Competition 1

Fractals 03:49
Singapore 2015
Directed by: Ruifan Wang
Screenplay: Rui Fan Wang
Animation: Rui Fan Wang
Technique: Stopmotion cut-out
Production/School: Royal College of Art
Dialogue language: English


"Once there was a circle who wanted to be a square, so she dated a triangle." Once too often, we are blinded by the ideal image and overlooked the multitudes of our identity, that of others, and their similitude. Fractals tells a story not of romance and its lost, but of tragedy and its comedy.




Notes on Monstropedia 06:10
Japan 2016
Directed by: Koji Yamamura
Screenplay: Koji, Yamamura
Animation: Koji, Yamamura
Technique: 2D, Ink on Paper
Music: George Frideric Handel
Production/School: Yamamura Animation
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: Japanese


An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe. This work depicts the habits of monsters using movements inspired by short phrases such as “Taste of Tears”, “Tamed Wildness”, etc.




Klaus 15:00
Spain 2017
Directed by: Blanca Bonet
Screenplay: Blanca Bonet
Animation: Tomas schuller, cesar cabeza, jorge ovando
Technique: 2D, 3D
Music: Alvaro nuñez
Production/School: Blanca Bonet
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English


Communities live imprisoned in their tiny homes where life goes on normally. In front of them, and only reachable through a window, the outside world awaits and they know nothing about it except for the little information they can grasp from looking through this aperture. Oblivious to their past and their destiny, not every one of them will settle for such a monotonous and dull lifestyle.



Save Me 04:08
Spain 2016
Directed by: Oriol Puig
Animation: Hugo Garc
Technique: 2D, 3D, Animated Objects, Flash Animation, Puppets, Stop Motion
Music: Fernando Viciconte
Production/School: Trizz studio
Dialogue language: No dialogues
Subtitles language: No subtitles


The boy protagonist, Rafa, lives in the world of a sensitive, young country kid who is overloaded with imagination and confronted with the possibilities of self-expression and technology. Intentionally the core story is shaped with a naïve simplicity and hints at the places where inspiration evolves.



Boda Click 20:00
Spain 2015
Directed by: Javier Ocaña
Screenplay: Javier Ocaña
Animation: Oca7 Producciones
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: Pablo G. del Castillo
Production/School: Javier, Ocaña
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English


Juan and Laura are in love and they are going to get married. But one of them doesn't show up in the church...



Otto 10:00
Netherlands 2015
Directed by: Job, Joris & Marieke
Animation: Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw, Rik Schutte
Technique: 3D
Music: Job, Joris & Marieke
Production/School: Job, Joris & Marieke
Dialogue language: No dialogues
Subtitles language: No subtitles


A woman who can



Crowded 16:00
Netherlands 2015
Directed by: Broersma Freark
Animation: Freark Broersma, Minoesjhka van Stiphout, Marjolein Varsfeld
Technique: 2D, 3D
Music: Renger Koning
Production/School: Janneke Oosterhuis
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: No subtitles


In an overpopulated world is a delicate balance between the poor ground and the advantaged residing in a mega city. The poor mass around the city is crammed with hardly any room to move. They are controlled through false promisses and religious ideals by the politicians and the religious leader of the city. They feel the seriousness of the situation, but refuse to see the reality. When a boy in the mass rebels to defend his playing spot, the balance is disturbed. The mass chooses the side of the boy and revolt. The politicians and the religious leader realize the importance of the little boy. In an attempt to turn the revolt, the boy is welcomed into the rich area. A power game is incurred to get the boy on their side. The religious leader will feel more and more the heaviness of the whole. He is faced with the dehumanization of the boy, gasps for breath and takes a decision.



Full Feather Jacket 03:00
Netherlands 2015
Directed by: Liz El Saadany
Animation: Liz el Saadany, Marjon Haasnoot, Arjen van der Meer
Technique: 2D
Music: Rinus Aarts, Dolf de Kinkelder
Production/School: Jiek Weishut
Dialogue language: No dialogues
Subtitles language: No subtitles


Clumsy seagull Manfred enjoys his humble work as a cleaner at the Air Force base. But when he accidentally kills a member of the seagull troops, Manfred is forced to take his place. Unwillingly Manfred embarks on a highly dangerous mission, that he is not prepared for...



Jonas and the Sea / Zeezucht 12:00
Netherlands 2015
Directed by: Marlies Van Der Wel
Animation: Marlies van der Wel
Technique: 2D, Cut-outs
Music: Tim van Berkenstijn
Production/School: Roel Oude Nijhuis
Dialogue language: No dialogues
Subtitles language: No subtitles


Jonas and the Sea is an animated short film about a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: the quest to find a place we can call home, even if it's underwater.