Competition 14

Bird's heart 09:57
Greece 2015
Directed by: Pavlos Prantsidis
Screenplay: Pavlos Prantsidis
Animation: Pavlos Prantsidis
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Daphne Farazi
Production/School: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dialogue language: Greek
Subtitles language: English


Everything was taken over by everyday life. The tasks of a worker, the notes of a diary, the words of a radio announcer. Even a bird that was accidentally set free, was now standing motionless.



Reach 03:26
United Kingdom 2014
Directed by: Kayla Parker, Stuart Moore
Screenplay: Kayla Parker, Stuart Moore
Animation: Kayla Parker, Stuart Moore
Technique: Direct animation
Production/School: Sundog Media


The people who live along the Tamar form a close relationship with the river; each affected by the other. Artist film-makers Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore used this idea of symbiosis to create Reach. By laying raw film in the silt of the river, they have created a work which has been shaped by the river: its organic emulsion changed by the tides’ ebb and flow, by physical abrasion and the organisms living in the alluvial mud.



RoboMike 03:47
USA 2014
Directed by: Karina Palmer
Screenplay: Karina Palmer
Animation: Michael Sullivan, Robert Lyons
Technique: Stop Motion, Documentary
Music: Calibro 35
Production/School: Karina Palmer
Dialogue language: English


New York is unexpected, magical, crowded, dirty and gritty with treasures inhabiting every single borough and many of its streets. There are a million of unusual lives breathing through the grid and ready to be discovered. It's that special and legendary attraction to the city that captures and retains a certain type of character. One who exhales endurance and its rewarded with magical events, friendships and tales.



I Am Not a Mouse 02:01
United Kingdom 2015
Directed by: Evgenia Golubeva
Screenplay: Evgenia Golubeva
Animation: Evgenia Golubeva
Technique: 2D computer
Music: Tom Angell
Production/School: Evgenia Golubeva
Dialogue language: English


Every time Lucy is called 'Mouse' by her Mum, she turns into a real mouse! What is Lucy going to do?



It Is My Fault 04:50
China 2016
Directed by: Liu Sha
Screenplay: Liu Sha
Animation: Liu Sha
Technique: 3D
Music: Ma Yao
Production/School: Liu Sha


After the compression of the spiritual world by the force of regulation, there will follow a series of emotions such as introspection, violence, self-destruction, and untangling. This work utilizes the own approach of the digital media itself to deconstruct, to form the subliminal synesthesia visually and to create a fictional experience for the mind.



S.C.A.N. - Searching Alternative Nature 05:43
Hungary 2015
Directed by: Danes Ruzsa, Fruzsina Spitzer
Screenplay: Dénes Ruzsa
Animation: Fruzsina Spitzer
Technique: Camera-less animation, made with a flatbed scanner
Music: Ilya Kaplan, Stan Fomin
Production/School: dokuweb.hu


With the invention of the telescope and the further development of the technology we got more and more detailed picture of the world around us. We learned more and more about the stars, birth of stars and the star death. Stars provide the essential light for life. We discovered that almost every chemical element in our body was formed inside the stars. The formation of our solar system is also caused by previously lived stars. Our galaxy formation is the result of a supernova shock wave. Our existence is a natural consequence of the existence of the stars, so we can suppose the idea that in our distant galaxies our distant relatives lives. Camera-less animation each frame was made or reproduced with a flatbed scanner.



Vocabulary 1 03:50
USA 2016
Directed by: Becky James
Screenplay: Becky James
Animation: Becky James
Technique: 2D, mixed media
Music: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Production/School: Becky James


Snake and Butterfly are neighbors on a school worksheet. Covetous Butterfly wants something from his serpentine compatriot, but what? Combining charming animation with deft, unusual narrative construction, the animation explores how we piece together narrative from the sources around us.



A Space In Time / L'espace d'un Instant 13:58
France 2015
Directed by: Alexandre Athané
Screenplay: Vincent Cappello
Animation: Vincent Cappellow
Technique: 2D
Music: Alex Beaupain
Production/School: Suerte Productions
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English


 Claire, a little girl, and her grandfather share a dream - seeing a man walk on the moon - and their favorite pastime is playing astronaut. On the night of July 20, 1969, while the whole world is fixated on Neil Armstrong, Claire's thoughts are with her own personal hero...