Victor Hugo Fumagalli
Production/School: National Film & Television School
Dialogue language: English


Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.