2022
Fiction
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | THE DEBIT CARD
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Demian van der Wekken Director: Thijs Bouman Producer: Rosalien Hollestelle, Noa Zimmerman Animator: n/a DOP: Judith Boeschoten Sound: Coen Bruins Editor: Lot Hoogeboom Production Designer: Natalia Bednarzcyk, Stella Rammeloo Synopsis: When the Polish au pair Karina goes grocery shopping with the family's children. she notices that the mother does not trust her with her PIN code. A small rift appears in the bond of trust between Karina and the family, with all its consequences. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 117 |
| 2 | ADISA
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Laura Maria Kammermeier Director: Simon Denda Producer: Felix Hultsch, Kevin Anweiler, Wenzel Steinmetz Animator: VFX: Kevin Fuchs DOP: Holger Jungnickel Sound: Orange Sound Studios (sound mixing: Paul Majer, Laurens van de Loo) Editor: Martha Ewa Wojakowska Production Designer: Eugene Oyoo Synopsis: Susanne (41) has to travel to Kenya as an EU representative in order to weigh up possible aid for a village that has been attacked by terrorists. The promises made by Susanne are business as usual. But she realizes too late the effects of her appearance with an armored convoy... |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 76 |
| 3 | THE GLORY OF TERRIBLE ELIZ
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Eliška Kováříková, Adam Struhala Director: Eliška Kováříková, Adam Struhala Producer: FAMU – Tomáš Šimon, Moloko Film – Miloš Lochman Animator: n/a DOP: Tomáš Frkal Sound: Miroslav Chaloupka, Juras Karaka Editor: Vadim Usolcev Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Three 11-years-olds have a secret crush on the same girl, Eliz. While eating lunch in a school cantine, each boy is trying to top his love-rivals by coming up with a better and scarier story, each starring the devilish Eliz in the main role. But are these stories really true or are they just fragments of boys’ imagination? |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 72 |
| 4 | MUD CRAB
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: David Robinson-Smith Director: David Robinson-Smith Producer: Adam Daniel, Adam Finney Animator: n/a DOP: Jaclyn Paterson Sound: Nathan Turnball Editor: James Taylor Production Designer: Sharna Graham, Calum Austin Wilson Synopsis: Trapped in a close-knit coastal town, a young man struggles to cope with the after-effects of a traumatic assault he experienced at the hand of his own community. |
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) | Australia | 65 |
| 5 | SUMMER PLANNING
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Alexandru Mironescu Director: Alexandru Mironescu Producer: Alexandru Mironescu Animator: n/a DOP: Adrian Dragan Hașu Sound: Sebastian Zsemlye Editor: Cosmin Marius Stângă Production Designer: Denisa Avram, Raluca Aionițoaie, Remus Gabor Synopsis: All Andrei wants is to leave on a summer camp, together with his friends, once the school year will be over. Meanwhile, his parents are caught up with their divorce. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 51 |
| 6 | NIGHT VISIT
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Mya Kaplan Director: Mya Kaplan Producer: Gaudeamus Productions, Efrat Cohen, Harel Ben Malech Animator: n/a DOP: Mya Kaplan Sound: Keren Or Biton Editor: Ori Birger Production Designer: Jasmin Steindl , Mai Dotan Synopsis: Ruthie spends an unusual night with a guy from her village. After discovering the troubling circumstances that led to their unexpected romantic encounter, she must seek the truth and find her own way to confront him. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 44 |
| 7 | BORZAYA
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Mathis Van den Berg Director: Simon Schneckenburger Producer: Leon Döhner, Julian Haisch Animator: n/a DOP: Nico Schrenk Sound: Daniel Kling Editor: Lukas Wengorz Production Designer: Jonas Golchini, Bartholomäus Martin Kleppek Synopsis: In the Ukrainian Carpathians, large Western companies threaten to destroy the existence of the forestry owned by Sylwia’s family. In order to make some urgently needed money, Sylwia agrees to help to smuggle refugees across the nearby external EU border. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 41 |
| 8-9 | BLIND SPOTS
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Luis Shubert Director: Luis Shubert Producer: Luis Shubert Animator: n/a DOP: Guilia Schelhas Sound: n/a Editor: Luis Shubert Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A hired intimacy coordinator interrupts the filming of a sex scene. A conflict arises. |
dffb | Germany | 40 |
| 8-9 | GIRL NO. 60427
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits Director: Shulamit Lifshitz Producer: Rachel Lifshitz, Shachar Auman DOP: Oriel Berkovits Sound: Neal Gibbs Editor: Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits Production Designer: Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits Synopsis: Tel Aviv, 1998, summer vacation. Reut finds and reads her grandmother's secret notebook from the Holocaust. Reut has a well-developed imagination, Grandma's story resonates in her head, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into a nightmare. Reut's perspective of her grandmother changes forever. |
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) | Israel | 40 |
| 10 | AMBASSADORS
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Edoardo Puma, Francesco Romano Director: Francesco Romano Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Animator: n/a DOP: Alessio Angelone Sound: Francesco Mauro Editor: Livia Galtieri Production Designer: Lorenzo Lasi Synopsis: It’s daytime. At the “Ambasciatori”, one of the last standing porn-theater in Rome, in the darkness of the screening room, sunbeams filter through the corridors and the toilets. On the screen, porn scenes are being shown, while only few spectators are interested in watching them, but a real community, claiming their right to exist. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 36 |
| 11 | REQUIEM
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Laura Jayne Tunbridge Director: Emma Jane Gilbertson Producer: Michelle Brøndum Animator: n/a DOP: Joseph Guy Sound: Miles Sulivan Editor: Oliver Bauer Production Designer: Freddie Burrows Synopsis: Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It’s a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 34 |
| 12 | HEADFISH
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Jakub Prysak, Taras Dron Director: Jakub Prysak Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz Animator: n/a DOP: Mateusz Kucharski Sound: Bogdan Klat Editor: Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz Production Designer: Jan Matysik Synopsis: Gloomy milking parlor filled with sounds of Bach concertos from crackling speakers - this is the everyday life of Eryk, a cow milker at the Milky Paradise dairy. Eryk is a young man who gave up his career as a photographer and moved to an industrial town, far away from his family and friends. There he met Marissa, a sex worker in a low-grade nightclub. They became friends. They both want to find their place in the world. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 30 |
| 13 | DAYS WITHOUT
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Stella Carneiro Director: Ívar Erik Yeoman Producer: Beatriz Almeida Tafner Animator: n/a DOP: Aline Belfort Sound: Mazin Helal Editor: Felipe José Production Designer: Anita Kremm Synopsis: After a chaotic episode with his wife, worker Nikolai is left alone with their one-year-old daughter, Sophia. As life’s multiple pressures close in on him, he begins to doubt his capabilities as a father and furthermore, if he will ever see his wife again. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 29 |
| 14 | A SWEDISH DEFENCE
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Theodore Österberg Director: Simon Elvås Producer: Jimm Garbis Animator: n/a DOP: Filip Stankovic Sound: Oskar Karmskog, Björn van Weiden Editor: Robin Bukhamseen Production Designer: Linda Pistol Badla Nilsson Synopsis: A Turkish military delegation is visiting Sweden and engineer Josef has been entrusted with selling the new Swedish weapon system. Unfortunately, Josef’s 16-year-old daughter Nadia is a peace activist and she is determined to stop the arms deal. Chaos and family quarrels breaks out in the middle of world politics. |
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts / Stockholm University of the Arts (SADA) | Sweden | 28 |
| 15 | THE DAY THAT WAS WHITE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Wannes Vanspauwen Director: Wannes Vanspauwen Producer: Dagmar Duportail Animator: n/a DOP: Matthee Van Holderbeke Sound: : Wannes Vanspauwen, Jurriaan Van Dijck Editor: Bram Dutry, Wannes Vanspauwen Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A diverse group of people are stuck in a traffic jam on a foggy highway, the mist persists and becomes a cloak of uncertainty. |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 27 |
| 16-17 | EUREKA
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Lixing Director: Lixing Producer: Xianqi Animator: n/a DOP: Qingzhuo Sound: Will Tabanou Editor: Minjae Kang Production Designer: Xi Chen Chou Synopsis: A young indentured Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on the brothel madam on the eve of the 1885 anti-Chinese riot in Eureka, California. |
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) | United States | 26 |
| 16-17 | THE POMEGRANETE TREE
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Erica Kennedy Director: Kanika Vora Producer: Aurora Fimiani Animator: n/a DOP: Emmeline Shafer Sound: Lindsey Elis Editor: Sara Nell Production Designer: Taylor Johnson Synopsis: During the Partition of India in 1947, a teenage Muslim girl, Saba, is searching for refuge in the neighborhood she once called home. Everyone turns their back to her, everyone except one Hindu family . The family of Manjula, a girl who used to play with Saba a the pomegranate tree. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 26 |
| 18 | OLOTE
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Lau Charles Director: Lau Charles Producer: Maja Moguel Animator: n/a DOP: Pierre Clemenceau Sound: Jorge Leal, Óscar Victoria Editor: Cosme Álvarez Production Designer: María Fernanda Macías Synopsis: Julia is a child living in a Mexican town trapped in the war against drug trafficking. After waiting for days for his father's return she meets Miria, a hitman boy. |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 25 |
| 19 | PRIMAL THERAPY
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Details:Length: 20Screenwriter: Santtu Salminen Director: Santtu Salminen Producer: Elisabeth Keinänen Animator: Totte Lehtinen DOP: Elis Lindfors Sound: Jaanis Hållman Editor: Riina Saltiola Production Designer: Jaakko Uutela Synopsis: A middle-aged man on the verge of a burnout seeks new energy through a very special form of self help therapy. |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 24 |
| 20 | ROOM 16
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Dany K, Saliba Director: Dany K, Saliba Producer: Sohad Schmeit Animator: n/a DOP: Elias Daaboul Sound: Francois Yazbeck Editor: Dany K, Saliba, Sohad Schmeit Production Designer: Jack Halajian Synopsis: From her hiding place, a mute motel housekeeper, observes the customers without their knowledge. One client will turn her monotonous existence upside down. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 23 |
| 21-22 | JESUS LIVED IN A MOTEL ROOM
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Lee Ji-won Director: Lee Ji-won Producer: Park Sung-Eun Animator: n/a DOP: Hwang Yi-An Sound: Kim Ki-Hyun Editor: Lee Ji-Won Production Designer: Lee Ji-won, Park Sung-Eun Synopsis: Bae-E-Bee(25/Female), a wandering gypsy moves to an old apartment. There she meets a man who introduces himself as 'Jesus(33/Male)' and becomes friends with him. E-Bee writes down her days with Jesus on her blog, soon to know that National spies were looking for Jesus. E-Bee fights back to protect her friend, will she succeed? |
Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts (DIMA) | South Korea | 22 |
| 21-22 | ORDINARY
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Gil Fermon Director: Gil Fermon Producer: Yonatan Goldstien Animator: n/a DOP: Noam Popper Sound: Neal Gibs Editor: Michal Holland Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Squad commander Noah is two days before his discharge. In the meantime, the military routine continues as he and his soldiers patrol the border. Unexpectedly a young Palestinian boy crosses the border fence, is caught and Noah comes face to face with someone who, like himself, just wants to get home. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 22 |
| 23 | HAVE YOU MET SANTA BEFORE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Ju Shutong Director: Ju Shutong Producer: Ju Shutong, Wang Yaxin DOP: Zhang Xiaoran Sound: Zhang Yuguang Editor: Ju Shutong Production Designer: Lin Qingyi, Shi Hao Synopsis: On New Year's Eve, a thief breaks into a house while the little daughter of the family observes him through a monitoring camera. The girl takes him for Santa and begs him to fulfill her wish. |
Central Academy of Drama (CAD) | China | 21 |
| 24-25 | AVOCADO
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: SUN Nier Director: SUN Nier Producer: Agjoule Bimlati DOP: Jiang Yi Sound: Huang Yuqing Editor: SUN Nier Production Designer: Jin Hua Synopsis: A girl named Inger hopes to take part in the city's speed skating competition at the end of the month. However, the sudden change of family situation and the problem of skates make the chance more and more slim. As a teenager, Inger solved the problems in competition and correctly faced the difficulties in life through unremitting skating. |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 20 |
| 24-25 | PLAYING DEAD
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: David Bustos Director: David Bustos Producer: Olga Doganoc Animator: Miguel Bustos, Ana Elena Escobar Martín DOP: Pol García Sala Sound: Gisela Maestre Editor: Iñigo San Juan, Celeste Barria Production Designer: Helena Giner Ramos Synopsis: Marcel and his mother live hidden in an abandoned house far from society. Faced with boredom, Marcel welcomes a new playmate, opening doors to the ghosts of the past; those whom his mother has been trying to protect him from all this time. |
Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) | Spain | 20 |
| 26-27 | AT JOURNEY’S END
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Mátyás Derzsi Director: Mátyás Derzsi Producer: Attila Csáky Animator: n/a DOP: Csaba Hámory Ifj. Sound: Levente Géczy Editor: Marianna Rudas Production Designer: Dominika M. Gajdics Synopsis: The film is about the grief of an elderly, rural men. After the funeral, he continues he monotonous life at the ranch, where he makes a serious decision by the end of the day. |
Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem | Hungary | 19 |
| 26-27 | SO FAR SO GOOD
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Leon Schwitter Director: Leon Schwitter Producer: Filippo Bonacci Animator: n/a DOP: Robin Angst Sound: Daniel Bleuer Editor: Leon Schwitter, Lasse Linder Production Designer: Vicky Sara Ramsey, Giulia Spek Synopsis: The sun glows over the hot asphalt. The air conditioning fails in the train carriage, Bluetooth speakers compete with each other by the river and a demonstration brings the trams to a standstill in the city centre. A couple crawls into the fan-cooled togetherness, a family escapes into the idyll of nature and a group of police officers languishes in the van. While the ice melts and tempers flare, no one sees that the water is already up to their necks. |
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) | Switzerland | 19 |
| 28-29 | AFTER A ROOM
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Naomi Pacifique Director: Naomi Pacifique Producer: Rafael Manuel Animator: n/a DOP: Xenia Patricia Sound: Pablo Carreras Editor: Naomi Pacifique Production Designer: Davide Valsecchi Synopsis: Nights are long inside Naomi and Ram's room. Tonight, they've invited Marina over and their messy space is under scrutiny. Exploring intimacy as personal playground, skin as intimate map, Naomi's docile body is coming lose amidst the tension of a room she continues knowing and unknowing. The small expressive child inside her is itching to ring its giggle through the night, before day breaks. |
London Film School (LFS) | United Kingdom | 18 |
| 28-29 | TROPHY
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Jaroslav Beran Director: Jaroslav Beran Producer: Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Michal Ciml Animator: n/a DOP: Filip Blažek Sound: Anna-Marie Müllerová Editor: Dominik Albrecht Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The loner Marek lives a normal life, until he meets a younq thief Emma. Marek and Emma are stuck together in his house for several days and gradually qet to know each other. |
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) | Czech Republic | 18 |
| 30 | WHAT HAS CHANGED
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Reto Gelshorn Director: Reto Gelshorn Producer: Domenico Lucchini Animator: n/a DOP: Caterina D'Amato Sound: Ambra Speranza Editor: Ivan Pilato Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The worsening of Leo's illness puts his wife, Erin, in a position to confront the increasingly elusive and painful contours of their intense and poignant love story. |
Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) | Switzerland | 17 |
| 31-33 | AND THE NIGHT REMAINED
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Anže Grčar, Andraž Žigart Director: Anže Grčar Producer: Nina Robnik Animator: n/a DOP: Andraž Žigart Sound: Peter Žerovnik Editor: Ana Grzetič Production Designer: Mateja Medvedić Synopsis: One event that instantly changes the life of a young couple. And nothing is as it used to be… and the night remains. |
AGRFT | Slovenia | 16 |
| 31-33 | THE STRANGER
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Marina Kikuchi Director: Yu Zhang Producer: Fuka Yonekura Animator: n/a DOP: Zhu Lizh Sound: Lin Yihua Editor: Adachi Yua Production Designer: Sun Yihui, Du Tianhao Synopsis: Manatsu Uno, who lives in Okayama, receives a letter one day. Inside was an old photo of a mother-like woman and a little girl in a floral dress. Manatsu, who returned to her hometown for the first time in a long time, met with her friend Kaoru and called her father Taihei, but for some reason it didn't work. |
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media | Japan | 16 |
| 31-33 | TWICE MY BROTHER
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Mickey Broothaerts Director: Mickey Broothaerts Producer: Médiadiffusion Animator: n/a DOP: Victor Darimont Sound: Alice Prouvost Editor: Yulissa Reynard-Feytis Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Damien is shattering a young Sudanese exile, Abdo. Their cohabitation had just began when they guess themselves as homosexuel and homophobic respectively. They get to know each other by confronting their respective fears and misguided preconceptions. |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 16 |
| 34 | THE SWALLOW
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Malika Mukhamejan Director: Malika Mukhamejan Producer: Malika Mukhamejan Animator: n/a DOP: Bagdat Arginov Sound: Alina Iskakova Editor: Malika Mukhamejan Production Designer: Zhanel Kudaibergenova, Nazerke Toleutai Synopsis: Rudolf, a German traveling across the Central Asia, comes to a small village in Kazakhstan. His arrival changes the young girl Karlygash (her name translates from Kazakh as "swallow"), and a mutual interest arises between the young people. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 15 |
| 35 | EL CARRITO
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Zahida Pirani Director: Zahida Pirani Producer: Zahida Pirani, Mauricio Piratova, Ran Yan Animator: n/a DOP: Marcus Patterson Sound: Ronald Eng Editor: Zahida Pirani Production Designer: Carina Kaufman-Guiterrez Synopsis: Nelly lves alone with her elderly father. She makes ends meet by working as a street vendar from dawn to dusk. She has learned not to trust anyone until one day she is forced to take a !eap of faith or be resigned in her position forever. |
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 14 |
| 36 | MONA & PARVIZ
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Lisa Polster Director: Kevin Biele Producer: Anna Weber Animator: n/a DOP: Leon Emonds-Pool Sound: Leon Jendrejewski Editor: Leon Jendrejewski Production Designer: Josephine Brauer Synopsis: Two employees of the immigration office pay Mona an unannounced visit to check on the marital relationship between her and her husband Parviz - who is not to be found. |
ifs internationale filmschule köln | Germany | 13 |
| 37-39 | BOOKMARK
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Elizaveta Verkhozina Director: Elizaveta Verkhozina Producer: Valeria Golovkona Animator: n/a DOP: Aleksandr Khromov Sound: Leonid Kalashnikov Editor: Elizaveta Verkhozina Production Designer: Anastasia Golubeva, Daria Ponedelchenko Synopsis: A small-town librarian tries to save her lifetime worth of work from destruction when local authorities decide to close the library, replaing it with a nightclub. Struggling to find a solution, she gets caught up in a criminal scheme. Will she sacrifice her morals to keep the library open? |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 12 |
| 37-39 | PROMISING
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Nixon Singa, Doriane Berantelli Director: Nixon Singa Producer: Anaïs Lonkeu, Léna Bapt Animator: n/a DOP: Hovig Hagopian Sound: Etienne André Editor: Ophélie Noury Production Designer: Léa Mignonat Synopsis: Jeff is a 15-year-old, promising player in French soccer. As a key game approaches, he struggles to cope with the pressure of excellence. |
La Fémis | France | 12 |
| 37-39 | THE COLEOPTERAN
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Ruben Rossi, Lorenzo Buttarelli Director: Jacopo Vismara Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Paul Guccione Sound: Lorenzo Brambila. Andrea Azzolini, Rachele de Salvo Editor: Alessandro Feraud, Chiara Ceccarelli Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The Jesuit Don Michele is the point of reference for a handful of elderly souls in the Millan suburbs. This is why he lives in dissatisfaction finding solace only in his great passion entomology . When a rare, newly discovered beetle disappears from his collection display box, the search of the beetle becomes his obsession, an enigma that will consume him in the spirit and in the flesh. |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 12 |
| 40-41 | A GOOD DEED
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Kevin Scott Director: Kevin Scott Producer: Jo Heffernan, Kevin Scott Animator: n/a DOP: Rafael de Almeida Sound: Stephen Sorensen Editor: Zoë Boss Production Designer: Aoife Kelly Synopsis: A boy's moral compass is shaken after decision to help a stranger in need. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 11 |
| 40-41 | THE CLOWN WARS
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Julia Dorit Mergel Director: Elena Pilar Nyffeler Producer: Lisa Carstensen (Creative Producer) Animator: n/a DOP: Maximilian Hock Sound: Victor Majarres Gamke Editor: Cathrin Landgraf Production Designer: Anton von Bredow Synopsis: When the venerable clown school of Claudia Clodetti calls for quietition, the talents show up to enter a rivalry with their like-minded. Likewise Konny and Dimples, two applicants, who soon enter an epic duel, blending reality and phantasy. |
Hamburg Media School (HMS) | Germany | 11 |
| 42-45 | AN ISLAND DRIFTS
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Vivian Ip Director: Vivian Ip Producer: Jasmine Tay Animator: n/a DOP: Shyan Tan Sound: Cabba Jiaxuan Cai Editor: Emily Ge Zhai Production Designer: Hanning Yap Synopsis: Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, as the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 10 |
| 42-45 | COQ
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Louis Douillez Director: Louis Douillez Producer: ENS Louis-Lumiere/ France Animator: Christine Aubry DOP: Sacha Lévêque, Paul Bernard Sound: Louis-Julien Pannetier Editor: Louis Douillez Production Designer: Christine Aubry Synopsis: A secret witness to the adultery of his companion, Paul Martin spends the evening outside one- on-one with his virility flouted. |
ENS Louis-Lumière | France | 10 |
| 42-45 | DARK BLUE
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Lilou Negre Pullel Director: Lilou Negre Pullel Producer: ENSAV Animator: n/a DOP: Margot Decorde Sound: Lucie Peixoto Editor: Deborah Verbier Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: At her father‘s funeral, Maelle refuses to continue the ceremony and leaves the cemetery. Her sister Sarah joines her. They take the car and wander all night without any real destination. |
ENSAV | France | 10 |
| 42-45 | MEMORIES OF A NAKED SINGULARITY
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Gabriela Zambrano Director: Gabriela Zambrano, Alejandra Bernal Producer: Alejandra Bernal, Daniela Valdés Animator: n/a DOP: Gabriela Zambrano Sound: Alejandra Bernal, Sebastián Celis Editor: Fausto Díaz, Gabriela Zambrano, Alejandra Bernal Production Designer: Yesica Pérez Synopsis: Maria Margarita must face the sudden loss of objects in her house due to a hole in space. In the course of her bewilderment, the hole will begin to swallow not only that which constitutes the physical environment of Maria Margherita's physical surroundings, but will gradually tear apart her intimate and personal space. |
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) | Colombia | 10 |
| 46 | THE GATES OF PARADISE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Salvador Mesa, Mikel S. Galarza Director: Lorenzo Pascasio Molinero Producer: Diego Rello Sánchez Animator: n/a DOP: Valle Lázaro Sound: Julen Valmaseda del Pino Editor: Oscar Montesinos Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Fernando (Vito Sanz) is a gallery attendant in an ancient museum of fine arts in Madrid. One day he discovers his favorite painting is missing from its usual place. Worried to know its whereabouts, on his search he meets María (María Herrador), a bright restorer who has just arrived at the museum to work on the "missing" canvas. They will get to know each other during their work breaks. |
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) | Spain | 9 |
| 47 | THEATRICAL ROMANCE
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Details:Length: 27'Screenwriter: Pavla Kotova, Toncho Kravesky, Teodora-Kosara Popova Director: Teodora-Kosara Popova Producer: NATFA “Kr.Sarafov” Animator: n/a DOP: Rebecca Naydenova, Eva Petrunova Sound: Tsvetoslav Toshev Editor: Denislav Marinov Production Designer: Severina Stoyanova Synopsis: In the town of Ensk, between two boulevards, right at the town square, one can find the Ensk Theatre (Enskian Theatre също става)- a place where the stories of two people, tenaciously searching for love, will come together. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 8 |
| 48-53 | CHAMONIX
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Léandro Dugue Director: Hadrien Segond Producer: Jérôme Enrico Animator: n/a DOP: Luke Monro Sound: Sacha Eleb, Ines De Andreis Editor: Llona Escourrou Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Marcel is the gloomy manager of a supermarket in a small town in Burgundy. To the astonishment of all his employees, he becomes obsessed with a new supermarket customer and relapsed into sentimental memories. |
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) | France | 7 |
| 48-53 | DINCOLO
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Luca Peres-Bota Director: Luca Peres-Bota Producer: Adrian and Daliana Peres Animator: n/a DOP: Esmoreit Lutters Sound: Kavorka Editor: Ayse Remmler Production Designer: Casper De Geus Synopsis: Bogdan is a Romanian immigrant who works in a restaurant in Belgium so he can financially support his newborn baby and girlfriend who still live in Romania. At work, he receives a call from a number in Romania with terrible news. This phone call causes chaos in Bogdan's life |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 7 |
| 48-53 | FALL OF OUR SUMMER
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Karlo Vorih Director: Karlo Vorih Producer: Antonio Grozdanoski, Academy of Dramatic Art, Zagreb Animator: n/a DOP: Ivor Lapić Sound: Ema Veseljak Editor: Karlo Vorih Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: During the summer, Karlo moves in with his girlfriend, but the infatuation quickly starts to evaporate. As autumn approaches, their life together becomes repetitive and it seems like the only true pleasure may be found in the past. |
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) | Croatia | 7 |
| 48-53 | IHSAAN
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Taahir Sarguro Director: Taahir Sarguro Producer: Matthew Maurer Animator: n/a DOP: Masedi Ranyane Sound: Nicolas Cattelan Editor: Khaleel Tayob, Nicolas Cattelan Production Designer: Janay Coetzee Synopsis: We follow Ihsaan, a young man from Cape Town who wants to keep his family and community safe. Much to the skepticism of his sister Imaan, Ihsaan is part of a neighbourhood watch spearheaded by Imaan’s boyfriend, Angelo. Ihsaan quickly falls into a cycle of violence with the watch, which pushes his moral code to the limit. Ihsaan must find it within himself to overcome his fears and confront those closest to him. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 7 |
| 48-53 | KATMANDU
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Anaclara Rodríguez Dovat Director: Anaclara Rodríguez Dovat Producer: Tomás Piriz Animator: Ismael Krall DOP: Nicolás Oromí Sound: Mauricio Brann Editor: Ismael Krall Production Designer: Leandro Ciappesoni Synopsis: Simone Is 27 years old and lives a boring and monotonous life, in a world of garbage and fog. One day she meets Kiki, a strange man who will lead her to a dark, forbidden and exciting world but who will lead her, mainly, to know himself. |
Film School of Uruguay (ECU) | Uruguay | 7 |
| 48-53 | RHEUM
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Kateřina Hroníková, Kristína Žilinčárová Director: Kateřina Hroníková Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty, Bratislava Animator: Martina Šperková DOP: Adam Mach Sound: Maroš Olah Editor: Kateřina Hroníková Production Designer: Kateřina Hroníková, Kristína Žilinčárová Synopsis: The lives of an elderly couple who have given up on their connection to the outside world and whose everyday lives have shrunk to compulsive task completion, are interrupted by a company called The Sun. The company offers services to pensioners, guaranteeing improvement of the quality of their lives. The film looks into the subject of aging, unveiling its routine and danger, and reminding that a return to a younger body is never possible. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 7 |
| 54-56 | AS LOST AS CONVINCED
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Mariana Sanguinetti Director: Mariana Sanguinetti Producer: Universidad del Cine Animator: n/a DOP: Ignacio Aveille Sound: Emilianao Castillo Editor: Marina Iglesias Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Paula goes through a night, trying so hard to live somethhing that is really not happening to her. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 5 |
| 54-56 | I TOOK A NAP AND I MISS YOU
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Shelby Kho Director: Shelby Kho Producer: Nicholas Goh Animator: n/a DOP: Donovan Wan Sound: Adam Rosli Editor: Vanessa Yip Production Designer: Choo Yen Ee Synopsis: A coming-of-age, drama-comedy mockumentary. A mother and two daughters - all operating on what-ifs and varying struggles with intimacy. With the recent death of her husband, Liz navigates through the emotions of her two daughters’ – making sure that they’re okay in the world, and that she’s okay. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 5 |
| 54-56 | THE LIGHT
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Mahlatsi Maepa Director: Pfeiffer Kenny Producer: Mahlatsi Maepa Animator: n/a DOP: Hlengiwe Mkwayi Sound: Nkateko Mondhlana Editor: Mahlatsi Maepa Production Designer: Thato Koto Synopsis: In 1960 – Apartheid South Africa on a farm, a young servant maid has her son taken away by the farm owner’s wife. Unable to challenge authority, the young maid and her husband continue to work on the farm, distanced from their son. |
Wits School of Arts / Division of Film & Television (WSOA) | South Africa | 5 |
| 57-72 | A CORN INSIDE ME
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Miduo Luo Director: Miduo Luo Producer: Miduo Luo Animator: Ziyi Chen DOP: n/a Sound: Yueli Luo Editor: Yiming Jin Production Designer: Yujian Sui, Maya Synopsis: The mother was told that her daughter was born without a uterus. She refused her lover's proposal and decided to return to the countryside. However, she found that she was accidentally pregnant. |
Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ) | China | 4 |
| 57-72 | A GOOD TRIP NIGHT
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: CHEUNG Man Hin, Harry & LEUNG Hoi Yee, Jill Director: CHEUNG Man Hin, Harry Producer: WONG Kwai Ling, Konnie Animator: n/a DOP: CHUNG Yiu Hei, Ray Sound: LI Ka Wai, Katy Editor: CHAN Nga Wing, Wendy Production Designer: TAM Chi Wa, Joffrey Synopsis: One night Chun B, Zain and Cheng go on an expedition to San Po Kong Industrial District to try and find a place to bury “the dead refrigerator”. |
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) | Hong Kong | 4 |
| 57-72 | DAY-IN DAY-OUT
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Anna Török Director: Anna Török Producer: Márton Marcell Animator: n/a DOP: Dániel Misota Sound: Péter Drapkó Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: This is a story about a toxic relationship, where one’s harmful lifestyle is too much for the main character to bear. The film focuses on the radical differences between two personalities and their respective approaches to life, people’s capacity for change and the redefining of their identity. |
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) | Hungary | 4 |
| 57-72 | DEATH OF A BOY
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Basha Troni Director: Basha Troni Producer: Saxby Young Animator: n/a DOP: Malin Hemming Sound: Daniel Strang Editor: Malin Hemming Production Designer: Basha Troni Synopsis: Albert, a young boy, joins his older brother Jon at a boxing gym. At the gym, Albert, must confront the violence that looms in the air. |
ARCADA University of Applied Sciences Department of Culture and Communication / Media Culture Finland | Finland | 4 |
| 57-72 | GET TO THE WIRE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Paul Burns, Maggie Brittingham Director: Paul Burns Producer: Maggie Brittingham Animator: n/a DOP: Louis Walter Sound: Adam Stobbs Editor: Daniel Witt Production Designer: Annika Rigg Synopsis: In the year 2032, a detained Australian refugee takes desperate measures in a British detention centre, to call her dying father and ensure the survival of her son who is under her father’s care. |
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | Australia | 4 |
| 57-72 | HOW TO BREATH OUT OF THE WATER
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Júlia Fávero, Victoria Negreiros Director: Júlia Fávero, Victoria Negreiros Producer: Ricardo Santos Animator: n/a DOP: Giuliana Lanzoni Sound: Bia Hong Editor: Luiza Freire Production Designer: Ana Iajuc Synopsis: On the way back from the swimming training, Janaina is violently approached by the police. Safe back home, she must manage the relationship with her father, who's a policeman. |
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) | Brazil | 4 |
| 57-72 | INFINITE MIRROR
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Elisabeth Kužovnik Director: Silver Õun Producer: Antero Noor Animator: n/a DOP: Juss Rebane Sound: Kreete Kokovkin, Jalmar Väin Editor: Roland Abel Production Designer: Eliisabet Merete Leppoja Synopsis: Jura is a lover of all things alcoholic and not long for this world, but there is one who understands the danger - the young boy next door. This child would give anything to save his friend. The race against time is on. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 4 |
| 57-72 | LAST TIME
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Rinaldas Tomaševičius Director: Rinaldas Tomaševičius Producer: Lineta Lasiauskaite Animator: n/a DOP: Nojus Drąsutis Sound: Vilius Daumantas Editor: Rinaldas Tomaševičius Production Designer: Rinaldas Tomaševičius Synopsis: Tadas, his pregnant girlfriend Grete and friend Robis live in an abandoned house. The couple decides to start a course of addiction treatment. Tadas comes up with how to get money for starting. Friends decide to use heroin for the last time. This decision ends in a return to hell. |
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) | Lithuania | 4 |
| 57-72 | LAUGH WITH ME
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Karen McPherson Director: Karen McPherson Producer: Lea da Silva Gomes Animator: n/a DOP: Bernard Winter Sound: A Hanley Editor: Jana Plumm Production Designer: Lin Kerr Synopsis: Brothers in dispute oer a family inheritence are laughed at by a kookaburra. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 4 |
| 57-72 | MOLOKH
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Alexey Chamin Director: Alexey Chamin Producer: Maria Stikharova Animator: n/a DOP: Aleksandra Chetverukhina Sound: n/a Editor: Alexey Chamin Production Designer: Daria Novikova Synopsis: The provincial way of life of a single-parent family — Liza and her sons ndrei and Toshka- is exacerbated when Toshka is kidnapped by gypsies. A fragile woman is straining every nerve to find her child. |
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL | Russia | 4 |
| 57-72 | NOVENARIO
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Alberto Triana Director: Alberto Triana Producer: Melissa Del Rosario, Alberto Triana, Caslin Rose Animator: n/a DOP: Alberto Triana Sound: Ryan Ray Editor: Alberto Triana, Hisonni Mustafaa Production Designer: Audrey Page Synopsis: A second-generation immigrant who feels alienated from her family has a chance to reconnect with them when her grandfather dies. |
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) | United States | 4 |
| 57-72 | PAST IMPERFECT
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Aulona Fetahaj Director: Aulona Fetahaj Producer: Aulona Fetahaj Animator: n/a DOP: Thomas Verijke Sound: Simon Kremar Editor: Aulona Fetahaj, Benjamin Cools Production Designer: Gert-Jan Verdeyen Synopsis: A young woman arrives in a hotel in Bruges. Alone in the seemingly empty city, she drifts through the streets and through conversations while trying to deal with the aftermath of a love lost. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 4 |
| 57-72 | ROSE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Guðríður Hanna Sigurðardóttir Director: Guðríður Hanna Sigurðardóttir Producer: Erna Soffia Einarsdóttir, Maria Araceli Quintana, Morten pór Szmiedowicz Animator: Halfdan Hordur Palsson DOP: Pálmi Heiðmann Sound: Maggnús Ómars, Gísli Torfa Editor: Pálmi Heiðmann Production Designer: Björn Rúnarsson, Guðríður Hanna Sigurðardóttir Synopsis: After years of having a hole in her heart, Rose discovers a novel way to feel. |
Icelandic Film School (IFS) | Iceland | 4 |
| 57-72 | THE SMELL OF MANGOS
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Andressa Back, Martin Restrepo Director: Andressa Back Producer: Martin Restrepo Animator: n/a DOP: Ibnul Sarker Sound: Katie Pagacz Editor: Emilie Peloso Production Designer: Alex Morris Synopsis: The smell of mango provokes a journey of nostalgia in Dolores, a Colombian immigrants in Canada, lost in between times and spaces, expecting a baby while coping with her mother's inevitable passing. |
Sheridan College | Canada | 4 |
| 57-72 | THE SURNAME
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Dorina Toçi Director: Dorina Toçi Producer: Eol Çashku Animator: n/a DOP: Malis Selmani, Fatjon Shusha Sound: n/a Editor: Ana Veseli Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: On her honeymoon after her beautiful wedding Alma has lost her husband. She is looking for him, her life is in danger. Did she discover the right ways to find him? What mystery does she reveal? |
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) | Albania | 4 |
| 57-72 | TOWEL HEAD
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Sereen Omran Director: Sereen Omran Producer: Raeanne Chami Animator: n/a DOP: Irisha Adnyana Sound: Michael Restifo Editor: John Klincke Production Designer: Eileen Kenny, Paramy Ratsabouth Synopsis: A passionate Muslim musician engulfed in self-doubt struggles to become successful in the music industry. |
University of Technology, Sydney | Australia | 4 |
| 73-79 | 1:38
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Yuhao Sheng Director: Yuhao Sheng Producer: Haochen Zhang Animator: n/a DOP: Zeyuan Ma Sound: Yuan Gao Editor: Yuhao Sheng Production Designer: Siru Zhong Synopsis: Cheng Hao steals a pocket watch from an elder. Then, many bizarre things happen to him. |
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | 3 |
| 73-79 | HEART IT RACES
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Lisa Hasenhuetl Director: Lisa Hasenhuetl Producer: Clara Koenig Animator: n/a DOP: Lukas Allmaier Sound: Lara Zill, Jonas Haslauer Editor: Julia Willi Production Designer: Judith Kerndl Synopsis: When her boyfriend Benni leaves her, Magda is left to live alone in their old apartment. With his departure, his hobby of driving a motorcycle also vanishes from her life. Still clinging to what they once had, Magda enrolls in a motorcycle driving course, but the first few driving hours turn out to be more difficult than expected. When Magda realizes that Benni has already moved on from their relationship, she has to make a decision: Will she throw in the towel or learn to drive on her own? |
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) | Austria | 3 |
| 73-79 | KAIROS
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Arthur Michel Director: Arthur Michel Producer: Laurent Gross (INSAS) and Vincent Canart (Atelier de réalisation) Animator: Etienne Clavier DOP: Simon Torbeyns Sound: Maxime Delobelle, Timon Krzewski Editor: Simon Bart Production Designer: Louis de Souza Synopsis: In the cosmopolitan city Canopia, Rashad is a ceo's bodyguard who just created a virtual trial system in partneship with the governrnent. Ethical disagreements, gambling activities, hallucinations and various hazards, ...Rashad has to take a decision. |
INSAS | Belgium | 3 |
| 73-79 | MY HOUSE OF THINGS
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Ingo Lyle-Goodwin Director: Ingo Lyle-Goodwin Producer: Nikki Merrett Animator: n/a DOP: Ben Collins Sound: Felix Bromige Editor: Dylan Sav Production Designer: Kinga Kovacs Synopsis: Dirk Howard is afraid. He’s just been dumped with all his stuff at his new house, but the only problem is, it doesn’t exist. Abandoned with all his earthly possessions, Dirk starts to become aware of greedy opportunists lurking in the shadows… |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 73-79 | SUGAR
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Dylan Posgate Director: Dylan Posgate Producer: David Prato Animator: n/a DOP: Will Sheppard Sound: David Prato Editor: Paul Villenave Production Designer: Angela Savinon Synopsis: A young woman supports her neglectful boyfriend through a sugar daddy. When hostility starts to build between them, she tries to fix matters by buying him a gift. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 3 |
| 73-79 | VIEW FROM ABOVE
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Harri Dobbs Director: Arwen Harrison Producer: Alexander Griffiths Animator: n/a DOP: Owen Davies Sound: Chloe Parfitt Editor: Tom Osian Harvey Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Vue D’en-Haut is a point of view short film that passively observes the world around our unseen protagonist, putting the audience in the place of the observer, while dealing with themes of isolation, human behaviour and the fragility of one’s life and mind. |
University of South Wales | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 73-79 | WOLF & DEER
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Roie Avraham Frieden Director: Roie Avraham Frieden Producer: Ortal Esticangie Animator: n/a DOP: Omer Daida Sound: Dana Maimon Editor: Naor Sror Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Adam and Inbar are a married couple who appear to lead a normal life and seem to have it all. But when Inbar goes on maternity leave and stays at home longer, Adam's dark secret hovers over them both and threatens to dismantle everything. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 3 |
| 80-86 | BIRD IN CAPTIVITY
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Andrea de los Ángeles Director: Andrea de los Ángeles Producer: Paulina Aguado Animator: n/a DOP: Diego Cuevas Sound: Ivonne Santiago Editor: Paulina Aguado Production Designer: Daniela Arreola Synopsis: Roxana, a 14 -years-old married girl, runs away from her violent marriage. In the search for her freedom, she will face the social customs of her environment that will judge her. She will have to face her to facets: the childish and the adult. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 2 |
| 80-86 | FACING THE SCREEN
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Semih Korhan Güner Director: Semih Korhan Güner Producer: Semih Korhan Güner Animator: n/a DOP: Cédric Ernoult Sound: Janis Ahnert Editor: Semih Korhan Güner Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The silver screen is a window to the world - and the screen showing life surveillance footage is a window into the movie theater. Jannick is a projectionist. During his shift he uses surveillance cameras to keep an eye on the few moviegoers in the auditorium in reality he’d prefer to see himself on the big screen. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 2 |
| 80-86 | PINK IS THE COLOR OF THE OCEAN
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Summer Schantz Director: Summer Schantz Producer: Evan Sparks Animator: n/a DOP: Jazleana Jones Sound: Summer Schantz Editor: Jazleana Jones Production Designer: Chase Davis Synopsis: Living in a trailer by the ocean, Carmen does everything to give her half-sister May a better childhood than the one she had. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 2 |
| 80-86 | SHIKHANDI
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Sahil D Gada Director: Sahil D Gada Producer: Whistling Woods International Animator: n/a DOP: Dhrupad Shukla Sound: Acquib Sayed Editor: Alvina Joshi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Dev, a 20 year old boy, in love with theatre; lives with his widowed father. Dev explores and discovers his trans-identity through the mythological character of Shikhandi from the Mahabharata. |
Whistling Woods International (WWI) | India | 2 |
| 80-86 | SILVER AND GOLD
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Jack Pulford Director: Jack Pulford Producer: Douglas MacDowall Animator: n/a DOP: Emilio Pallavicino Sound: Matthew William Hamilton Editor: Jack Pulford Production Designer: Lucy Green Synopsis: A living statue waits for someone to notice her. When a potential rival teaches her to move she finds a real connection. |
London College of Communication | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 80-86 | THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE BACKSTAGE
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Esteban Cisneros, Lile Gil, Karen Nieto Director: Esteban Cisneros Producer: Cristel Pintio Animator: n/a DOP: Nicole Robalino Sound: Paula Rivera, Esteban Cisneros Editor: Nicole Robalino, Esteban Cisneros Production Designer: Viviana Caicedo Synopsis: Feliccita Queen is a young drag who is ready to give the show of her life. The day of her last presentation, she tries to commit suicide but in her attempt, she meets Diego, a priest who has lost faith in himself and a deep bond will grow between them. |
Advanced Institute of Film and Acting (INCINE) | Ecuador | 2 |
| 80-86 | THE FAREWELLS
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Sebastián Hernández Álvarez, Néstor Orozco Ugalde Director: Néstor Orozco Ugalde Producer: Sebastián Hernández Álvarez, Néstor Orozco Ugalde Animator: n/a DOP: Bruno Неггега Sound: Beto Rosas Editor: César Camacho Production Designer: Emilio Van Cuellar Synopsis: In the middle of Miguel's farewell party, one day before he moves to Canada, Laura, his girlfriend, and Eduardo, his best friend, confess their fears and feelings to each other, revealing their shared silent loneliness. |
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department | Mexico | 2 |
| 87-91 | ANABASE
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Benjamin Goubet Director: Benjamin Goubet Producer: Nicolas Wadimoff Animator: n/a DOP: Emmanuel Fraisse Sound: Léa Célestine Bernasconi, Yatoni Roy Cantù Editor: Anna Jacob Gauzit Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In Geneva, guards patrol the city by night. Sony is assigned to a bank, Ana is the receptionist. Around them, the city sinks into melancholy as two stars meet. |
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) | Switzerland | 1 |
| 87-91 | BIRTH CERTIFICATE
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Arlette Jessica VALIA Director: Arlette Jessica VALIA Producer: UNICEF Burkina and ISIS-SE Animator: n/a DOP: Gino Gaetan OUEDRAOGO Sound: Didier RAMDE Editor: Armel Ariel Pegdwende POUYA Production Designer: ISIS-SE Synopsis: Alima is an illiterate 25-year-old woman, she is pregnant. She lost her husband in a terrorist attack in her village. She will take refuge in a camp for internally displaced people where she will give birth to a girl. |
ISIS | Burkina Faso | 1 |
| 87-91 | IF TOMORROW IT WASN`T ME
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Lucas Villalobos Director: Sofia Mariasch, Juan Ignacio Romitelli Producer: Luciana Jazmin Revuelta, Matias Kotelanski Animator: Micaela Preiti, Matias Kotelasnki DOP: Sol Taciana Albala, Luciano Colotto Sound: Lucas Villalobos Editor: Sofia Mariasch, Juan Ignacio Romitelli Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: If tomorrow it wasn't me anymore” is a fiction short film that tells Clara's story. An independent woman until her ability to remember is greatly affected by a degenerative disease. On her 75th birthday, it reaches the highest point, leading Clara to battle against the labyrinth in which her mind has become, where time and space are no longer a limit. Her children Julieta and Martín will accompany her during this process. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 1 |
| 87-91 | PASSENGER
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Nancy Page Director: Nancy Page Producer: Oliver M. Holmes Animator: n/a DOP: Joseph Mullin Sound: David Clode Editor: Malva Akerlund Production Designer: Hannah Spalding Synopsis: After a tense journey results in the breakdown of her relationship, Ashley accidentally crashes the car - killing her girlfriend. She panics and flees the scene. Confronted with overwhelming guilt, she confesses to her police officer father, plunging him into an impossible choice between his morals and his love for his daughter. |
Bournemouth Film School (AUB) | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 87-91 | THE SACRIFICE
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Noah Pescara Director: Noah Pescara Producer: Noah Pescara Animator: n/a DOP: Gabriel Kovach Sound: Doug Shunk Editor: Doug Shunk Production Designer: Noah Pescara Synopsis: Bri, a city girl working on writing her first novel, gets a job for the weekend dog sitting for a wealthy family in the suburbs. As Bri tries to use the time productively, she struggles with finding how the book will end, all the while neglecting the sinister energy that surrounds her. |
American University | United States | 1 |
| 92-109 | A MEMORY PLAY
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Alyssa Lara Director: Alyssa Lara Producer: Jacqueline Thom Animator: n/a DOP: William P. Rowley Sound: Jake Green Editor: Alyssa Lara, William P. Rowley Production Designer: Kate Cunningham, Erina McSweeney Synopsis: A young woman stuck in her childhood home tries to find purpose and meaning despite living in a quarantined world. |
Emerson College | United States | 0 |
| 92-109 | ANTE NTE
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Ariadni Angeliki Thyfronitou Litou Director: Ariadni Angeliki Thyfronitou Litou Producer: Ariadni Angeliki Thyfronitou Litou Animator: n/a DOP: Vicky Anastasiadou Sound: Evi Drakopoulou Editor: Selini Papageorgiou Production Designer: Vasiliki Vogiatzi Synopsis: The “good vibes only” freshman Mitsos, the “stuck with her parents” 25-year-old Sofia and the “No strings attached” 30-year-old Dimitra. A Saturday night when none knows if they’re ready for the next step. |
School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece | 0 |
| 92-109 | BLACKMAIL
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Emir Aktel Director: Emir Aktel Producer: Emir Aktel Animator: n/a DOP: Emir Aktel Sound: Okyanus Çolak Editor: Emir Aktel Production Designer: Ayça Torun Synopsis: Protagonist tries his best to convince that he didn4t kill his wife, but his criss cross murder story is not so bright for detective. |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 0 |
| 92-109 | BLOODTIE
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Raz Hemed Director: Raz Hemed Producer: Bezalel & Shir Ashkenazi, Lia Vershkov Animator: n/a DOP: Omri Morin Sound: Orr Avni Editor: Raz Hemed Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Emanuel is a photographer who takes care of his exhausted mother and is torn between the desire to live in a life separate from her and the concern and love for his mother. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 0 |
| 92-109 | DIMPHO THE MUSICAL
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Reshoketswe Segane Director: Xolani Mbelu, Sisipho Mjanyelwa Producer: Angel Simphiwe Zulu Animator: Marcus Mogoane DOP: Marcus Mogoane Sound: Nakampe Mohale Editor: Odwa Kolwane Production Designer: Nozithelo Mlotshwa Synopsis: An up-and-coming singing star, Dimpho, has to deal with depression and her father's overbearing interest in her career. Will she find balance, or will the system destroy her? |
Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | 0 |
| 92-109 | FINDING LAREDO
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Louisa Karayiannis Director: Izi Wellband Producer: Maisy Jacobs Animator: n/a DOP: Ben Vacher Sound: Valeri Penchev Editor: Daniel Howard-Baker Production Designer: Julia Chacinska Synopsis: After a fall out with his dad, The Northwick Kid (full-time cowboy and part-time traffic warden) travels to the wild west of Kent in search of a new home. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 0 |
| 92-109 | FULL TANK
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Saray Salman Director: Saray Salman Producer: Gal Zaidmann Animator: n/a DOP: Jordan Sultana Sound: Kobi Yedidovich Editor: Shaked Katsir Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Libi and Bar, childhood friends who, on one intense night, understand that they have a decision to make – is their friendship stronger than anything else or has the time come and they must give up on one another? |
Beit Berl College / Faculty of Arts (Beit Berl) | Israel | 0 |
| 92-109 | GIRLS
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Tamara Tan Director: Tamara Tan Producer: Hoe Jian Wei Animator: n/a DOP: Hoe Jian Wei Sound: Hoe Jian Wei Editor: Jacob Tan Production Designer: Tamara Tan Synopsis: Girls’ is about two underaged teenage girls who embark on a runaway from home. Their plans slowly fall apart as they spiral deeper into their discovery of self and maturity, eventually leading nowhere. |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies | Singapore | 0 |
| 92-109 | HEART TO HEART
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Abbey King Director: Priscilla-Anne Jacobs Producer: Holly Miller Animator: n/a DOP: Darren Lau Sound: Kyle Bartlett Editor: Saxon Wright Production Designer: Sam Siversson Synopsis: A young woman, struggling with her twin sister's death, comes face to face with the man who received her sister's heart. |
WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University | Australia | 0 |
| 92-109 | HELP ME MUMMY
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Diane Cakpo Director: Diane Cakpo Producer: Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l’Audiovisuel (ISMA) Animator: n/a DOP: Jeremia Houndjo Sound: Charnel Ahouandjinou Editor: Sekinatou Bio Production Designer: Marlene Alamissi Synopsis: 21 years – old orphan sentenced to life for murder gets a decisive day of freedom. |
Higher Institute of Audiovisual Training (ISMA) | Benin | 0 |
| 92-109 | IRINA
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Daniel Borga Director: Carolina Rosendo Producer: Laura Andrade Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Borga Sound: Alexandra Bugalho Editor: Miguel Magriço Production Designer: Margarida Belo Synopsis: By posing nude for a drawing class, Iara discovers herself. |
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) | Portugal | 0 |
| 92-109 | JAZMIN
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Jo Hatcher Director: Jo Hatcher Producer: Julia Lofton Walpole, Kathryn Chatman Animator: Nichole Crawford DOP: Asia Jones Sound: Zachary Smith Editor: Natalie Henderson Production Designer: Grant West Synopsis: After the disappearance of her younger sister, Jamila finds herself in an unknown world. While searching for her sister, she not only stumbles upon magic within the world but ultimately within herself. |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) | United States | 0 |
| 92-109 | MY DOG HAS FLEAS
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Justin Pascua Director: Justin Pascua Producer: Justin Pascua Animator: n/a DOP: Justin Pascua Sound: Justin Pascua Editor: Justin Pascua Production Designer: Justin Pascua Synopsis: Having forgotten the customs and traditions upon her arrival from the mainland to her birthplace of O'ahu , a half Hawaiian young woman is frowned upon by her family for not being Hawaiian enough. |
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media | United States | 0 |
| 92-109 | ONE WOMAN
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: GONG Qui-Rong Director: GONG Qui-Rong Producer: GUO Mao-Quan Animator: n/a DOP: Lua Ken-Ji Sound: Chen Guan-Yu Editor: Chen Hung Production Designer: GUO Mao-Quan Synopsis: Two women make a conversation in a café. One just lost her husband, and the other is the third person. Their dialogue is about resentment, guilt, confession, and self-forgiveness. |
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) | Taiwan | 0 |
| 92-109 | PAUSE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Jacquelynn Auger Director: Jacquelynn Auger Producer: Kate Boylan-Ascione, Ashley Burgess Animator: n/a DOP: Emily Reid Sound: Oska Zervoudakis Editor: Rebecca Jones Production Designer: Harriet Williams Synopsis: After two years abroad, 17-year-old Rosie returns to her rural hometown, Winton, for one night to attend her grandmother's funeral. With less than 12 hours till she leaves again, Rosie attempts to mend the broken heart of her middle school sweetheart, Jamie. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 0 |
| 92-109 | QUE SERA SERA
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Sushruth Chilakapati Director: Sushruth Chilakapati Producer: Annapurna College of Film and Media Animator: G Yashwanth Krishna Reddy DOP: Nageshwar Vadde Sound: T Vanshshikha Sharma Editor: Syed Noora Imitaz, Sushruth Chilakapati Production Designer: Harshini Bukhya Synopsis: We follow Krishna, a proud owner of a well-groomed moustache, and his newly wed wife Kasthuri, a casual owner of facial hair on her upper lip. We find them arguing about who gets to keep their natural possession by each taking sides with Pride and Ego, respectively. |
Annapurna College of Film and Media | India | 0 |
| 92-109 | THE JACKDAW
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Venla Roivainen Director: Helmi Holopainen Producer: Susanna Helminen Animator: n/a DOP: Sonja Kostiainen Sound: Henry Knuuttila Editor: Jaakko Maja Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Naakka is a short film about the struggles of starting a relationship and meeting in the middle. |
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media | Finland | 0 |
| 92-109 | THE WINGS
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Duong Ha Phuong Director: Duong Ha Phuong Producer: Che Phuong Anh Animator: n/a DOP: Nhat Linh Sound: Quang Dung Editor: Phuong Nguyen Production Designer: Quang Dung, Hoang Long, Mai Nguyen, Phuong Jojo Synopsis: Trang; a 17 - year - old girl, who loves painting and wants to become an artist. However, Trang's mother does not agree with her; and forces her to become a doctor in future. Therefore, they seriously argue each other. In the end, Trang makes a terrible choice to get rid of her mother's imposition. |
Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema | Vietnam | 0 |
Documentary
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | LOVE, DAD
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík Director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen Producer: FAMU – Tomáš Šimon, 13tka – Karolína Davidová Animator: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Barbora Halířová, David Štumpf, Vojtěch Domlátil DOP: Kryštof Melka, Matěj Piňos Sound: Viera Marinová Editor: Lukáš Janičík Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers love letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family´s break-up but also trying to understand. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 150 |
| 2 | SURVIVE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich Director: Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich Producer: Max Wallner, Tobias Bissinger Animator: n/a DOP: Jacob Kohl Sound: Gerhard Auer Editor: Katharina Fiedler Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: After years of a physically disintegrating daily routine on the streets of Kassel, the 27-year-old Leon finally wants to beat his heroin addiction. Following a failed robbery, he hopes to find his way back to life in a therapy facility. |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 66 |
| 3 | WILD ANIMAL
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Maria Besora Director: Maria Besora Producer: Maria Besora Animator: n/a DOP: Núria Gascón Sound: Oriol Donat Editor: Maria Besora Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A three years old child called Janira, has a special relationship with animals but difficulties with human language, she must choose to which world wants to belong. |
Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) | Spain | 57 |
| 4 | TEASE
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Jessica Brady Producer: Danielle Goff Animator: n/a DOP: Jessica Brady Sound: Henry Sims Editor: Lesley Posso Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A filmmaker delves into the world of online sex workers by becoming one herself. Realising it's not as straightforward as she first thought, she begins to push her boundaries; but will it ever be enough? |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 52 |
| 5 | THE PROOF
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Toni Isabella Valenzi Director: Toni Isabella Valenzi Producer: Médiadiffusion Animator: n/a DOP: Alexandre Garcia Sound: Diego Degreef Editor: Matthieu Lequy Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In the south of Italy, Rosa and Peppe witness the passing of time as they grow old together and raise a pig. |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 51 |
| 6 | UNFINISHED
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Shabnam Sukhdev Director: Shabnam Sukhdev Producer: Shabnam Sukhdev Animator: n/a DOP: Ishan Shastri Sound: Shabnam Sukhdev Editor: Shabnam Sukhdev Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Unfinished encapsulates the struggles of a young woman’s mental illness as seen through the lens of her mother. Over a series of hospitalizations the mother’s frustrating inquiry to understand and untangle the conundrum of her daughter’s mental health condition unfolds. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 40 |
| 7 | HARVESTING OUR TEA
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Sheida Kiran Director: Sheida Kiran Producer: Sheida Kiran Animator: n/a DOP: Sheida Kiran Sound: Sheida Kiran Editor: Sheida Kiran Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Harvesting Our Tea follows the journey of three rural women who face up to the challenges confronting Turkey’s tea industry, as they work to shape the future for generations to come. |
London College of Communication | United Kingdom | 39 |
| 8 | A LETTER TO MY COACH
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Maria Hiekkamäki Director: Maria Hiekkamäki Producer: Anna Kääntä Animator: n/a DOP: Atte Männikkö Sound: Igor Smirnov Editor: Saara Justander Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A Letter To My Coach is a documentary about an adolescent female athlete, who develops a trusting relationship with her coach. The problems begin, when the abuse of that trust begins. After two years, the athlete decides to break the silence by writing him a letter about their shared secret. |
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media | Finland | 38 |
| 9 | WITH MY BROTHER
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Mattias Bavré Director: Mattias Bavré Producer: Magdalena Ślusarczyk Animator: n/a DOP: Damjan Perić Sound: Mattias Bavré Editor: Mattias Bvaré, Dieter Diependaele Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Adam and Piotr are two brothers living in a castle in the Polish highlands. Abandoned by their mother, they depend on each other, on their routines and habits: trading mushrooms for cigarettes and going to church. |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 31 |
| 10 | LOST CONTACT
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Jaina Kalifa, Amelia Paxman Director: Jaina Kalifa Producer: Amelia Paxman Animator: n/a DOP: Nick Paton Sound: Oska Zervoudakis Editor: Shih-Yin Hudy Yeh Production Designer : Tim Monley Synopsis: Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak either English or his native Italian fluently meant he was perpetually alienated. Often overwhelmed by paranoia, he started to search for meaning and truth in the esoteric. Now, he is determined to connect with others and to find a place where he belongs. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 28 |
| 11 | A DANCE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Paula González,Gloria Gutiérrez, Andrés Santacruz Director: Paula González, Gloria Gutiérrez, Andrés Santacruz Diaz Producer: Paula González Animator: n/a DOP: Gloria Gutiérrez, Diego Zarzuelo Sound: Isabella Salvo, Julio César Acera Editor: Paula González,Andrés Santacruz,Carlos Cañas Carreira Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Madrid, April 2020. Covid-19. A girl, at home, is bored. A boy feels lonely in his room. They don’t know each other, but imagine each other on a chat. And while they do so, they start a journey in space and time trying that will take them away from their enforced lockdown. |
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) | Spain | 27 |
| 12-13 | DEEP SOUND FROM THE INSIDE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Manon Klein Producer: Ateliers Varan / France Animator: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: Anaïs Navenant Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Swan is 8 years old. To protect herself from the hardness of the outside world that invades her, she lives in the countryside, far from the noise. She invites us in her poetic universe. |
Ateliers Varan | France | 25 |
| 12-13 | NO SOY OSCAR
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Jon Ayon Alonso Producer: Jon Ayon Alonso Animator: n/a DOP: Jon Ayon Alonso Sound: Dan Olmsted Editor: Jon Ayon Alonso Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter, Angie Valeria, drowned. |
Stanford University | United States | 25 |
| 14-16 | FAMILY PICTURE
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Bat-Sa'ar Raviv Director: Bat-Sa'ar Raviv Producer: Bat-Sa'ar Raviv, Hadas Shoshani Animator: n/a DOP: Tomer Refaely, Bat-Sa'ar Raviv Sound: Rotem Dror Editor: Yotam Rotbard Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Family Picture is a nostalgic memory of a family. A journey of a daughter and a mother trying to face their past. Through some old tapes that she received from her mother, the director becomes obsessed with the family footage and tries to rebuild her family's story. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 24 |
| 14-16 | MY AGE, YOURS, AND THE AGE OF THE WORLD
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Fernanda Tovar Producer: Fernanda Tovar Animator: n/a DOP: Fernanda Tovar Sound: Santiago Arroyo Editor: Fernanda Tovar Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: On September 19, 2017, a terrible earthquake hit Mexico City. My grandparents lost their apartment. While they took out their things and faced the consequences of such a tragedy; my grandmother and I made a movie; this movie. Telling the story of this queen who faces invisible monsters became the distraction and the perfect escape, a breath of fresh air in the midst of desolation. |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 24 |
| 14-16 | THE OLYMPIAN
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Jan Bujnowski Director: Jan Bujnowski Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz Animator: n/a DOP: Jan Grobliński Sound: Bogdan Klat Editor: Stanistaw Frankowski Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: 22-year old Jakub lives in a stable, surrounded by horses which are his only companions. Every single day looks similar, as he performs his repetitive and mundane tasks. What gives meaning to his life is his secret dream. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 24 |
| 17 | WITH CALVIN
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Arthur Jaquier Director: Arthur Jaquier Producer: Nicolas Wadimoff Animator: n/a DOP: Arthur Jaquier Sound: Delphine Mouly, Arthur Miserez Juan-Manuel Vegas, Julian Egger Editor: Arthur Jaquier Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Calvin crosses the city with a conquering step. He sells honey from the Middle East, natural Viagra from Malaysia and passes his sales knowledge to younger people. His skin-deep voluntarism is at the service of a future perspective that his family would not have wished for him. |
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) | Switzerland | 23 |
| 18-19 | ACTS FOR THE INVISIBLE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Kate Vinen Director: Kate Vinen Producer: Kate Vinen Animator: n/a DOP: Petra Leslie Sound: Nathan Turnball Editor: Liam Clark Production Designer : Emily Janz Synopsis: A philosophical fashion designer loses his life partner and is propelled towards an entirely new life ... far away from the fashion world. But can we ever really leave our old life behind? |
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) | Australia | 21 |
| 18-19 | FAMILY DIVISION
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Wei Yongbin Producer: Wei Yongbin Animator: n/a DOP: Wei Yongbin, Yi Chen, Ye Min Sound: Zhang Xu Editor: Wei Yongbin, Tian Yuqing Production Designer : Han Haibo Synopsis: The director documents the previous family division story of his own family, and shows issues in rural area in China, particularly the issue of migrant workers as well as the elderly and children left behind. |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 21 |
| 20-21 | LOTS OF AMOR
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Camille Ghekiere Director: Camille Ghekiere Producer: Camille Ghekiere / RITCS Animator: n/a DOP: Annika Wallis Sound: Gizem Karaosnoglu Editor: Antje Mertens Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Four young newcomers from Colombia, Syria, Dominican Republic and Morocco try to integrate in Belgium and wonder how to deal with love, temptation, relationships and friendship in this grey country. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 19 |
| 20-21 | LOVE IN GALILEE
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Nader Chalhoub, Layla Menhem Director: Nader Chalhoub, Layla Menhem Producer: Anaïs Lonkeu Animator: n/a DOP: Nader Chalhoub Sound: Thierry Diab Editor: Layla Menhem Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: At the age of 28, Faten is pushed by her family to marry a man she has not chosen. Convinced that this new life could bring her a long-awaited freedom, she finds herself all alone facing her own disillusionment. That is when she decides to return to her hometown in South Lebanon in search of a love she never received. |
La Fémis | France | 19 |
| 22-25 | A HISTORY OF RUNNING AGROUND
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: n/a Director: William J. O'Hare Producer: William J. O'Hare, Sara Lattis Animator: n/a DOP: David Marquez Sound: Hamilton Sterling Editor: William J. O'Hare Production Designer : Robert Mahaffie Synopsis: Through layers of reenactment, siblings Scott, Sharon, and Craig recount intense memories of their childhood sailing trips. A History of Running Aground asks how their family’s sense of humor about their experiences might mask underlying traumas. |
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 18 |
| 22-25 | LE TÉTÉ
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Valerie-Malin Schmid, Laurence Trille Producer: Valerie-Malin Schmid Animator: n/a DOP: Valerie-Malin Schmid, Nikhiil Konrad Sound: Ewald Hentze Editor: Valerie-Malin Schmid Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: "Le Tété" poetically narrates the intimate process of the end of the breastfeeding period between Lauren and her daughter, Umaé. The film not only engages the physical and emotional aspects of motherhood but raises the question of how raising children is the responsibility and task of a larger community. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 18 |
| 22-25 | MEMORIA
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Peter Podolský Director: Peter Podolský Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty, Bratislava Animator: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: Tomáš Prištiak Editor: Barbora Búbelová Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Project memoria composes found footage - visual diaries of Jozef Homer. The film conceptually thematizes the phenomenon of time and memory as defining components of our existence and identity. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 18 |
| 22-25 | NOTHING TO SEE HERE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Nicolás Bouchez Director: Nicolás Bouchez Producer: DocNomads EMJMD Animator: n/a DOP: Nicolás Bouchez Sound: Tiago Matos, Taymour Boulos Editor: Nicolás Bouchez, Melody London Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Abandoned neighbourhoods, a ghostly voice on the intercom, an impending eclipse and, above all, the contrails of the passing planes in the sky. In the everyday, (all too) human panorama of everyday life in present day Portugal, the artfully arranged sequences are captured in the magical reduction, and minor disturbances are always included. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 18 |
| 26 | FILM TITLE
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Fatima Joumaa Director: Fatima Joumaa Producer: Fatima Joumaa, Ghadi Al Alam Animator: n/a DOP: James Chehab Sound: Fatima Joumaa, Hassan Hariri Editor: Fatima Joumaa Production Designer : Afaf Steitieh, Hasan Fneish Synopsis: Without the intention of shooting her senior film, Fatima, a cinema student launches casting to find an actress to play her. She didn't know that being afraid to be exposed will lead her to create a world she can't control. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 17 |
| 27-28 | MY A.I.LOVER
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Chouwa Liang Director: Chouwa Liang Producer: Chouwa Liang Animator: n/a DOP: Chouwa Liang Sound: Chouwa Liang Editor: Chouwa Liang Production Designer : Chouwa Liang Synopsis: Two Chinese women develop romantic connections wuth their A.I. virtual partners. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 16 |
| 27-28 | THESE MOMENTS
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Nic Kuklinski, Dylan Chant, Scott Larson Producer: Dylan Chant Animator: n/a DOP: Scott Larson Sound: n/a Editor: Nic Kuklinski, Dylan Chant Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: THESE MOMENTS follows three photographers as they capture their unique racial justice movements in the American southwest, writing the history that will one day be our legacy. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 16 |
| 29-30 | THE HUNT
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Emiliyan Mitkov Director: Daniel Krusteva Producer: NATFA “Kr.Sarafov” Animator: n/a DOP: Veselin Menkadzhiev Sound: Tsvetoslav Toshev Editor: Ivan Denkov Production Designer : Yoann Stoev Synopsis: Allen Simeonov, 17, is a reformer of modern society who believes that sexualization is the main problem of moral decay. He organizes a “hunt” for pedophiles. In the process of capture, it becomes clear how humane the methods and ideology of the group “Pedophile lives do not matter” are, while at the same time he is becoming a national hero. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 15 |
| 29-30 | WHO OWNS THE CITY?
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Jennifer Mallmann Producer: Jennifer Mallmann Animator: n/a DOP: Sina Diehl Sound: Henrike Sommer Editor: Wolfgang Purkhauser Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Unanswered voicemails face the destruction of urban living and cultural space and the displacement of its people. A portrait of impermanence. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 15 |
| 31-32 | PEPEDRILO
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Victor Cartas, Isabela Hernández, Sebastián Santana Director: Victor Cartas Producer: Gabriela Ruvalcaba Rentería, José Ramon Mikelajáuregui Animator: n/a DOP: Isabela Hernández Sánchez Sound: Sebastián Santana Talavéra Editor: Victor Cartas Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Pepedrilo and his peculiar connection with nature are embodied by the care and protection of a crocodile sanctuary, whose stability is put in danger day by day by the threat of men. |
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department | Mexico | 14 |
| 31-32 | VOID
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Rain Järv Producer: Rain Järv Animator: n/a DOP: Rain Järv Sound: Timo Kiirend Editor: Kadri Ligi Production Designer : Rain Järv Synopsis: A man laden with “luggage” goes into the darkness to meet himself and the void. Mocking darkness, solitude, no outside contact, no understanding of time. Something begins to clear and squeeze out. This film that takes you through the first person emotions and feelings on a deeper level. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 14 |
| 33-35 | THE STRANGER
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Matteo Fiore Director: Matteo Fiore Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Animator: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: Matteo Fiore Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Running away from home, from the neighborhood. A letter written to his mother to apologize, to ease his guilt. An inner journey to make peace with his memories, in order to choose what to take and what to let go. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 13 |
| 33-35 | UPSTREAM
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Anna Shved Director: Anna Shved Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Anna Shved Sound: Elizaveta Zakharova Editor: Anna Shved Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Alexei Dmitriev is a well-known artist in the Altai Republic. He is not only a master of his craft, but also a spiritual guide on the way to Aikido . Therefore, his paintings are filled with ''Spirit''. Invisible, intangible, but absolute and incredibly strong. His canvases will tell about this, and we will try to understand how such plots were created. |
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL | Russia | 13 |
| 33-35 | WALK RUN STRIVE
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Emma Jackson Director: Emma Jackson Producer: Sarah Williams Animator: n/a DOP: Ari Gillespie, Darren Lau Sound: Jake Isard Editor: Alan Chambers Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Athlete Madison Heady draws on her resilience and optimism to meet the challenges of being an ambitious athlete with cerebral palsy; and then injury strikes! Her attitude of Walk, Run, Strive guides a young woman with disabilities to overcome challenges and go the distance. |
WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University | Australia | 13 |
| 36-38 | FLOATING INTO THE NIGHT
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: n/a Director: NG Tsun-hei, Xavier Producer: LEUNG Hiu-fai, Hugo Animator: n/a DOP: CHAN Cheuk-ting, Kendi Sound: LEUNG Hiu-fai, Hugo Editor: NGAN Kin-chung, Sherlock Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Walking into the night of mountain, with only a camera in hand and simplest mind. Waiting for any unique scenery and sounds in the mother nature. It was a gift from nature for you and me. This is not only a documentary, but also a journey. |
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) | Hong Kong | 12 |
| 36-38 | NOT JUST A NAME
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: De’Onna Young-Stephens Director: De’Onna Young-Stephens Producer: Madeline Raquel Gamero Animator: n/a DOP: Madison Kloeber Sound: De’Onna Young-Stephens Editor: Sammie Moynihan, Chance Davis Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Not Just a Name explores the stigma and racial bias experienced by African-Americans with unique sounding names as well as the historical origin of these names in America. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 12 |
| 36-38 | THING
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Aurelio Ghiradelli, Pascale Egli Producer: Filippo Bonacci Animator: n/a DOP: Michael Schwendinger Sound: Simeon Sigg Editor: Fabienne Koch Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The ways of love are strange indeed. Sometimes they lead to the neighbours' rooftop terrace or to the music stand of a grand piano in the university basement. Valentina and Sonnili both live in an intimate relationship with an object. Even if the hurdles of social acceptance might be incomparable, the big topics remain the same: intimacy, comfort and that the world is a nicer place, if you share it. |
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) | Switzerland | 12 |
| 39 | IN TENTS
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Scott Morris, Stephanie Nakashima Director: Stephanie Nakashima Producer: Scott Morris Animator: n/a DOP: Alex Chung Sound: Brendan DeBurger Editor: Dylan Pawluk Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Scattered across Hamilton’s public parks, citizens have sheltered in groups of tent communities known as "Tent Cities". In Tents looks at the reality faced by the people living in this communities. |
Sheridan College | Canada | 11 |
| 40-42 | AMERICAN DREAM
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Cecilia Acevedo Director: Cecilia Acevedo Producer: Cecilia Acevedo Animator: n/a DOP: Cecilia Acevedo Sound: Karungi Tibbs Editor: Cecilia Acevedo Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: American Dream is a short experimental Documentary that tries to explore the reasons why we tend to migrate. The documentary follows the story of Yessenia, a young salvadoran woman who follows her dream from her hometown in El Salvador through the USA border. |
Emerson College | United States | 10 |
| 40-42 | DOUBLE EDGED SWORD REVEALED
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Xola-Sisipho Limba Director: Xola-Sisipho Limba Producer: Dr. Teddy Mattera Animator: n/a DOP: Khaya Thambisa Sound: Gabriel Masenya Editor: Sanana Makhafola Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an immense physical and mental toll on South African Healthcare professionals living in Gqeberha. We take a deeper look into their lives as they reflect on their unprecedented lived experience, sacrifice, and challenges they've had to overcome during the first three waves of the pandemic. |
Wits School of Arts / Division of Film & Television (WSOA) | South Africa | 10 |
| 40-42 | MAPPING LOVE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Mary Alice McMilan, Briana McLeod Director: Mary Alice McMilan Producer: Briana McLeod Animator: Meggie Sheehan DOP: Shannon Shikles Sound: Marisa Ewing Editor: Shannon Shikles Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Filmmaker Mary Alice McMillan and her family travel to the Love Canal Superfund site in Niagara Falls, NY. She explores the geography of her family's past to learn why every other woman in her family has developed breast cancer and where her own breast cancer-related genetic mutation may have originated. |
American University | United States | 10 |
| 43-46 | LETTER TO A CAT
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Ainhoa Gutiérrez Director: Ainhoa Gutiérrez Producer: Universidad del Cine Animator: n/a DOP: Ainhoa Gutiérrez Sound: Xanti Salvador Editor: Peru Galbete Labiano Production Designer : Ainhoa Gutiérrez Synopsis: Now that you are here and soon to be gone, I’m writing you this letter for a time that you'll no longer be here. I’ll send it home, so you will remember me, and I’ll tell you about the time you became a cat. This is how the letter begins: Dear Bernarda. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 9 |
| 43-46 | ON THE BRINK OF MADNESS
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Tawfik Sabouni Director: Tawfik Sabouni Producer: Laurent Gross (INSAS) Animator: n/a DOP: Simon Torbeyns, Tawfik Sabouni Sound: Eric Morel Editor: Emilio Anatriello Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In BrusseIs, witnesses tell their experiences about police violence. Through their words, their feelings and experiences, their stories portray the fight against the discriminations they're facing. |
INSAS | Belgium | 9 |
| 43-46 | SANT'AMBROEUS
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Leonardo Pasqua, Riccardo Batoli, Riccardo Zuccchetti Director: Leonardo Pasqua, Riccardo Batoli, Riccardo Zuccchetti Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Leonardo Pasqua, Riccardo Batoli, Riccardo Zuccchetti Sound: Leonardo Pasqua, Riccardo Batoli, Riccardo Zuccchetti Editor: Leonardo Pasqua, Riccardo Batoli, Riccardo Zuccchetti Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: St. Ambrouse is the first official football team in Italy made up almost exclusively of aslylum seekers. Through sport, the project tries to physically and psychologically help these young people whose only purpose is to start over in a foreign country where they may not always feel different. |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 9 |
| 43-46 | THE GALLERY
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Cordula Rieger Director: Cordula Rieger Producer: Cordula Rieger / Film Academy Vienna Animator: n/a DOP: Anna Viola Haderer Sound: Selina Nenning Editor: Celia Caroubi, Cordula Rieger Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a spirit of sisterhood* and solidarity, the members of the intersectional feminist group Femplak_Wien come together to put in words the sexualized violence they have endured. This film follows the courage of this group who, through one of their actions, turn their individual stories into a collective strength. |
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) | Austria | 9 |
| 47-50 | AS SEEN BY THE UNSEEN
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal Director: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal Producer: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal Animator: n/a DOP: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal, Tamani the Photographer, Eyeing, Rebel Riot Band, David Saveliev, Tin Conanan, Marianne Orduna H.Manalo Sound: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal Editor: Miguel Ignatius P. Arnonobal Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A collection of the reflections of documentarist and photographers around the world about mass movements during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) | Phillipines | 8 |
| 47-50 | LEARNING TO SING
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Carolina Meza Director: Carolina Meza Producer: Carolina Meza Animator: Mariana Araiza DOP: n/a Sound: Carolina Meza Editor: Carolina Meza Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In what appears to be a beautiful landscape, a teenage girl tries to catch a wave in the sea. Through a juxtaposition of poetry and found footage, a reflection about the narrative and the construction of the story itself proposen regarding a childhood memory, where sexual abuse was present. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 8 |
| 47-50 | MAN'S BEST FRIEND
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Gaya Elstein Director: Gaya Elstein Producer: Lev Orlov Animator: n/a DOP: May Abadi Grebler Sound: Rei Elabaz Editor: Shiri Kuban Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: For a place that is meant for the dead, the animal cemetery seems to be full of life. Every day people come and visit their deceased companions and each have different mourning ceremonies - each in their own unique way with their connection to their pet. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 8 |
| 47-50 | PREACHER'S KID
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Christine Boersma Producer: Idris Bakker, Dagmar Nietsch Animator: n/a DOP: Jan Koks Sound: Ruben Dirkzwager Editor: Jordy Pijper Production Designer : Kino Haverkorn Synopsis: Filmmaker and pastor's daughter Christine Boersma has growing doubts about the religion she was brought up with by her parents. She has become aware of the religious bubble in which she has lived her entire childhood. In this reflexive documentary, Christine has to confess her new view on the world. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 8 |
| 51-53 | I COULDN’T
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Giselle Carrazco Cochachin, Mauricio Clavijo Velasco Director: Giselle Carrazco Cochachin, Mauricio Clavijo Velasco Producer: Giselle Carrazco Cochachin Animator: n/a DOP: Giselle Carrazco Cochachin, Mauricio Clavijo Velasco Sound: Mauricio Clavijo Velasco Editor: Giselle Carrazco Cochachin Production Designer : Giselle Carrazco Cochachin, Mauricio Clavijo Velasco Synopsis: Mauricio and Giselle digging into their memories lived in Bolivia and Peru stored in their computers. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 7 |
| 51-53 | ONLY THREE MONTHS AHEAD
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Hannah Himan Pessah Director: Hannah Himan Pessah Producer: Vered Ben Ari Animator: n/a DOP: Hannah Himan Pessah Sound: Aviv Admoni Editor: Shaked Novik Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The story of a woman in the middle of her life who discovers that she has once again contracted breast cancer. She documents her runs in nature and the coronavirus pandemic in her photo journal, while at the same time revealing a picture of cancer, which is more frightening than ever. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 7 |
| 51-53 | RODCHENKO
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Ivan Baturin Director: Ivan Baturin Producer: Ivan Baturin Animator: Ivan Baturin DOP: n/a Sound: Ivan Baturin Editor: Ivan Baturin Production Designer : Ivan Baturin Synopsis: Any revolution will change the way of thinking. Rodchenko had been an unheard-of artist, but the next day he became a person who define how the Modern Arts and the State would look like in XX century. He brought an end to all paintings and switch attention to design and photography. New opportunities impose a new level of responsibility. But it's dangerous when you turn into a pro-government creator. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 7 |
| 54-56 | DESTINATION FUCKED
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Details:Length: 30'Director: Carlo Bianchi Producer: Domenico Lucchini Animator: n/a DOP: Stefano Scaglione Sound: n/a Editor: Vivien Cefan Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: ReDraw is an almost unknown metal band from Switzerland. The film's director will guide them in a journey of reflections on the almost Utopian chance to become successful, with the ultimate goal to avoid the Destination Fucked from which there is no escape. |
Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) | Switzerland | 6 |
| 54-56 | SNOW EDGE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Juan Francisco Rodríguez, Jazmín Rojas Forero Director: Juan Francisco Rodríguez Producer: Sebastian Jaimes, Jazmín Rojas Forero Animator: n/a DOP: Juan Francisco Rodríguez Sound: Santiago Forero-Alarcón, Juan Francisco Rodríguez, Carlos David Velandia Editor: Juan Francisco Rodríguez Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In the tropics, a new landscape emerges where the snows we used to call perpetual disappear. Humans build the first artificial super-paramo: a monument to the high mountain, and at the same time, a portal to travel to that ancient time of ice. Different audiovisual materials are brought together to build a heterogeneous idea about the thaw and possible origin of the Páramo landscape. |
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) | Colombia | 6 |
| 54-56 | YOU SHALL NEVER SEE THIS MOVIE
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Valentine A.L.Brandely Director: Valentine A.L.Brandely Producer: ENSAV Animator: n/a DOP: Valentine A.L.Brandely Sound: Gabriel Cabrol Editor: Valentine A.L.Brandely Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: "Last letter to the one who stabbed me in the gut". A documentary experiment, tying the poetical in the reappropriation of a land torn out by a daily war. |
ENSAV | France | 6 |
| 57-60 | AUTUMN IN SPRING
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Inès Clivio Director: Inès Clivio Producer: ENS Louis-Lumiere/ France Animator: n/a DOP: Max Decamps Sound: Vialard Editor: Inès Clivio Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Paris in September. Back to school, but it still a bit of summer. When school is over, they stay around and chat. About desire and passion, about death from far or from very close, about choosing or not what they want to be. They are deep and light-hearted. Reckless, yes and no. They are 18 or 19. |
ENS Louis-Lumière | France | 5 |
| 57-60 | BETWEEN THESE BONES
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Pranamika Subhalaxmi Director: Joyce Ng, Pranamika Subhalaxmi Producer: Li Jiaqi Animator: n/a DOP: Caitlin Elizebeth Park Sound: Li Jiaqi, Guo Run Dong Ni Editor: Caitlin Elizebeth Park Production Designer : Wayne Tan, Calvin Chong Synopsis: An intimate look at Singapore as a body, Between These Bones is a poetic exploration of the everyday lives of people in the country. The film looks at how they cope with the inherent limitations present in spaces within the country and how they attempt to transcend them. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 5 |
| 57-60 | GRANDMA
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Gábor Bácsfai Director: Gábor Bácsfai Producer: Fülöp József Animator: n/a DOP: Gábor Bácsfai Sound: Ádám Krasz Editor: Gábor Bácsfai Production Designer : János Szirtes Synopsis: "Mama" is a subjective documentary about the author's grandmother. She lives alone, suffering from multiple mental diseases such as hoarding disorder, mild kleptomania and dementia. The camera follows her closely on her semi-conscious wanderings through her environment, revealing her precarity while also exposing the complex problems of her mosaic family. |
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) | Hungary | 5 |
| 57-60 | SEARCHING FOR HOME
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Ghena Hachicho Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Fergus Hatton Sound: n/a Editor: Ghena Hachicho Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A daughter calls her mother after starting a new journey in her life. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 61-65 | ANAMESA
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Julian Schwander Director: Julian Schwander Producer: Julian Schwander Animator: n/a DOP: Nikos Nikolopoulos, Thomas Foster Sound: Aulona Fetahaj Editor: Aulona Fetahaj, Vince De Leenheer, Julian Schwander Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An atmospheric representation of the connection the three friends Maria, Markos and Julian share with the same island in Greece. By looking back on the memories of summers gone by, they create a beautiful picture of their different experiences of the island. However, this is not possible without asking yourself some questions. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 4 |
| 61-65 | MOON SNOW BOOK SEA
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Wan-Hsiang KUNG Director: Wan-Hsiang KUNG Producer: Nini Wu Animator: n/a DOP: Shu-Hai Kung Sound: Sophia Son Editor: Wan-Hsiang Kung Production Designer : Nini Wu Synopsis: About the wonderful and tenderness of my mother, after her sudden departure. |
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) | Taiwan | 4 |
| 61-65 | PICCOLO IS BLACK
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Director: Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Producer: Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Animator: n/a DOP: Hollis Rosenkranz Sound: Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Editor: Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Production Designer : Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford Synopsis: After decades of Black Americans consuming insulting misrepresentations of their culture, they find a familiar home in Japanese culture and in anime characters like Piccolo. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 4 |
| 61-65 | PSYKOSIS
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Georg Granö Director: Georg Granö Producer: Linus Westerlund Animator: n/a DOP: Kristofer Söderström Sound: John Lindh Editor: Kristofer Söderström Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Ten years ago, Georg Granö had a psychosis. The incident was traumatic and groundbreaking. Now he tells his story, and reflects with his mother on how the psychosis has affected him. |
ARCADA University of Applied Sciences Department of Culture and Communication / Media Culture Finland | Finland | 4 |
| 61-65 | RECONSCRUCTION
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Adas Burkšaitis Director: Adas Burkšaitis Producer: Giedrė Karpinskaitė Animator: n/a DOP: Julius Sičiūnas Sound: Justas Levickas Editor: Adas Burkšaitis Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: This movie is a panorama of changed dynamics between physical and virtual places during COVID-19 pandemic. We follow people who occupy the virtual world trying to reconstruct from recent memory the abandoned public places, the experiences they have had and the faces they have seen. We use this opportunity to reflect the pandemic struck world and to investigate the direction towards which our technology driven society is heading. |
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) | Lithuania | 4 |
| 66-68 | DON’T FEED THE PSYCHIC
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Oscar Brierley Producer: Hester Yang Animator: n/a DOP: Angelica Bizzotto Sound: Harry Whitworth Editor: Harry Whitworth Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A multilayered story that revolves around a Barnsley- based lorry driver and psychic Derek Green and his family as they set out to investigate a local murder case. The film offers insights into life and beliefs in post Brexit, post Covid working class Britain. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 66-68 | EL CANTO DE LA CRISALIDA
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Francisco MeCe Director: Francisco MeCe Producer: Cecilia Trautvetter Animator: n/a DOP: Francisco MeCe Sound: n/a Editor: Francisco MeCe Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Spaces clad in walls, wrap our hibernators, interwoven by gestures and daily rituals. |
dffb | Germany | 3 |
| 66-68 | THE SPAGHETTI STAINS
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Finegan Sampson Director: Finegan Sampson Producer: Max Kearsley Animator: n/a DOP: Cameron Mitchell Sound: Lewis Warner Editor: Benjamin J. Read Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An immersive look into up-coming Melbourne band 'The Spaghetti Stains', including their upbringing in the regional Victoria area of Gippsland, their experiences as an all-female band, and their outlook on life and the future of the Melbourne music scene. |
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | Australia | 3 |
| 69-70 | AVEC LES SANS PAPIERS
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Mimi Zak, Leon Emonds-Pool Director: Mimi Zak Producer: Antonia Uhl Animator: n/a DOP: Leon Emonds-Pool Sound: Paul Müller Reyes, Jan Kunz Editor: Mimi Zak, Leon Emonds-Pool Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In the essayistic short documentary “AVEC LES SANS PAPIERS” people meet in search of freedom and encounter European reality. |
ifs internationale filmschule köln | Germany | 2 |
| 69-70 | WINDSOR PARK: THE SINKING STREETS
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Cyndi Redus, Olivé, Tyler Newby Director: No assigned director; multiple producers Producer: Olivé; Associate Producers: Josh Smith, Leez Alkhoury, Tyler Newby Animator: n/a DOP: Ahmad Abu-Shamma Sound: Ashley Lee, Quinlan Craig Editor: Connor Macleod, Fereli Flores-Yanez, Olivé, Brett Levner Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A predominately Black Las Vegas neighborhood experiences decades of neglect and unfulfilled promises when the ground shifts under dozens of homes. |
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) | United States | 2 |
| 71-73 | ENDLESS NIGHT
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Manuel Rosa Director: Manuel Rosa Producer: Manuel Rosa Animator: Manuel Rosa DOP: Manuel Rosa Sound: Manuel Rosa Editor: Manuel Rosa Production Designer : Manuel Rosa Synopsis: A presence crossing the real world to meet his other self. |
Film School of Uruguay (ECU) | Uruguay | 1 |
| 71-73 | QUEEN OF THE STATION
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Senni Lätti Director: Senni Lätti Producer: Rami Koski, Mariama Jabai Animator: n/a DOP: Osmo Salminen Sound: Jasper Pajunen Editor: Monica Tuomi Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Sari was evicted in 2012 and has been homeless ever since. She has gotten into a situation where one needs perseverance to survive. Sari lives at Helsinki Central Railway Station. Whenever possible, she spends a night or two in a hotel to get away from her life on the street. In this documentary we get to know Sari and all the solutions she has made in her life situation. |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 1 |
| 71-73 | WHERE WILL I WAKE UP TOMORROW?
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: David Champaigne Director: David Champaigne Producer: Jožica Blatnik Animator: n/a DOP: Reni Babič Sound: Miha Rudolf Editor: Neža Tretnjak Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Miha Čurman, better known as Čuri, is a middle-aged man who found himself on the streets due to unfortunate circumstances. Čuri ended up without a home, on the streets and found shelter in abandoned homes and bunkers. He was surrounded by drugs. Despite this, Čuri didn’t give up and strived to live a normal life once again. |
AGRFT | Slovenia | 1 |
| 74-83 | BOBBY
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Bryan Lee Director: Esmond Lim Producer: Gloria Goh Animator: n/a DOP: Wong Hong Kai Sound: Cheong Shu Yin Editor: Wong Zhi Qi Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Bobby is a moving and personal documentary about a struggling father and his journey to finding forgiveness and comfort in his two daughters. |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies | Singapore | 0 |
| 74-83 | CHILDREN OF THE COLLINE
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Details:Length: 17'Director: Anne-Sophie Richard, Chloé Baty, Louise Giriat Et Bnejamin Hausser Producer: Jérôme Enrico Animator: n/a DOP: Chloé Baty Sound: Max Colet Editor: Clément Gille Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The health crisis carries on, the doors of the theatres are closed, the political souls are awakening. For the past few months, young actors have occupied the National Theatre La Colline. In the entrance of a theater where the sun only shines in shy rays, they support and/or delude... |
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) | France | 0 |
| 74-83 | FAR
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Details:Length: 27'Screenwriter: Ana Preda, Gabriel Durlan Director: Ana Preda, Gabriel Durlan Producer: UNATC, One World Romania, UNHCR Animator: n/a DOP: Ioana Iordache Sound: Andrei Lăcraru Editor: Gabriel Durlan Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a conservative society, where the image of the Arab man is associated with the ‘Abduction from Seraglio’ wall rug on our grandparents’ walls, finding civic tolerance can be a difficult task. The film’s authors choose the participatory pathway and befriend Ammar, a Romanian speaking Syrian refugee who is about to finish his dentistry studies in Bucharest, and thus offering another perspective: the film is based on a visual formula that captures circular fragments from Ammar’s reality, symbolising a lighthouse which lights the chance to a normal life. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 0 |
| 74-83 | ME AND YASMEEN
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Asia Zughaiar Director: Asia Zughaiar Producer: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Animator: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: Asia Zughaiar Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Yasmeen at 23 year old Palestinian climber from Nablus, she’s preparing for achieving her ultimate dream which is to climb mount Everest, by climbing the mountains of Palestine, while facing the difficulty of havingone prosthetic leg, the film makes place in the time she’s training for climbing Everest. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 0 |
| 74-83 | PALM KERNEL OIL
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Habiba Metowanou Alohoutade Director: Habiba Metowanou Alohoutade Producer: Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l’Audiovisuel (ISMA) Animator: n/a DOP: Emeraude Aliha Sound: Adebayor Kiche Editor: Ronel Hounsou Production Designer : Apolinaire Agoinon Synopsis: The preparation of palm kernel oil requires many steps, from picking the palm nuts to selling the oil. Medecine, whether tradition or modern, has its say. |
Higher Institute of Audiovisual Training (ISMA) | Benin | 0 |
| 74-83 | RASTA THE ARTIST
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Odwa Kolwane Director: Odwa Kolwane Producer: Odwa Kolwane Animator: Kgolofelo Masekela DOP: Patrick Mukabala Sound: Nakampe Mohale Editor: Odwa Kolwane, Kgolofelo Masekela Production Designer : Odwa Kolwane Synopsis: Rasta Sirenje is a South African artist, know for his diverse and often controversial work. But the man is just as colourful as his paintings. Get to know and understand him better. |
Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | 0 |
| 74-83 | SNAIL’S PACE
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Pinar Aytaçlar-Ceren Coşkun Director: Pinar Aytaçlar-Ceren Coşkun Producer: Yasar Universty Animator: n/a DOP: Pinar Aytaçlar-Ceren Coşkun Sound: Ceren Coşkun Editor: Pinar Aytaçlar, Berfin Ege Akkinay, Shra Asigöz-Ceren Coşkun Production Designer : Pinar Aytaçlar-Ceren Coşkun Synopsis: We get out of the turmoil we live in and travel towards Seferihisar, which lives at the speed of a snail. In this journey, as we witness Seferihisar's adventure of becoming a Cittaslow and its results, we discuss how the Cittaslow philosophy serves as a 'gun'. |
Yasar University Faculty of Communications | Turkey | 0 |
| 74-83 | SPIRIT
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Hope Flanders Director: Hope Flanders Producer: Hope Flanders Animator: Hope Flanders, Isaiah Gates DOP: Tori Dunn, Nate Bellavia Sound: Isaiah Gates Editor: Isaiah Gates Production Designer : Hope Flanders Synopsis: A young distiller recalls the role his father played in the pursuit and refinement of his craft. In doing so, they already discover a common ground. |
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | 0 |
| 74-83 | THE SING OF A FROG
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: cass li Director: cass li Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: cass li Sound: n/a Editor: cass li Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Heartbroken and without a sense of self, a young woman contemplates on whether she should move back home to her family or remain close to the city. Using personal footage taken over a year she revisits her non monogamous relationship with a white ex-boyfriend and the brief but affecting affair with an Australian-born Chinese boy. As she struggles to know herself, she asks, "How does one know home?" |
University of Technology, Sydney | Australia | 0 |
| 74-83 | UNTYING KNOTS
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Gorka Merchan Director: Iñigo Aizpuru Producer: Iñigo Aizpuru Animator: Jon Verdejo DOP: Iñigo Aizpuru Sound: Aitzol Hidalgo Editor: María Aizpuru Production Designer : Iñigo Aizpuru Synopsis: The dialogue table of the Townhall of Andoain asked for a report about the human rights violations during the basque conflict. Different victims of these facts tell their experiences. To know what happened and its transmission to future generations are the roots to avoid the repetition of the violence. |
ESCIVI | Spain | 0 |
Animation
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Lachlan Pendragon Director: Lachlan Pendragon Producer: Lachlan Pendragon Animation: Lachlan Pendragon DOP: Lachlan Pendragon Sound: Lachlan Pendragon Editor: Lachlan Pendragon Production Designer : Lachlan Pendragon Synopsis: When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery. Its scary business living in a stop motion world, where your faces come off and a giant hand controls your every move. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 136 |
| 2 | HOUSE OF MEMORY
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Sofía Rosales Arreola, Esteban Chaires Director: Sofía Rosales Arreola Producer: Laura Jiménez Quiles Animation: Sergio Valdivia, Daniel Hiram Ramírez, Nabí A. Orozco Torres and Sofía Rosales Arreola DOP: Rodrigo Alatorre Sound: Odín Acosta Editor: Abraham Cruz Herrera Production Designer : Sofía Rosales Arreola Synopsis: An old man lives in a film library made up of memories captured in celluloid that he carefully preserves. When these tapes begin to deteriorate, he will do everything possible to save his memory. |
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department | Mexico | 99 |
| 3 | CIRCUS IN TOWN
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister Director: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister Producer: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister Animation: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister DOP: n/a Sound: Jonas Jablonski Editor: Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The tamer is beaten to death by his elephant. Despite his friendship with the elephant, the ringmaster feels compelled to punish the animal. The film is inspired by a true incident from 1916. |
ifs internationale filmschule köln | Germany | 93 |
| 4 | NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Laura Jayne Turnbridge, Hanna Kelso Director: Ida Mellum Producer: Danielle Goff Animation: n/a DOP: Charlie Jenkins Sound: Miles Sullivan Editor: Lesley Posso Production Designer : Milly White Synopsis: When a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted guests. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her visitors. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 79 |
| 5 | RED SHOES
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Anna Podskalská, Matěj Podskalský Director: Anna Podskalská Producer: FAMU – Tomáš Šimon, Mária Moťovská Animation: Anna Podskalská DOP: Anna Podskalská, Jaroslav Fišer Sound: Václav Kopelec Editor: Matěj Podskalský Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A story of desire, which turns into obsession, based on European folk tales. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 76 |
| 6 | FALL OF THE IBIS KING
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Josh O'Caoimh Director: Josh O'Caoimh, Miaki Geronimo Producer: Josh O'Caoimh, Miaki Geronimo Animation: Charles Henry Sanson, Georgia McKenna, Josh O'Caoimh, Miaki Geronimo DOP: n/a Sound: Niall Delahan, Stephen Hennessy, Cathal Hughes Editor: Josh O'Caoimh Production Designer : Josh O'Caoimh Synopsis: The antagonist of a dark opera becomes increasingly unsettled following the unlikely return of the formerlead actor. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 64 |
| 7-8 | LONGING
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Maxime Baksteen Director: Lotte Salomons Producer: Idris Bakker, Siemen Versloot Animation: Pieter Schillemans DOP: Judith Boeschoten Sound: Coen Bruins Editor: Lot Hoogeboom Production Designer : Sarah van den Bosch Synopsis: When Chris's mother disappears without a trace, he and his father Toon are both confronted with great sadness. While Chris is able to cry and let his emotions flow freely, Toon cannot bring himself to be vulnerable, and literally swallows his tears. The distance grows between him and Chris. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 50 |
| 7-8 | SOUNDS BETWEEN THE CROWNS
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Filip Diviak Director: Filip Diviak Producer: Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Kristfna Ružičková Animation: Filip Diviak DOP: n/a Sound: Zuzana Švancarová Editor: Peter Mikušinec Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A story of an unlucky guy who has been kicked out of his town after the Queen, who had been in love with his music, saw his face. |
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) | Czech Republic | 50 |
| 9 | DANCE MY DOLL
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Jasmijn Kooijman, Theodor Österberg Director: Jasmijn Kooijman Producer: Hawa Sanneh, Jimm Garbis Animation: Jasmijn Kooijman DOP: Jasmijn Kooijman Sound: Therese Larsson Editor: Jasmijn Kooijman Production Designer : Jasmijn Kooijman Synopsis: Worried asylum seekers, angry activists, and obedient case workers in an equally wonderful as sharp stop-motion film about people who are all caught in the bureaucratic claws of the migration agency. |
HDK-Valand | Sweden | 39 |
| 10 | THE LAST STOP
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Bervyn Chua Director: Bervyn Chua Producer: Bervyn Chua / Nanyang Technological University Animation: Bervyn Chua, Alvin Phua DOP: Alvin Phua Sound: Bervyn Chua Editor: Hanna Lee Production Designer : Bervyn Chua, Alvin Phua, Jinseng Yip, Martin Wong, Rodolfo Barcelli Synopsis: An exhausted late night commuter dozing off in the Metropolitan Rapid Transport train is awoken by a sharp bump. Tunnel lights whizz past the windows and the LED board glitches “ERR- 444444444”. She is trapped in a speeding MRT, and must escape before it crashes into the last stop. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 33 |
| 11 | DO NOT CROSS
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Flora Dovigo, Massimo Vignati Director: Flora Dovigo, Massimo Vignati Producer: n/a Animation: Flora Dovigo, Massimo Vignati DOP: Alessandra Chiappa, Leonardo Piacente Sound: Cristiano Messina, Storm D'Amico, Luca Ernandes, Lorenzo Peccini Editor: Flora Dovigo, Massimo Vignati Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: It is easy to get lost in a contemporary art museum packed by thousands of works in a maze of rooms...but where is the toilet? |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 26 |
| 12 | GUARD
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Shen Qianyue, Huang Ankang Director: Shen Qianyue Producer: Sun Lijun Animation: Shen Qianyue, Huang Ankang DOP: Shen Qianyue, Huang Ankang Sound: Huang Yifei Editor: CSP\AR Production Designer : Shen Qianyue, Huang Ankang Synopsis: The adults preparing for temple fair left a boy guarding the temple, but the boy fell asleep in the process of guarding the temple. The peach on the platform attracted a hungry monkey, the monkey sneaked into the temple, stole the peach and woke up the dozing boy.so they launched a fight for the peach. |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 23 |
| 13-16 | CYNOPHOBIA
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Zhang Jingxiong, Lin canqin, Li Yuxia Director: Li Yuxia Producer: Zhang Jingxiong, Lin canqin, Li Yuxia Animation: Zhang Jingxiong, Lin canqin, Li Yuxia Leading Actors: Zhang Jingxiong, Lin canqin, Li Yuxia DOP: n/a Sound: Li Chengzu, Zhu Xinyue, Zhou chentao Editor: Zhang Jingxiong, Lin canqin, Li Yuxia Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In contemporary society, keeping pets has become a very common thing. This has become a way for most people to add interest to life. But not everyone can accept keeping pets in life. Some people have a strong fear of them. From this perspective, we will tell about a wonderful collision between office workers and dogs. |
Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ) | China | 19 |
| 13-16 | LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Sarai Abergel Director: Sarai Abergel, Guy Livnat, Noy Friman Producer: Sarai Abergel Animation: Sarai Abergel, Guy Livnat, Noy Friman DOP: n/a Sound: Omri Cohen Editor: Sarai Abergel Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A comedic animated film with dark humor, set in a wild and ruthless animated world, in which a four-year-old girl struggles to bring back her lost dog. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 19 |
| 13-16 | OUT OF HARM'S WAY
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Parshina Ekaterina Director: Parshina Ekaterina Producer: Inozemtseva Alisa Animation: Parshina Ekaterina DOP: Parshina Ekaterina Sound: Veles Seveskih Editor: Parshina Ekaterina Production Designer : Milyan Mariia Synopsis: The end of the world is coming. The last man in the universe is traveling through space with alien twins who practice a strange religion. He meets the only inhabitant of an extinct planet which changes him forever. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 19 |
| 13-16 | THEORIE UND PRAXIS
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Leonie Minor Director: Leonie Minor Producer: Leonie Minor Animation: n/a DOP: Faraz Fesharaki Sound: Clemens Nürnberger Editor: Andreas Wodraschke Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A woman between two chairs, unable to get up and start with her life. |
dffb | Germany | 19 |
| 17-20 | ANIMAL LOCOMOTION
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota Director: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota Producer: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Animation: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota DOP: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota Sound: Lior Soltz Editor: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Ever since becoming conscious Man tries to lose his animal self. Then in a breaking point sheds his clothes, plunged into a turmoil. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 16 |
| 17-20 | ANXIETY
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le Director: Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le Producer: University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Animation: Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le DOP: Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le Sound: Daniel Lui Editor: Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le Production Designer : Maximillian Cao, Jeremy Le Synopsis: A neurotic young man tormented by his own thoughts on his way home is pushed to the edge when an old man wont stop staring at him. |
University of Technology, Sydney | Australia | 16 |
| 17-20 | FIVE MINUTES OLDER
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Sara Szymańska Director: Sara Szymańska Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz Animation: Sara Szymańska DOP: Sara Szymańska Sound: Szymon Kucharski, Wieslaw Nowak Editor: Sara Szymańska Production Designer : Sara Szymańska Synopsis: Twin sisters Mela and Zenia take a trip to spend a lazy summer evening together by the lake. Their bond is so close that there is no telling where one ends and the other begins... And when the amount of unfulfilled expectations for one another comes to surface, it seems any attempt to set boundaries or untangle the fused personalities is doomed to fail. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 16 |
| 17-20 | KRAK
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Stan Lievens Director: Stan Lievens Producer: Stan Lievens Animation: Stan Lievens DOP: n/a Sound: Elias Vervecken Editor: Stan Lievens Production Designer : Stan Lievens Synopsis: A man crawls out of a banana and explains how he found himself in that fruit. Meanwhile a fish is contemplating her own beauty. These two stories are observed and dissected and cause a reaction that cracks the reality the observer is in. |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 16 |
| 21 | HELGA
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Johann-Baptiste Schilling Director: Maud Mascré, Johann-Baptiste Schilling, Tristan Schneider Producer: Tristan Schneider Animation: Maud Mascré, Johann-Baptiste Schilling, Tristan Schneider DOP: Johann-Baptiste Schilling, Tristan Schneider Sound: Jonathan Rösch Editor: Maud Mascré, Johann-Baptiste Schilling,Tristan Schneider Production Designer : Maud Mascré, Johann-Baptiste Schilling, Tristan Schneider Synopsis: A simple phone call transports Helga back to her youth, allowing her to leave her loneliness behind - though only for a brief moment. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 15 |
| 22 | IF YOU MEET A COYOTE
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Details:Length: 4Screenwriter: Will Seymour Murphy Director: Will Seymour Murphy Producer: University of Hertfordshire Animation: Will Seymour Murphy DOP: Will Seymour Murphy Sound: Will Seymour Murphy, Harry McConville Editor: Will Seymour Murphy Production Designer : Will Seymour Murphy Synopsis: A coming of age tale where a teenage son doubts the wisdom of his father. |
University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 23 | MAN UP
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: India Eastwood Producer: Hester Yang Animation: Matthias Cuciniello; Alfie Dyer; Callier Epps; Laura Fecoli; Charly Korda; Julia Marchowska; Patrycja Micek; Molly O’Neill; Justine Rykiel; Ben Sinclair; Ross Stringer; Brigita Tarakanovaite DOP: Louis Berman Sound: Athena Hajistefanou Editor: Thomas Smith Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A short animated documentary that explores five young male university students’ experiences with mental health issues. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 24-26 | ATTACHED
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Sean McGarry Producer: Sean McGarry Animation: Sean McGarry DOP: Sean McGarry Sound: n/a Editor: Sean McGarry Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A T.V., years after being abandonned, seeks to change it's life. |
Sheridan College | Canada | 12 |
| 24-26 | CABARET
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Marianna Grigorova Director: Marianna Grigorova Producer: Vladimir Malyshev Animation: Marianna Grigorova, Anna Klimanova DOP: n/a Sound: Anton Tupalo Editor: Marianna Grigorova Production Designer : Marianna Grigorova Synopsis: After another mysterious disappearance of a citizen, two extraordinary detectives go on a dangerous mission to solve the mystery of the missing. Evidence led them to a popular establishment called the Cabaret. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 12 |
| 24-26 | THE THUNDER
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Juan Martin Fernandez Director: Isabel Titiro Producer: Aixa Rost Tourn Animation: Isabel Titiro DOP: Isabel Titiro Sound: Aixa Rost Tourn, Lucas de Olazabal Editor: Isabel Titiro, Aixa Rost Tourn Production Designer : Aixa Rost Tourn Synopsis: A guaraní voice leads us through a tale of life and death. A feverish jungle dream. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 12 |
| 27 | A GIRL AND HER SHADOW
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Details:Length: 2'Screenwriter: Vanessa Heeger Director: Vanessa Heeger Producer: Universidad del Cine Animation: Vanessa Heeger DOP: Vanessa Heeger Sound: Vanessa Heeger Editor: Vanessa Heeger Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: When a girl notices a shadow following her, she tries everything to run away from it. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 11 |
| 28-30 | STAY
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Yu Sun Director: Yu Sun Producer: Yu Sun Animation: Yu Sun DOP: n/a Sound: Zoltan Kadnar (Music: Mickenson Nemorin) Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A hand embroidery animation about the relationship between a daughter and her absent father. |
London College of Communication | United Kingdom | 10 |
| 28-30 | THERE'S A PRISON ON FIRE IN THE FOREST
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: JLee MacKenzie Director: JLee MacKenzie Producer: Mireia Vilanova Animation: JLee MacKenzie DOP: n/a Sound: Christopher Garcia Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The animated story of a riot in an American "for-profit" prison. A former prisoner narrates the detailed events of a prison riot in a for profit institution, while taking the viewer through a recreation of the riot itself. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 10 |
| 28-30 | UNDERWATER LOVE
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Veronica Martiradonna Director: Andrea Falzone, Cristiana Fiore, Veronica Martiradonna Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Animation: Andrea Falzone, Cristiana Fiore, Veronica Martiradonna DOP: n/a Sound: Amos Cappuccio Editor: Andrea Falzone, Cristiana Fiore, Veronica Martiradonna Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A girl asks herself many questions, faces her problems with some mosters, anger makes her turn into a wasp, mingles with her King underwater, cries exaggeratedly, turns all red and finally she grows, tall as a giant. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 10 |
| 31-32 | CRUELTY
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Loiseau Thomas Director: Loiseau Thomas Producer: ENSAV Animation: Loiseau Thomas DOP: Loiseau Thomas Sound: Magos Léo Editor: Loiseau Thomas Production Designer : Loiseau Thomas Synopsis: Late evening Laura leaves her friends to go home but cruelty lurks. |
ENSAV | France | 9 |
| 31-32 | MIGRATING BIRDS
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Felix Reinecker Director: Felix Reinecker Producer: Academy of Media Art Cologne, Felix Reinecker Animation: Felix Reinecker DOP: Felix Reinecker Sound: Felix Reinecker, Sound mixing: Ralf Schipke Editor: Felix Reinecker Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a daydream a young man tries to escape his isolation and sense of being trapped. He manages this for a moment by picturing an old friend until noisy traffic slowly catch up to him and he finds himself back at a newsstand. “Migrating Birds” is a hand-painted oil animation. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 9 |
| 33 | WITH THE MOON AT YOUR FEET
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Jeroham Armijos, Johan Agual Director: Jeroham Armijos Producer: Sebantian Rhon Animation: Jeroham Armijos, Johan Agual, Daniel Betancourt, Alex Cayambe, Alisson Chávez, Luis Dominguez, Nahomi Heredia, Sebastian Rhon, Gilsson Seraquive, Micaela Terán, Mabel Yanchatipan DOP: Johan Agual Sound: Jeroham Armijos, Johan Agual, Daniel Betancourt, Alex Cayambe, Alisson Chávez, Luis Dominguez, Nahomi Heredia, Sebastian Rhon, Gilsson Seraquive, Micaela Terán, Mabel Yanchatipan Editor: Jeroham Armijos, Johan Agual, Daniel Betancourt, Alex Cayambe, Alisson Chávez, Luis Dominguez, Nahomi Heredia, Sebastian Rhon, Gilsson Seraquive, Micaela Terán, Mabel Yanchatipan Production Designer : Micaela Terán, Daniel Betancourt Synopsis: It is the year 2047, Raúl and Sofía are the first Ecuadorian astronauts to reach the Moon, their goal is to claim territory for Ecuador by planting the flag, but their differences and priorities will conflict and threaten not only the objective of the mission but the planet earth. |
Advanced Institute of Film and Acting (INCINE) | Ecuador | 8 |
| 34-36 | CYCLOFOLIE
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Maxim Dierick Director: Maxim Dierick Producer: Maxim Dierick / RITCS Animation: Maxim Dierick DOP: n/a Sound: Victor Creytens, Frederik Van De Moortel Editor: Maxim Dierick Production Designer : Maxim Dierick Synopsis: Teenager Clément flees into his fantasy world on his bicycle. He puts on loud music to forget his parents’ fighting, until the battery of his headphones dies. Escape is no longer a possibility. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 7 |
| 34-36 | HOW TO DEFEAT TREE SAMURAI WITH TWO CHOP STICKS
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Athéna De Callataÿ Director: Athéna De Callataÿ Producer: Médiadiffusion Animation: Athéna De Callataÿ DOP: n/a Sound: Simon Franken, Maël Moulin Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A samurai rests in an inn, his katana Swinging by his side. The beautiful object will attract some envious people. But everything will not go as planned... |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 7 |
| 34-36 | WEALD OF IRON
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Sabin-Valentin Filip Director: Sabin-Valentin Filip Producer: Sabin-Valentin Filip Animation: Sabin-Valentin Filip DOP: Sabin-Valentin Filip Sound: Sabin-Valentin Filip Editor: Sabin-Valentin Filip Production Designer : Backround Designer: Dorel-Alexandru Mărgărit Synopsis: A small robot meets an old druid with special powers, during an expedition inside the forest. A giant robot, summoned by their scuffle, brings fiery destruction to everything inside the woods. Tiny robot and the mysterious figure, need to work together in order to stop the fierce calamity from spreading any further into the remaining weald. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 7 |
| 37-38 | DRAWING FROM MEMORY
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Daood Alabdulaa Director: Daood Alabdulaa Producer: Daood Alabdulaa Animation: Daood Alabdulaa, Bella Schone DOP: Daood Alabdulaa Sound: n/a Editor: Daood Alabdulaa Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: DRAWING FROM MEMORY is an autobiographical film about my childhood in Syria, the war and my escape from it. |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 6 |
| 37-38 | TO TURN OFF THE STARS
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Margot Cavret Director: Margot Cavret Producer: ENS Louis-Lumiere/ France Animation: Margot Cavret DOP: Margot Cavret Sound: Mathieu Barbier Editor: Margot Cavret Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Everyday, Renard turns on and off his curious lamppost that seems to control night and day. One day, his routine collapse, because Louve and the moon have fallen in love. Should he accomplish his duty despite everything and force the lovers to separate, by triggering the break of day? |
ENS Louis-Lumière | France | 6 |
| 39-40 | BAMI
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Eline Vanderbemden Director: Eline Vanderbemden Producer: Luca School of Arts (campus C-mine) Belgium Animation: Eline Vanderbemden DOP: n/a Sound: Seppe Dausi Editor: Eline Vanderbemden Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A loving grandmother gets everything ready for dinner with her big family. As everything goes wrong in the kitchen, the grandmother gets more and more stressed. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 5 |
| 39-40 | THE ADVENTURES OF Z & Z
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Sibonele Yawa (ep 1) Kgomotso Matlhabe (ep 2) Reynard 'Rey' du Toit (ep3) Director: Nomfundo Khumalo (ep 2 and 3 animation) Nqobile Ndelu (episode 1 animation) Producer: Moreti Seepi Thato Kgwase Animation: Nomfundo Khumalo (ep 2 and 3 animation) Nqobile Ndelu (episode 1 animation) DOP: n/a Sound: Tsepo Makoro Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: We follow the adventures of 7-year-old, identical twin sisters Zinzi and Zemvelo who live in Soweto. Zinzi and Zemvelo live in a real world where magical things happen. Their local school acts as a place of conflict and learning. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 5 |
| 41-43 | BIG FOOT TOOK MY PICTURE
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Sasha Espinosa Producer: n/a Animation: Sasha Espinosa DOP: n/a Sound: Isabel Roney Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Johanna has photographic proof that Bigfoot is real! That is, until Bigfoot himself steals it. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 4 |
| 41-43 | FISH OUT OF WATER
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Nur Özkaya Director: Nur Özkaya Producer: Nur Özkaya Animation: Nur Özkaya DOP: Nur Özkaya Sound: Nur Özkaya, Lin Pesto Editor: Nur Özkaya Production Designer : Nur Özkaya Synopsis: The internal and external conflicts of a lost individual who cannot adapt in the society. |
Bilkent University | Turkey | 4 |
| 41-43 | JEFE'
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Byron Miller Director: Byron Miller Producer: Nirvan Pougault Majumdar Animation: Alysha Lowery, Sun Taek Jeong DOP: n/a Sound: Aidas Cereska Editor: n/a Production Designer : Thomas De Goederen, Byron Miller Synopsis: A naive Aussie bloke finds work on an illegal marijuana farm in the middle of Murder Mountain, Humboldt County, California. |
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | Australia | 4 |
| 44-52 | CELIA
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Director: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Producer: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Animation: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje, Jessica Ellison, Quamae Newsome DOP: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Sound: Joseph Hagen, Olivia Wilson-Luffman Editor: Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Production Designer : Josh Slusar, Adrian Veenje Synopsis: Frustrated by her toxic homelife, a teenage girl seeks out refuge upon the moonlit rooftops outside her bedroom window. |
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | 3 |
| 44-52 | COSTUME
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Fatma Işıl Sevik Director: Fatma Işıl Sevik Producer: Fatma Işıl Sevik Animation: Fatma Işıl Sevik DOP: Fatma Işıl Sevik Sound: Fatma Işıl Sevik Editor: Fatma Işıl Sevik Production Designer : Fatma Işıl Sevik Synopsis: The life of our character in the movie has been shaped in the shadow of her childhood memories and caused her to think that she can not live if she does not behave like one of the herd members. However, the disharmony that she feels will allow her perception of imagination and reality to mix and to get out of her bounds to find herself. The movie scrutinizes the individual-society relationship through the boundaries determined by the individual. |
Maltepe University - Faculty of Fine Arts | Turkey | 3 |
| 44-52 | DAY AND NIGHT
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Jewel Racasa Director: Jewel Racasa Producer: Jewel Racasa Animation: Jewel Racasa DOP: Jewel Racasa Sound: Jewel Racasa Editor: Jewel Racasa Production Designer : Jewel Racasa Synopsis: The fiery Apolaki doesn’t wish to share the Earth with his obedient sister, Mayari. The siblings' argument leads to an old fistfight, leaving my Mayari's eye injured. Guilty of his actions, Apolaki tries to mend his relationship with his sister. |
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media | United States | 3 |
| 44-52 | HOLLOW
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Shirin Shakhesi Director: Shirin Shakhesi Producer: n/a Animation: Shirin Shakhesi DOP: n/a Sound: Aryo Hall Editor: Shirin Shakhesi Production Designer : Shirin Shakhesi Synopsis: A faceless man peels away layers of his personality to understand his true self. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 3 |
| 44-52 | IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Sam Marques Director: Sam Marques Producer: Sam Marques Animation: Sam Marques DOP: Sam Marques Sound: Sam Marques Editor: Sam Marques Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The stories of 3 people who struggle to fit in a society’s expectations built around gender binarism. A conversation tries to deconstruct the idea of gender as we know it and confronts the ideals that are imposed in each of us. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 3 |
| 44-52 | SHADOWBOXING
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Details:Length: 1'Screenwriter: Joshua Meyers Director: Joshua Meyers Producer: Joshua Meyers Animation: Joshua Meyers DOP: Joshua Meyers Sound: Joshua Meyers Editor: Joshua Meyers Production Designer : Joshua Meyers Synopsis: As his shadowboxing suddenly becomes more real than the ring, a self-destructive boxing champion must overcome the most difficult matchup of his lifelong career. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 3 |
| 44-52 | SPIN
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Eduardo Ojeda Director: Eduardo Ojeda Producer: Eduardo Ojeda, Iker Fuentes Animation: Eduardo Ojeda, Iker Fuentes, Georgy Ascargota DOP: Eduardo Ojeda Sound: Valeria Elias Editor: Eduardo Ojeda Production Designer : Eduardo Ojeda, Iker Fuentes Synopsis: In a postapocalyptic version of the earth there is a dome where the soil is still fertile, and twodrunk robots live there with their henchman. A story about exploitation, pride andforgiveness. |
ESCIVI | Spain | 3 |
| 44-52 | SWALLOWS
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Joan Marc Voces, Maria Vilaseca Director: Maria Vilaseca Producer: Anna Moragriega Animation: Maria Vilaseca DOP: Pere Arnal Sound: Jorge Albargues Editor: David Spranger Torregrossa Production Designer : Emma Alavedra Barceló Synopsis: t’s the last day of holidays. Alicia, while her parents prepare to leave, runs away to play with her friends by the river. |
Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) | Spain | 3 |
| 44-52 | TOMIRIS
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Details:Length: 2'Screenwriter: Abdurrahman Durhat Director: Abdurrahman Durhat Producer: Abdurrahman Durhat Animation: Abdurrahman Durhat DOP: Abdurrahman Durhat Sound: Abdurrahman Durhat Editor: Abdurrahman Durhat Production Designer : Abdurrahman Durhat Synopsis: A short story about the moment when a little medieval girl decides to revenge her family and her neighbors after the destruction that she experienced. |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 3 |
| 53-56 | GRANDMA’S TALE OF THE MAGICAL OU-TENGA
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Rishabh Thakur Director: Rishabh Thakur Producer: Whistling Woods International Animation: Rishabh Thakur DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The story revolves around this elephant apple fruit who was born to a king and his queen. The value of the fruit child lies in his ability to indicate to his mother about his existence of not only being a fruit but also, her child. |
Whistling Woods International (WWI) | India | 2 |
| 53-56 | MERCIFUL ANGEL
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Judit Czakó Director: Bettina Szremkó Producer: József Fülöp Animation: Boglárka Ászity, Beáta Berdin, Zsófia Csánki, Sándor Csoma, Gergö Dósa, Szandra Farkas, Lilla Gulyás, Eszter Kardos, Fanni Kávai, Miklos Nagy, Bori Makó, Márton Radios, Tamás Rolfesz, Anna Szöllösi, Anna Timár, Anna Tökes, Ádám Virágh, Viktória Bera, Vivie DOP: n/a Sound: Audio Saint, Péter Benjámin Lukács Editor: Judit Czako Production Designer : Judit Czako Synopsis: "Merciful Angel" is a short animated documentary about the NATO airstrikes which occurred in 1999 in the former republic of Yugoslavia. We are able to get a glimpse of the events through the eyes of two young boys and their family. Through the combination of 3D animation and 2D rotoscopy, we are able to observe almost lifelike characters in a documentary manner, and dream sequences that are able to convey the fear that came with the war situation unfolding. |
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) | Hungary | 2 |
| 53-56 | MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
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Details:Length: 2'Screenwriter: n/a Director: n/a Producer: n/a Animation: Ekaterina Miyukova DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer : Ekaterina Miyukova Synopsis: A new reading of Agatha Christie's novel aboct the murder on the Orient Express, made in the style of the avant-garde. Animation technique "livestatic". |
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL | Russia | 2 |
| 53-56 | NINE MOONS
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Alma Ben Zeev Director: Alma Ben Zeev Producer: Alma Ben Zeev Animation: Lina Holopov DOP: n/a Sound: Alex Moshe Editor: Yael Perlov Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An intimate diary of a young woman whose pregnancy causes her to suffer from enhanced nightmares, anxieties about her soon to be born baby girl and makes her question motherhood as she knows it, through her relationship with her own mother and grandmother. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 2 |
| 57 | TIGER BLANKET
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Ashley Miller, Robert Mageau Director: Caro Knight Producer: Julia Lofton Walpole, Robert Mageau Animation: (2D) Madison Crisp, Beau Sheil; Victoria Sosa, (Stop Motion) Caro Knight DOP: Willow Longbrake Sound: Shannon Rose Kelly Editor: Isaac Balachandran Production Designer : Abel Brone-Hammer Synopsis: An abuela (grandmother) prepares for her night with her grandchildren, Luisito and Maria, with loads of Hispanic fun. Unfortunately, the grandkids have no cultural connection to their grandmother, nor do they want to be there. As a last ditch effort, Abuela conjures up a story of the Tiger Blanket, in hopes that the tale will break through to her nietos (grandchildren). |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) | United States | 1 |
| 58-65 | CAPTIVE
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Bryce Stout, Fabiana Chavez Delvalle Director: Fabiana Chavez Delvalle Producer: Fabian Chavez Delvalle Animation: Fabiana Chavez Delvalle DOP: Dacen Batara Sound: Bryce Stout Editor: Eden Woolworth Production Designer : Fabiana Chavez Delvalle Synopsis: A woman anxious about the apocalyptic state of the world tries to drown out her worries by watching television. |
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) | United States | 0 |
| 58-65 | PIECE OF MIND
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Details:Length: 2'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Alexandra Coles Producer: n/a Animation: Alexandra Coles DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Piece of Mind. In the search for peace of mind, I find my mind in pieces. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 0 |
| 58-65 | PLEIN AIR
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Julia Lipponen,Vili Saarenpää, Noora Sirén, Anna Seitsara Director: Julia Lipponen Producer: Anna Seitsara Animation: Julia Lipponen, Wiebke Spieker, Noora Sirén, Marianna Kuutti, Anna Seitsara, Vili Saarenpää, Joose Suonketo DOP: n/a Sound: Eppu Kaipainen Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A master painter and her young apprentice have climbed to a picturesque location for plein air painting. The apprentice is stretched thin while attending to her mentor’s every whim, when no painting turns out just right. In a cliffhanger moment, the apprentice accidentally splashes paint on her mentor’s latest piece of art and inspires her with this stroke of surprise. They collaborate on finishing the final masterwork of a plein air painting. |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 0 |
| 58-65 | RECONNECTION
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Chew Jia Lin Rebekah Director: Chew Jia Lin Rebekah Producer: Zhou Tong Xin Animation: Jannice Tan SuQi, Beverly Choy, Ng Yuan Yuan, Chong Chorng Koan DOP: Robles Caitlinlei enise Magtibay, Sie Choon Rong Sound: Hafiy Alhamid Editor: Thaddea KohJer Min Production Designer : Darren Lim Huan TYing, Nursyaza Nabihah Synopsis: A lone astronaut on a mission arrives at the doorstep of a mysterious facility that, deep inside strangely looks like their old-school. However when things starts to go awry, he must face the fears of his past to escape this illusionary hell. |
Nanyang Polytechnic / School of Design and Media (SDM) | Singapore | 0 |
| 58-65 | SUNSET SINGERS
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Jessica Poon Director: Jessica Poon Producer: Jessica Poon Animation: Jessica Poon, Jiha Jeon, Dian Liang, Sangeun Song, Daniele Piscitello, Sylwia Szkiladz, Jane Kim, Bela Bulgakova, Eunjin Park, Qimeng Sun, Zilai Feng DOP: Jessica Poon Sound: Hui-Cheng Chung, Lan-Ting Hsu Editor: Jessica Poon Production Designer : Jessica Poon, Sylwia Szkiladz, Zilai Feng Synopsis: The retired Hong Kong couple, Long and Sophie, are amateur singers. While Sophie arrives early at the performance and gets herself prepared, Long is caught up in the subway by an unexpected circumstance. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 0 |
| 58-65 | THE BEAST AMONG US
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Vincent Joseph Entuna Director: Vincent Joseph Entuna Producer: Vincent Joseph Entuna Animation: Vincent Joseph Entuna DOP: Vincent Joseph Entuna Sound: Vincent Joseph Entuna Editor: Vincent Joseph Entuna Production Designer : Vincent Joseph Entuna Synopsis: A family of dumaan sugarcane farmers in Negros during the Marcos dictatorship, is suffering from the recent loss of their firstborn in a protest at Escalante while their community Is under the threats of the mythical creature: Amomonggo. The film also explores the Filipino concept of folklore as an ideological tool of repression and a movement for dissent. |
University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) | Phillipines | 0 |
| 58-65 | TOMATO HAIRYTAGE
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Laura Kočanová, Matúš Oparty Director: Laura Kočanová Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty, Bratislava Animation: Laura Kočanová DOP: n/a Sound: Jakub Smolák, Andrej Osvald Editor: Laura Kočanová Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An abstract, almost-love story of a foreigner fighting against his own habits. One particular occurrence in a sauna has made him question rooted stereotypes and step out of his comfort zone. That one moment starts an insane ride through his subconsciousness with a happy ending. The narrator, whose voice over we can hear throughout the whole story, is Vlad himself. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 0 |
| 58-65 | TURRITOPSIS DOHRNII A.K.A. THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH
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Details:Length: 1'Screenwriter: Mario Laut Director: Mario Laut Producer: Mario Laut Animation: Mario Laut DOP: Mario Laut Sound: Mario Laut Editor: Mario Laut Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: It’s one thing to survive in harsh environments, but quite another to hit the reset button when faced with an imminent threat. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 0 |
