Competition 4

Puddles - G 03:26
Australia 2018
Directed by: Scott Cadzow
Screenplay: Scott Cadzow
Production/School: Scott Cadzow
Dialogue language: English


Daily, Boris walks his dog Puddles around the scorched wastelands, reminiscing days of old. Until an unexpected threat confronts them.



Panic Attack with English subtitles 03:00
USA
Directed by: Eileen O'Meara
Screenplay: Eileen O'Meara
Production/School: Eileen O'Meara
Dialogue language: English


You know the nagging thoughts that start with "did I leave the coffee on?" and turn in to "am I pregnant with a devil-baby?” This hand-drawn animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one woman’s slippery hold on reality.




Mi Di Worm no. 10 01:00
Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Barbara Peikert
Screenplay: Barbara Peikert
Animation: Barbara Peikert
Technique: Baraba-pe
Music: Barbara Peikert
Production/School: Atelier a./f. Barbara Peikert
Dialogue language: -
Subtitles language: english


Synopsis MI DI WORM no.10 , 2018, 1’, color, audio The starting material is a frame-to-frame animation art of 2-Stop motion: A production with visual effects. Of the type related to a stereoscopic recording, the flickering wiggling-picture ramifications of the yellow color animate strokes on a red background. Part of the constellations complement intermittent in animated gestures: Similar to caves drawing or a children's schematic stick figures. The setting has met with curiosity. The points stand out, as they would be a fantastic set of notes, virtually painted to listen to.



Barbaer 02:24
Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Luzia Schifferle , Tobias Speiser
Animation: Luzia Schifferle, Tobias Speiser
Music: Riccardo Vinanzi
Production/School: Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No Dialogue


Viking chief Ulf has lost his desire to be a Viking and his best friend Berth tries to reignite his passion for the axe. After some failed attempts Berth accidentally inspires Ulf to pick up a new occupation. The chief opens up a hair saloon for his fellow Viking warriors and hence they all plunge into battle perfectly styled.



Moments in paradise 01:00
Switzerland 2016
Directed by: bellopropello
Screenplay: bellopropello
Animation: bellopropello
Technique: 2D computer
Music: bellopropello
Production/School: bellopropello
Dialogue language: no
Subtitles language: not nessessary


Plants are growing in paradise; one of them nicer, more beautiful and taller than all the other and provoke a disciplinary action. Against all odds has consequences even in paradise.



Dimension Detectives 04:52
USA 2018
Directed by: Carly Auyong


Two newly partnered detectives must work together to stop a thief and look past their differences, quite literally.



My Little Boys - The Lucky Cockroach / 小兒子-命大的蟑螂 03:29
Taiwan 2018
Directed by: Jack Shih
Production/School: May Su, Dreamland Image Co., Ltd.
Dialogue language: Chinese
Subtitles language: English

A huge cockroach found its way into their home, seemed a boring family this was, but then the cockroach raved confliction between the elder and younglings under the roof. The man was incapable of leading what the family should do with the cockroach, in the meanwhile, the younger son with his cute stubbornness seemed funny, it also highlighted the problem when both sides insist so much on their opinions, therefore the hindered conversation.


Estuaries 3 08:46
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Bret Battey
Animation: Bret Battey
Technique: Custom generative code
Music: Bret Battey


A flow of generative sound and mathematically-driven geometry, in which a hesitant, gentle ambiguity occasionally resolves into moments of counterpoint intensity and clarity.



Battledream Chronicles: A new beginning 24:00
France 2017
Directed by: Alain Bidard
Screenplay: Alain Bidard
Production/School: Nicole Brookes, Christina Sang St Catherine
Dialogue language: English


Syanna, a young black Caribbean girl, wakes up amnesic in an Afrofuturistic world where she has been enslaved by the global colonial empire of Mortemonde. Every day, she is forced to collect 500 experience points or XP for her master in the Battledream, a dangerous video game in which players die for real. With a kill switch implanted in her body and her limbs replaced by bionic parts controlled by the master, escape seems impossible. When she is offered a chance to learn in secret how to hack and control the technology used to enslave her, Syanna realizes that not everything is lost. But her master, driven by his lust for wealth and political power, is making the slave conditions harder and harder. And planning a rebellion while fulfilling her slave duty is getting more and more challenging. Will Syanna succeed in regaining her freedom?




How can I tell you / Comment te traduire 04:25
France 2018
Directed by: barbara Creutz
Animation: Barbara Creutz
Technique: oil painting on glass
Music: Lambe Lokk
Production/School: barbara Creutz
Dialogue language: French
Subtitles language: English


The words and woes of exile by Estonian poet-singer Lembe Lokk.How Can I Tell You is a sentimental journey through language and imagery.



Hallowstide 04:17
USA 2018
Directed by: Steve Socki
Production/School: Steve Socki


Dreamy, haunting forms transform, then ascend into a new spiritual world.



Bei Mir Bist Du Schön 12:00
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Bouwine Pool
Screenplay: Bouwine Pool
Production/School: Jiek Weishut

A sweet granny is looking forward to her granddaughter’s visit. But when the little girl arrives, the feeling is not mutual. Before the visit is over, granny must try to create the warm bond with her grandchild she desires so deeply.


George & Paul: Higher 05:00
Netherlands 2016
Directed by: Joost van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk
Screenplay: Marc Veerkamp, Jimmy Simons
Animation: Elmer Kaan, Andreas de Ridder, Rosanne Janssens, Mirjam Plettinx, Soetkin Verstegen
Technique: stop motion animation
Music: Sander Houtman
Production/School: PEDRI Animation: Peter Mansfelt, Paul Mathot, Beast Animation: Steven de Beul, Ben Tesseur
Dialogue language: Dutch or English
Subtitles language: English or none

George and Paul are having a competition who can jump over the highest stack of blocks.


Hate for Sale 02:39
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Anna Eijsbouts
Screenplay: Neil Gaiman
Production/School: Anna Eijsbouts
Dialogue language: English


We live in a world in which we consume hate as much as we are consumed by it. This film examines the alluring and tempting qualities of this devouring emotion and why we keep buying into it.



Heads Together 20:54
Netherlands 2016
Directed by: Job, Joris & Marieke
Screenplay: Lotte Tabbers, Job, Joris & Marieke
Production/School: Marleen Slot, Job, Joris & Marieke, Pita de Leeuw
Dialogue language: Dutch


A surreal story about three friends who exchange heads by accident and are forced to adapt to each others life. This leads to funny but also enriching situations. Will they be able to keep it secret? And will they ever get their own head back?



Sabaku 02:20
Netherlands 2016
Directed by: Marlies van der Wel
Screenplay: Marlies van der Wel, Ruben Picavet
Production/School: Christine Anderton, Maartje Ongering


When SABAKU’s best friend Buffalo passes away, he needs to find himself a new friend. He tries connecting with different species, but soon finds out that isn't as easy as it seems. SABAKU is in for a bumpy ride, but he won't rest until he succeeds.




The Italian Gaze / Lo Sguardo Italiano 13:39
USA 2016
Directed by: Sandro Del Rosario
Screenplay: Sandro Del Rosario
Animation: Sandro Del Rosario
Technique: Oil pastels on photocopy
Music: Michele Di Toro
Production/School: Sandro Del Rosario, Giannalberto Bendazzi, Paolo Polesello
Dialogue language: English, Italian
Subtitles language: English


An Italian artist looks at his native country through an animated film made with thousands hand colored oil painted photographs. Created as a visual poem that bridges filmmaking language and visual arts, 'The Italian Gaze' portrays the intoxicating beauty of Italy that many visitors still get looking at its landscapes, at thousands of years of history, art, and architecture, as well as it denounces the disillusionment, inner conflict, and hopes of an emigrant.




Drifting Away 03:19
Sweden 2018
Directed by: Jakob Bäckrud
Screenplay: Jakob Bäckrud
Animation: Jakob Bäckrud
Technique: 3D animation
Music: Oscar Lundberg
Production/School: Karlstad University
Dialogue language: English


An old man finds a tape recorder and becomes young again




Synchronicity 03:47
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Michelle Brand
Animation: Michelle Brand
Technique: 2D Digital Animation
Music: Vincenzo Di Francesco
Dialogue language: English

People come, people go - Yet everyone is moving in the same direction. We all are sharing something that we are unaware of, creating one big picture we are unable to see.