Competition 5

BLOSSOM TOGETHER 03:20
USA 2022
Directed by: Martin JS McNally
Dialogue language: English


A film about the importance of nature in the city.




DEMI-GODS 05:35
Germany 2022
Directed by: Martin Gerigk
Screenplay: Martin Gerigk
Animation: Martin Gerigk
Technique: Martin Gerigk
Music: Martin Gerigk
Production/School: Martin Gerigk
Dialogue language: No Dialogue


What is the human experience of war, narcissism and ecological destruction? Demi-Gods addresses these three dark aspects of humanity in the form of a musical and visual essay. It shows our worship of these dark forces, which have now become normalized and fetishized. A furtive look from us mortals at the mechanics of the dark demi-gods of our time; turned into a surreal sequence of sonic and visual transformations.



PATIENT'S MIND / 患者的心态 06:05
China 2022
Directed by: Zhiheng / Wang
Screenplay: Zhiheng Wang
Animation: Zhiheng Wang
Technique: Digital 2D
Music: Zhiheng Wang
Production/School: China Academy of Art
Dialogue language: Chinese
Subtitles language: English


"Patient's Mind" is a multi screen experimental animation using circular narration. The metaphor of doctor-patient relationship is used in the work, which shows the process of the protagonist's inner self and superego, the fight for the subject right between the present and the "preset future", and the endless cycle between the present and the "preset future" in the doomed failure of self salvation. In the narrative, the whole story is divided into five parts and placed on five screens. Make the content of five screens form a big cycle in narration, and the content of a single screen form a small cycle in editing, and make the five screens have relevance according to different clues in content.



BANANAS FOR ICE GREAM 03:08
Estonia 2022
Directed by: Risto Kütt
Screenplay: Risto Kütt
Animation: Risto Kütt
Technique: 2D Computer
Music: Unknown
Production/School: Risto Kütt
Dialogue language: English


A Story about a Banana, who drops and leaves everything behind, just to chase down an Ice Cream Truck for a Delicious Cone.



SOMETHING I SAID / Algo que eu disse 10:00
Portugal 2022
Directed by: Sara Barbas
Screenplay: Sara Barbas
Animation: Sofia Cavalheiro
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Leandro Maia
Production/School: Humberto Santana
Dialogue language: Portuguese
Subtitles language: EN / ES / FR


Departing from Belém, in Lisbon, three women travel to a city in the South of Portugal to meet the newest member of the family who is about to be born. During the road trip, we learn about their different characters, points-of-view and life choices. As they arrive at the destination it becomes clear that the three characters are more alike than we first thought.



STEPS / Stupeni 08:45
Russia 2022
Directed by: Tatiana Moshkova, Marina Moshkova
Screenplay: Tatiana Moshkova, Marina Moshkova
Animation: Tatiana Poliektova, Olga Poliektova, Larisa Kondratyeva, Dmitry Palagin, Anna Smirnova, Tatiana Moshkova, Marina Moshkova, Daniil Lavrikov
Technique: 2D drawing, video backgrounds
Music: Adieu Adieu, Levan Iordanishvili, Lost Harmonies, Alex Beaulieu, Shaun Frearson, Daniel Belardinelli
Production/School: Alexander Sharapanovsky
Dialogue language: Italian
Subtitles language: English


How many steps does it take for the sullen reclusive Monk to save one little lemon tree?



ONCE UPON A TIME IN ISRAEL / Pewnego razu w Izraelu 10:45
Poland 2021
Directed by: Weronika Szyma
Screenplay: Weronika Szyma
Animation: Weronika Szyma
Technique: analog drawing
Music: Damian Czajka
Production/School: The Polish National Film School in Łódź
Dialogue language: English


An animated documentary in the form of a travel journal. A girl while being in love with a Palestinian boy goes to Israel for the first time. Her simplified vision of the world and a desire to take sides in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is quickly confronted with the reality of living on the border of Sderot and the Gaza Strip.