Competition 3

Dystopia 08:43
Switzerland 2018
Directed by: bellopropello
Screenplay: bellopropello
Animation: bellopropello
Technique: 2D
Music: diverse
Production/School: bellopropello
Dialogue language: no
Subtitles language: not nessessary


Soap bubbles infiltrate a robotic armaments factory. Subversiveness versus logical reasoning. Who will get the upper hand?



Happiness 06:00
Bulgaria 2018
Directed by: Dimitar Dimitrov
Screenplay: Dilyan Elenkov
Animation: Dimitar Dimitrov
Technique: Drawn on smartphone and tablet - Filpaclip app
Music: Samuel Pocreau
Production/School: Dimitar Dimitrov
Dialogue language: Bulgarian
Subtitles language: Bulgarian


"A film about the crushing power of the ordinary, everyday life, which inevitably devours the dreams, the love, and the belief in the extraordinary. A life which means death to the artist."



Beetles in Boxes / Käfer in Schachteln 04:00
Germany 2014
Directed by: Wojtek Skowron
Screenplay: Wojtek Skowron
Production/School: Wojtek Skowron


This films is an ironic visual interpretation of a part of Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'private language argument'.



Synched 02:23
USA 2018
Directed by: Cassie shao


In the chaos, a man flees to the other side of the world only to find out that there is no escape.




Red's Barbershop: The Sandbox and the Desk 01:24
USA 2017
Directed by: Daniel Maw
Screenplay: Daniel Maw
Production/School: Daniel Maw


A continuous, animated loop providing an intimate look at various quiet, contemplative spaces I've created throughout my life.




Don't Think of a Pink Elephant 07:20
United Kingdom 2017
Directed by: Suraya Raja
Screenplay: Suraya Raja
Animation: Daniel Amar Ferrus, Mole Hill, Suraya Raja
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: Matthew Peters
Production/School: The National Film & Television School
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: can provide English, French, Spanish


We’ve all had thoughts of what might happen should we jump from a high place, drop the baby, or stab someone with a fork. Usually we can dismiss them without a care – but what if we couldn’t? Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant enters the world of a teenage girl fighting daily against compulsive thoughts and urges. Layla is terrified by her potential to do harm, until challenged to face her darkest fears.



Yank Tug Yank 03:09
USA 2017
Directed by: Maureen Zent

Two combatants lock into a tug-of-war. One draws and the other heaves. Each pull is met with an equal jerk. Then one man finds the other's weakness. This allegory considers the question of tribalism—why does it occur and who benefits.



Faceshop 05:31
China 2018
Directed by: Zhongwen Hu
Screenplay: Zhongwen Hu
Animation: Zhongwen Hu
Technique: Zhongwen Hu
Music: Antriksh Bali
Production/School: Zhongwen Hu


There is a shop located in a mysterious street that can help people to achieve their dream faces by cutting and modeling. It's called "Faceshop". One day, a man without a face came to the shop to have his first experience.




Black 14:32
Italy 2018
Directed by: Sara Taigher
Screenplay: Daniele Di Biasio, Chiara Babuin
Animation: Alice Buscaldi, Francesco Forti, Yassmin Yaghmai, Sabrina De Marco
Technique: Flash 2D
Music: Inti d'Ayala Valva
Production/School: So What Pictures, Sara Taigher
Dialogue language: Italian
Subtitles language: English


Black tells the story of Matteo, a young electronic music producer that realises that he can't play music anymore because of a long blackout. While the city quickly adapts to the new situation, Matteo somehow manages to overcome his loneliness thanks to his neighbour Greta, a writer who makes him rediscover the pleasure of simple things.



A Drawing 05:30
USA 2018
Directed by: Brad Condie
Screenplay: Brad Condie
Animation: yes
Technique: Hand Drawn
Music: yes
Production/School: Brad Condie
Dialogue language: English


A young boy misses the chance to say goodbye to his dying Mother. Through a deep desire he wills himself to try to see her again.



Fish 01:16
Canada 2018
Directed by: Paul Kennedy


A lonely fish ventures out of his cramped bowl into a hostile world in search of a place to belong.



Lion Nanny’s Journey 07:10
China 2018
Directed by: JunQing DuanMu
Screenplay: JunQing DuanMu
Production/School: Koji Yamamura
Dialogue language: Japanese


Lion Nanny rides the train and embarks on a life journey while interacting with those around it.




Red & The Kingdom Of Sound 18:13
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Phil Gomm
Screenplay: Phil Gomm
Production/School: Phil Gomm, Denise Harmer
Dialogue language: English


Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's 1945 composition, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra. Red & The Kingdom Of Sound visualises the symphony orchestra as a fantastical realm comprising fifteen different architectural districts deriving from the different musical instruments of the orchestra. Red, the animation's protagonist, personifies the new-comer to classical music as he makes his way through the distinctive musical terrains of Britten's orchestral landscape.



Sweet Night 13:46
Belgium 2018
Directed by: Lia Bertels
Screenplay: Lia Bertels
Production/School: Thierry Zamparutti, Serge Kestemont


In winter, in Himalaya, a bear does not manage to fall asleep. He thinks too much and is in the doldrums. When a white monkey suggests him going to eat some honey at his aunt to change him the ideas. A beautiful winter night opens has they and the bear realizes that he did well, not to fall asleep.




Thaa Shin Pyu 12:00
Myanmar 2017
Directed by: Edo Vader
Screenplay: Edo Vader
Animation: Edo Vader
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Yel Linn Aung
Production/School: Edo Vader
Dialogue language: Other
Subtitles language: English


Thaa Shin Pyu is means 'novitiation ceremony'. Ko Ba Maung has a plan to hold ordination for his son after harvesting rice. But government authorities and businessmen seized the land. After seizing the land by government authorities and businessmen, he became homeless. One day, a neighbor passed away while selling the kidney and he got the idea to sell his kidney to hold ordination for his son. On the way back after selling the kidney, he was robbed. Ko Ba Maung committed murder to get the money back which he earned withe his body organ. He was able to hold ordination ceremony for his son. But Ko Ba Maung's lifes end was not pretty.



The Curse of the Mummy 07:50
USA 2018
Directed by: Alan Saunders
Screenplay: Alan Saunders
Dialogue language: English


What's scarier than a mummy? A mummy with a bad credit score!



Eyespeaker 05:46
Sweden 2018
Directed by: Martin Severinson/Henrik Meierkord
Screenplay: Martin Severinson
Animation: Martin Severinson
Technique: Stills/photos/premiere
Music: The Desert Folks
Production/School: Henrik Meierkord
Dialogue language: English


The short film "Eyespeaker" explores the form of simple expression and addresses variations of human expressions. The project has focused on working with "common" people's voices to create an authentic feeling and real identity to the face as for its action. Each image's voice captures a current reflection of our time that invites both reflection in camps of both seriousness and humor. The short film's framework is meant to bring hope, empathy and a willingness to believe in man as an active critical thinking creature. Through the restrained format, we want to set the viewer in an atmosphere that gives life and curiosity to man. The title "Eyespeaker" focuses on eyes that speak and play at the same time as the phonetic opening that it is "you" - ie "me" - that speaks. A double-sided reference that points both to the artist's I, who formulated the texts, but also to all other possible "I" that exist around us all. As well as the Pictures speaks their are speakers of our time. The film is based on the artist Martin Severinson's drawings and texts together with Henrik Meierkord and Eric Palmqwist music. Henrik Meierkord has, in conjunction with Martin Severinson, drafted voices and voices.




The Story of Our Workflow 01:25
Malaysia 2018
Directed by: Alex Safavinia
Technique: 3D Animation
Production/School: Kasra Design Studio
Dialogue language: English


The word "Workflow" sounds like routine, and routine spells boring. So we decided to spice things up a little. It aimed to be a video which tells our clients how we work with them on the production of their animated explainer video, in a less boring way.



Geometry 01:32
USA 2018
Directed by: Simo Liu
Screenplay: Simo Liu
Animation: Simo Liu
Technique: Digital Graphics
Music: Pantawit Kiangsiri
Production/School: Simo Liu

Geometry is a visual music motion graphic animated piece. Inspired by Oskar Fischinger and John Whitney, Geometry combines graphic shapes with music to show a ball's journey.