International Competition 1

The International Competition (IC) is the beating heart of the festival. The best of current animated shorts from around the world are shown in this section. Films are humorous, contemplative, creative, or critical. An international jury selects the best animated short film of the year which will be honoured in the grand awards ceremony on Sunday. But you get to vote as well: Choose your favourite film for the SWR Audience Award!

The Reflection Of Power (The Reflection Of Power)

Mihai Grécu / Frankreich / 03/2015 / 00:09:11 min.

In the most secret capital of the world a crowd attends a show while a disaster threatens the whole city… !

Kaputt (Kaput (broken))

Alexander Lahl, Volker Schlecht / Deutschland / 11/2015 / 00:07:00 min.

„Kaput (broken)“ is an animated documentary shortfilm, based on interviews with former political prisoners of the Hoheneck prison, the main prison for women of the former GDR (East Germany). Beside the conditions of the prisoner’s daily life there, the themes of the film are the common forced labour and the export of the so produced goods to West Germany.

Confessions (Confessions)

Philippe Carron / Frankreich / 01/2015 / 00:03:56 min.

An interview of a great personality.

Elu Herman H. Rott’iga (Life with Herman H. Rott)

Chintis Lundgren / Estland / 02/2015 / 00:11:06 min.

Herman is a rat who enjoys heavy drinking, loud grind music and chess. He doesn’t care much for cleaning and the disorder in his apartment only makes him feel more at home.

Autos portraits (Carface)

Claude Cloutier / Kanada / 02/2015 / 00:04:45 min.

In this short animated film, a Chevrolet Bel Air 1957 offers an ironic take on the iconic American ballad “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”. A biting satire of our Big Oil-based civilization, Carface is a musical comedy of spectacular proportions, in which acclaimed animator and illustrator Claude Cloutier pokes at our contemporary insouciance about the environmental perils that threaten the planet.

CAFÉ D‘AMOUR – Eine pixilierte slapstick Komödie (CAFÉ D‘AMOUR – A pixilated slapstick comedy)

Benedikt Toniolo / Deutschland / 12/2015 / 00:08:10 min.

Set in the golden twenties, Café D’Amour is a spirited, magical café aiming cupid’s arrow at lonely visitors. At the café, street performer Lewis meets Coco, a wealthy, chubby woman. Although Coco has been disappointed by men, she is still hopeful and searching for Mr Right. The café spares no effort in bringing the two together to eventually hang up a photo of the „happy couple“ — on its wall of trophies.