Competition 5

Prelude 01:00
Italy 2019
Directed by: rick niebe
Animation: rick niebe
Technique: drawn-on-film animation
Music: Prelude n°5 by Galina Ustvolskaya (1953) performed by Hayk Melikyan (2009)
Dialogue language: no dialogues


Tortured found footage for a short piano piece of Galina Ustvolskaya [An experiments in celluloid]



The Tellurian Saga 08:54
Australia 2019
Directed by: Beau Golden, Casey Golden, Adam Barnard
Screenplay: Beau Golden, Casey Golden, Adam Barnard
Production/School: Beau Golden, Casey Golden, Adam Barnard
Dialogue language: English


The Tellurian Saga is a stop-motion animated short film that was originally released in two parts ('Frostilicus' and 'Ultra Poseable'), as music videos for electronic music duo, This Week in the Universe.



My Momentum - Sennheiser Spec Spot 01:10
Germany 2019
Directed by: Jakob Harms
Dialogue language: German


A mannequin finds its Momentum.




The Flying Fish 21:22
Turkey 2019
Directed by: Murat Sayginer
Screenplay: MURAT SAYGINER
Animation: MURAT SAYGINER
Technique: CGI
Music: MURAT SAYGINER / JOCHEN MADER / ONUR TARCIN
Production/School: MURAT SAYGINER
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English


The journey of a flying fish marks the beginning of the transition to a new era.




Cycle 02:15
Netherlands 2018
Directed by: Sophie Olga de Jong , Sytske Kok
Screenplay: Sytske Kok
Animation: Sophie Olga de Jong, Bram Donders, Janneke van den Biggelaar
Technique: 2D computer animation (TV Paint) and aquarel painting
Music: Fay Lovsky
Production/School: Nancy Fornoville , Willem Thijssen
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none

A small round story about a girl who learns to cycle from her grandfather and discovers that where the road ends real adventure begins.


You can only stand or walk 10:15
Poland 2019
Directed by: Olivier Arteniuk
Screenplay: Olivier Arteniuk
Animation: Olivier Arteniuk
Technique: Olivier Arteniuk
Music: Olivier Arteniuk
Production/School: Collegium Da Vinci
Dialogue language: -
Subtitles language: English


A film inspired by the poems of "Flowers of Evil" by Charles Bauldelaire. They tell us that the inherent feature of man is sin - which we can not get rid of in any way. There is no escape from sin, we are not able to bypass it in any way. Bauldelaire tells us that knowing that we will commit this sin, we should not run away from it but simply do it with happiness. After all, this is something that we could not do so far, and with this assumption, we can perfectly enjoy our sins when they come. My goal was not only the interpretation of his work, but rather paraphrased ideas - I wanted to add my own meaning and symbolism, using philosophical, religious and moral issues and my own life experience. Each element of the film has its symbolism and meaning, so each element should be interpreted. The film is like a poem, you need to see it many times and devote time to contemplating it's symbolism. A film made traditionally, drawn on sheets and scanned.



Bay of Plenty 12:03
Switzerland 2018
Directed by: Milva Stutz
Screenplay: Milva Stutz
Animation: Milva Stutz, David Schlatter
Technique: Digital 3D, Clay
Music: Lucia Cadotsch, Ludwig Wandinger
Production/School: Milva Stutz
Dialogue language: no dialogue
Subtitles language: no subtitles

The animation film Bay of Plenty describes the journey of discovery of a fictional, virtual island world. By means of a first-person camera perspective, the audience engages with and becomes part of the events. They encounter creatures who transcend categories such as male/ female, artificial/natural, animal/human and who are constantly changing the form of their bodies. Together, they explore possibilities of overcoming their physical boundaries and learn how to create new (life) conditions.


Cage Match 09:12
USA 2019
Directed by: Bryan Lee
Screenplay: Bryan Lee
Animation: 2D
Technique: Handdrawn on paper
Production/School: USC
Dialogue language: English, Japanese
Subtitles language: English


A businessman enters the elevator for another day at work...



Foreign Exchange 05:56
USA 2019
Directed by: Corrie Francis Parks


A film about macroeconomics, glimpsed through a microscopic lens.



Icons 05:10
USA 2018
Directed by: Ronnie Cramer
Screenplay: Ronnie Cramer
Production/School: Ronnie Cramer
Dialogue language: English


Five hundred years of world art in five minutes, featuring three dozen iconic works rendered with nylon-tip pen and animated old school style. Each painting is onscreen for three seconds; the transitions between them also last three seconds each. Made up of 2,500 individual drawings, with a musical soundtrack created by the artist.




The Ballad of Black Justice: Babies of the Plain 20:19
USA 2018
Directed by: John Mozier-Tichy

Vigilantes Jase Boome and Black Justice solve crimes and cause mayhem in Dead Flats!



Arch-Rival / 最强对手 05:00
China 2019
Directed by: Liu Qiang
Screenplay: LIU QIANG&SUN HUA
Animation: LIU QIANG
Technique: LIU QIANG
Music: William Elliot&Jose J Cortijo
Production/School: LIU QIANG
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: Chinese, English


On War with Yourself




The Music Box 11:29
Canada 2019
Directed by: Joe Chang
Screenplay: Joe Chang
Animation: Joe Chang
Technique: 2D computer
Music: Sun Jianguo
Production/School: Joe Chang, Yang Li
Dialogue language: Chinese
Subtitles language: English


The Great Chinese Cultural Revolution was a political campaign in China launched and led by Mao Zedong from 1966 to 1976. Nearly ten million people, including outstanding scientists, artists, intellectuals and ordinary people, died during these "Ten Years of Turnmoil" or "Ten Years of Holocaust." This animated short film is based on a real story and sets in China during the Cultural Revolution in 1967, It is about a young boy Liang Liang, whose family is suddenly taken to the countryside by Red Guards. He is able to grab the only thing he treasures which is a western style music box, and is careful not to expose it to the red guards since it was linked to western culture. The film mirrors tragedies that befall children and families who are forced to leave their homes, due to war, colonization and political campaigns - unfortunately a situation which is all too common today.



Three types 01:34
USA 2019
Directed by: Alan Saunders
Screenplay: ALAN SAUNDERS
Dialogue language: English


Insect populations are plummeting worldwide. Stop killing bugs!