Competition 9

Pattern Cognition / Mustererkenntnis 07:20
Germany 2019
Directed by: Thorsten Fleisch
Screenplay: Thorsten Fleisch
Animation: Thorsten Fleisch
Technique: 2D Computer
Music: Thorsten Fleisch
Production/School: Fleischfilm
Dialogue language: no dialogue
Subtitles language: no subtitles


“When you stare at a screen for long, the screen stares back at you.” It's late. You've been working on those numbers the whole day. The screen in front of you seems to be vibrating. You close your eyes. The after-image on your retina keeps pulsating in iridescent colors.




Woolworld / Wełniaki 10:00
Poland 2018
Directed by: Joanna Polak
Screenplay: Joanna Polak
Animation: Joanna Polak
Technique: puppets
Music: Mariusz Ostański
Production/School: Joanna Polak
Dialogue language: english

Have you ever wondered what live would be in a world made of wool? In Woolworld, people, animals and everything that surrounds them is made of wool and all is closely tied together. The only person capable of making sure that Woolworld functions smoothly is Mr. Wooly. He is, however, old and tired and he wants his life to change. Unfortunately... his wish gets granted.


Blue Tomorrow / Mavi Yarın 14:53
Turkey 2018
Directed by: Numan Ayaz




Waka Huia 15:13
Belgium 2019
Directed by: Laurent Leprince
Screenplay: Laurent Leprince & Philippe Carreau
Animation: Laurent Leprince, Mathieu Jadin, Jacinthe Folon
Music: Paraire Tomoana
Production/School: S.O.I.L., Ambiances, Luna Blue Film
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none


An old man of origin Maorie relives, between dream and reality, the distant journey made by his grandfather during the First World War.




The Incomplete 07:00
Iran 2018
Directed by: Erfan Parsapour
Screenplay: Erfan Parsapour
Animation: Mashhood Valian - Hamed Hoseinzadeh
Technique: 3D CGI
Music: Mazyar Younesi
Production/School: Pooyamehr
Dialogue language: No Dialogue


An animated short about a hungry Otter who is obsessed with perfection. His desire to live in a perfect world may cost him the chance for happiness in the real world.




The Dream Report 07:10
Ireland 2019
Directed by: Jack O'Shea
Screenplay: Jack O'Shea
Animation: Jack O'Shea, Paul Ruttledge
Technique: 2D Digital
Music: Ray Lynch, Janis Vitolins
Production/School: Jack O'Shea
Dialogue language: English


A deadpan sci-fi interweaving moments of familiar routine with esoteric messages from deep space.




Leaf ( Abstract nr. 3 ) 02:54
Netherlands 2019
Directed by: Jeroen ter Welle
Screenplay: J. ter Welle
Animation: J. ter Welle
Technique: mixed media
Music: none
Production/School: The flying piinguin
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none


The last in a series of three short experimental films that mainly deal with the materials with which they were made. In this one I used the dead leafs of trees that somehow, in a not so rational way try to mutate back in to the form of a tree. Every single image was originally a dead leaf (or made with dead leafs). The sound is a soundscape of non- natural sounds, in contrast to the images that origin from nature.




Until it turns black 06:30
Ukraine 2019
Directed by: Anastasiia Falileieva




All Possible Futures 03:51
USA 2019
Directed by: Peter Whittenberger




Constructive Interference, Mon Ami 03:20
USA 2019
Directed by: John Akre
Screenplay: John Akre
Animation: John Akre
Technique: 2D hand drawn, clay
Music: Ryan Udairam

It's all a day in the life of a sound wave.


The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady / Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de la Jeune Fille de Pierre 20:02
France 2019
Directed by: Gabriel Abrantes
Screenplay: Gabriel Abrantes


Tired of being a banal architectural ornament, a sculpture runs away from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.



Lost and Found 04:07
Israel 2019
Directed by: Shimon Engel, Ofer Winter
Animation: Shimon Engel, Ofer Winter, Dima Gafanovitch
Technique: 2D Animation
Music: Tal Steinberg
Production/School: Dov Abramson , Beit Avi Chai
Dialogue language: Hebrew
Subtitles language: English


A young boy gets lost in a busy shopping mall, foreshadowing the story of his falling as a soldier in the Israel-Lebanon War of 1982.



Skipper's Jam 02:40
USA 2019
Directed by: Tim Scott
Screenplay: Tim Scott
Production/School: Tim Scott


Skipper's Jam follows the story of a crazy little creature named Skipper; who dreams of making music, but is crewing on a ship full of pirates who just don't dig it.




24 02:40
USA 2019
Directed by: Brian Yulo Ng
Screenplay: Brian Yulo Ng
Animation: Brian Yulo Ng
Technique: 2D, Traditional and Digital
Music: Kwan Leung Ling
Dialogue language: English


24 is an experimental documentary and animated retrospective of a young man born between different cultures, it depicts moments of memory through short vignettes of the past; Alongside an evolving abstracted animation that grows in complexity. The film tackles issues of culture, memory and trauma through the lens of a person born between identities. The entire film has a strong theoretical base around the number 24.




The Ribbon 04:25
USA 2019
Directed by: Polla-Ilariya Kozino
Screenplay: Polla-Ilariya Kozino
Technique: 2D
Music: Jonathan Galland
Production/School: Jean Ahn, Arealous Kendrick
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: N/A


The Ribbon is a beautiful short film about a little girl who wakes up in a magical world. Riddled in this little girl's journey of beautiful sceneries and enchanting creatures, a deeper significance lies behind what meets the eye. The Ribbon is not just a children's film after all. Join us on a little girl's journey to find out why!



Candy Shop 02:10
United Kingdom 2019
Directed by: Patrick Smith
Animation: Patrick Smith
Technique: Stop Motion
Music: Steve Rice
Dialogue language: English

There are 11,926 pharmaceutical drugs available worldwide, this film shows 2863 of them. Pills and capsules are choreographed into a cacophony of shape, color and size, resulting in a satirical commentary about our cultural, recreational, and economic infatuation on pharmaceutical drugs.