Competition 2

Am I a Wolf? / Gorgam-o-Gale Mibaram 08:15
Iran 2018
Directed by: Amir Houshang Moein
Screenplay: Amir Houshang Moein
Animation: Amir Houshang Moein
Technique: 2D Computer
Music: Mohamad Jafari
Production/School: Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults, KANOON
Dialogue language: No Dialogue


The students are performing a theater called “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”. Everybody has a role. They are totally taken in by their roles in a way that the boundary between reality and acting rarely can be distinguished. Meanwhile, the child who is acting as the wolf and is doomed to be defeated feels lonely and irritated. He takes his role too seriously. There is a bit of chaos. At the end, the presence of other children and his friends next to him take him out of this atmosphere.




Prey 05:59
China 2018
Directed by: Sun Jing
Animation: Sun Jing
Technique: 2D,Cutout, 3D Background
Music: Shuangyi Liu
Production/School: California State University, Los Angeles
Dialogue language: Chinese, English
Subtitles language: None Dialogue


As an ancient eastern proverb described: “a mantis hunting the cicada unknowingly falls prey to the eyes of an oriole.”— the most vivid view of natural cycle in human societies is best seen through lens of karma on a microscopic scale. 本片取材于古谚语 “螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后”，讲述了一个关于人类社会与自然循环的故事。




Serpendipity 07:12
USA 2019
Directed by: Carlos Mejia, Kevin Barwick
Screenplay: Kevin Barwick, Carlos Mejia, Ardiana Aguilar, Lauren Posner, Kyle Climaco, Brandon Schaal, Nathanael Berrian, Ivan Olortegui, Eileen Cinerar, Niara Clay, Angelica Duvic, Matthew Graham, Sarah Rahman, Christina Christie, Gloria Carrazana , Sharry Liang
Music: Jen-Shuo Chen
Production/School: University of Central Florida
Dialogue language: English


Gordon does not want to freeze during his dinner date. Not only is Gordon nervous, but he has a secret- he has snakes for hair with a bad habit of turning people into stone. Will he find love or is this a date with disaster?




Tiffany 06:15
USA 2019
Directed by: Christina Christie
Screenplay: Christina Christie, Taylor Estape, Desiree Vargas, Genesis Laboy, Savannah Berry, Sofia Santos, Austin Royall, Megan Burbach, Kylie Campbell, Peter Lupton, Beryl Van Ness, Chris Gomes, Lauren Gisewhite
Animation: Christina Christie, Taylor Estape, Desiree Vargas, Genesis Laboy, Savannah Berry, Sofia Santos, Austin Royall, Megan Burbach, Kylie Campbell, Peter Lupton, Beryl Van Ness, Chris Gomes, Lauren Gisewhite
Technique: 3D Computer Animation (Autodesk Maya) / 2D (AfterEffects)
Music: Tim Carlos
Production/School: University of Central Florida's School of Visual Arts and Design
Dialogue language: Original Language: English but No Dialogue
Subtitles language: Original Language: English. No Subtitles, No Dialogue


While packing away her deceased grandmother's affairs, Pauline discovers that one of their stained glass sculptures has come to life. As the lights in the house go out and their memories together begin to dim, Pauline realizes there is joy in celebrating the legacy of those who have been lost.



How and why Don Jose dissipated / Como y porque se ha efsumado Don Jose 12:38
Spain 2018
Directed by: Moshe Ben-Avraham
Screenplay: Moshe Ben-Avraham
Production/School: Moshe Ben-Avraham


A delighted bee disturbs the tranquility of vacationers on a quiet pastoral island. Disturbing Don Jose in the middle of a relaxing gaze, he spits at her and she falls into his drink. Attempting to save her from drowning, Don Jose becomes emotionally attached to the bee. When the bee is suddenly devoured by a duck, Don Jose starts his pursuit of the duck, embarking on a chase of logic and a surrealistic journey into the depths of his consciousness.



Drawing. Dancing 05:04
Australia 2018
Directed by: Nicci Haynes (dir. Haynes)
Screenplay: Nicci Haynes
Production/School: Nicci Haynes


Drawing. Dancing is a short experimental animation that sits between visual and performing art. Employing a body language positioned between choreography and combat, we seem to be watching a mysterious exchange between the drawing and the dancer .



Flora 04:17
USA 2018
Directed by: Chaerin Im
Screenplay: Chaerin Im
Production/School: Chaerin Im
Dialogue language: English


Experimental animation about gender and sexuality, the awkwardness of division. Uncanny sculptures of vagina and penis are the main element.



Gelato - Seven Summers of Ice Cream Love 12:18
Germany 2017
Directed by: Daniela Opp
Screenplay: Kai Rönnau
Production/School: Daniela Opp
Dialogue language: German


The 20th Century was still young when Italian mountaineers conquered Germany with a sensation: gelato! Tiny stalls developed into beautiful ice cream shops. But suddenly sunny days of childhood turned into dark years of war. The love story between Rosa and Paolo ended before the seventh summer had even started... Up until little Molly decides to take matters into her own hands almost 60 years later.



Play/Ground 14:13
Sweden 2019
Directed by: Hanna Sköld
Screenplay: Hanna Sköld
Production/School: Hanna Sköld
Dialogue language: Swedish


With a mix of claymation and live action we enter the world of Love, who's 2 years old and struggles to get attention from his father and connect to his Granny. But Loves father has no time, to see him or to listen, since he's totally preoccupied with trying go get grandma out of bed.



SDtoHDuprezMaxV2_009.mp4 04:16
USA 2018
Directed by: Anna Spence
Screenplay: Anna Spence
Production/School: Anna Spence
Dialogue language: English


Booted from the limelight, Max Headroom now roves the video signal on the search for meaning. Once summoned to the screen, he talks to the audience in hopes of remembering his past life. As we watch Max, (and as he continues to watch us), he begins to understand what it will take to escape from his purgatory.



Sophie 04:42
USA 2019
Directed by: Anna Cangellaris
Screenplay: Anna Cangellaris
Production/School: California Institure of the Arts
Dialogue language: English


Sophie longs to be reborn while seeking to know her double. A party in the hills of Los Angeles offers a corporeal shift to her existence.



Synchronicity 03:47
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Michelle Brand
Screenplay: Michelle Brand
Production/School: Michelle Brand


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. The film explores the idea of how everyone is connected in a way we may not realise. By sharing time, space and movement, we overlap and create a bigger picture.




Little Grey Wolfy. Summer Party / Den Vesle Grå Ulven. Sommerfest 06:33
Norway 2019
Directed by: Natalia Malykhina
Screenplay: Natalia Malykhina
Animation: Masta Volkova, Natalia Malykhina
Technique: Computer cut-out
Music: Mattis Sørum
Production/School: Ulvenfilm
Dialogue language: English


Summer is here - short nights and full moon. And Little Grey Wolfy´s birthday is soon! Little Grey Wolfy is dreaming about a real birthday cake with candles and cream for his birthday party. But everyone knows that cakes, they do not grow on the trees! There are only mushrooms, berries and nuts here in the forest. However, this is not a problem for his good friends! With great imagination and big love they manage to make exactly what Wolfy wants. A real birthday cake! And of the stars that fell into the thicket at the starry nights, they make a big firework. Horray for Wolfy! Hooray his friends!




Schrodinger's Cat - Intergalactic Super Spy 02:44
Hong Kong 2018
Directed by: Thariq Amir
Screenplay: Thariq Amir
Animation: 2D
Technique: Computer
Music: Premium Beat
Production/School: Thariq Amir
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: Greek & English available

What do you get when the greatest spy kitty in the known universe, an emu with a touch of megalomania and a pair of cheeky kiwis cross paths? "Schrodinger's Cat - Intergalactic Super Spy" that's what! The nefarious General Emmanuel Eduardo Estophelos Emu the Third is determined to pull off a daring heist when his plan is unexpectedly interrupted by the coolest cat in the espionage business, Agent Guybrush Slade. Will General Emu succeed? Will Agent Slade stop him? Will the kiwis watch everything unfold with a bag of buttered popcorn? FIND OUT! MEOW!



Wings / Aripi 08:11
Moldova 2019
Directed by: Dmitri Voloshin
Screenplay: Dmitri Voloshin, Sergiu Chirillov, Anastasia Berzoy
Animation: Evghenii Cernisev, Alexandr Pihut, Sergiu Badragan, Valentin Nacu, Eugene Izmailov, Iurie Cecoi, Lesya Kunitkaia
Technique: 3D Computer
Music: Elias Tadeus
Production/School: Simpals
Dialogue language: No dialogue
Subtitles language: No subtitles


This story is about an astronaut who, as a child, dreamed of flying and being free. And now he seems to be flying in the sky, but he is actually locked in the capsule of a spacecraft. One day, minor problems lead to bigger problems, causing the spaceship to lose control and collapse on Earth. And now the astronaut will once again spread the wings of his dreams and return to childhood.




Scrambled 06:28
Netherlands 2017
Directed by: Bastiaan Schravendeel
Screenplay: Bastiaan Schravendeel
Animation: Veronyka Jelinek, Quentin Haberham, Bastiaan Schravendeel
Technique: 3D computer animation
Music: Daniël Polman
Production/School: Polder Animation, Tünde Vollenbroek
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none


When 19-year old Esra misses her train and kills time playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone, a vintage Rubik’s Cube challenges her attention.