Competition 11

Playdead 02:23
Mexico 2015
Directed by: Oscar González Luna
Screenplay: Oscar González Luna
Animation: Oscar González Luna
Technique: 3d Animation
Music: Lex Ortega
Production/School: LOOP
Subtitles language: English


A police notebook was found with notes and fragments from unsolved cases. This is an interpretation of one of the cases, described in detail in the notebook. St. Louis Missouri, fall of 1968.



Tell Me / Dej Povej 04:18
Slovenia 2014
Directed by: Domen Lo
Screenplay: Domen Lo
Animation: Domen Lo
Technique: 2D After Effects
Music: Eskobars
Production/School: Faculty of Design, Slovenia
Dialogue language: Slovenian
Subtitles language: English


Tell Me (Dej Povej) is a 4:18 animated short film about love and other events on a surreal train ride, set to the music by the band Eskobars.



The Spider 02:55
United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Terry Burrows
Screenplay: Terry Burrows
Animation: Terry Burrows
Technique: Puppets, Stop Motion
Music: Ennui Morricone (L'Arena)
Production/School: Walnut Production
Dialogue language: English


Fear is a state of mind, it’s the idea that scares us not the actual reality. This is a film about a man who has to remove a spider from his front room. The film relies on the viewer remembering a time when they were faced with a similar task and the great lengths they went to, to try to avoid any contact with their



Nails 03:12
United Kingdom 2016
Directed by: Jack Faulkner
Screenplay: Jack Faulkner
Animation: Jack Faulkner
Technique: 2D
Production/School: Kingston University
Dialogue language: English


A young boy named Daniel innocently paints his nails at school before a big exam, however he discovers the struggles of self expression when teased by others.



Under The Apple Tree 18:23
Netherlands 2015
Directed by: Erik van Schaaik
Screenplay: Erik van Schaaik
Animation: Erik van Schaaik
Technique: Puppets, Stop Motion
Music: Miguel Boelens
Production/School: Pedri Animation, Erik van Schaaik Productions, Beast Animation
Dialogue language: English


Two brothers, an apple farmer and a priest, live next to each other as neighbors. Unfortunately, they can’t get along very well. The priest is fed up with his peasant brother and his ugly apple orchard, dropping thousands of rotten apples in his neat little graveyard...



The Bus Trip / Bussresan 13:40
Sweden 2016
Directed by: Sarah Gampel
Screenplay: Sarah Gampel
Animation: Sarah Gampel
Technique: 2D, Mixed media
Production/School: Stockholm University of Arts
Dialogue language: English


Sarah is invited to show her film in Israel as part of a film festival bus trip. She is hoping for political discussions and friendship, except the conversation stops each time she brings up the occupation of Palestine. So instead, Sarah talks to her dead dad over a noisy phone line.



Tempo 01:00
Netherlands 2016
Directed by: Arjan Brentjes
Screenplay: Arjan Brentjes
Animation: Arjan Brentjes
Technique: 3D
Music: Arjan Brentjes
Production/School: Arjan Brentjes


A man tries to relax on a bench in the park, but he’s constantly bothered by the latest innovations. As his life slows down, technology speeds up. And that whole story wrapped in exactly one minute.



The Airplane / El Avión 01:00
Spain 2016
Directed by: Jesus Martínez Nota, Jotoni
Screenplay: Iván Molina, Jesus Martínez Nota, Jotoni
Animation: Jotoni
Technique: 2D
Music: Adolfo Clemente
Production/School: 13 Producciones
Dialogue language: Arabic
Subtitles language: Greek


Open your mouth, here comes the plane.