International Competition 2

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!

Café froid (Cold Coffee)

Stephanie Lansaque, Francois Leroy / Frankreich / 09/2015 / 00:14:44 min.

Saigon, Vietnam. After her mother’s death, a young girl has to quit her studies to take over the family café. Facing a radical change of life, loneliness and sorrow, she gradually gets confused…

Some Thing (Some Thing)

Elena Walf / Deutschland / 2015 / 00:07:00 min.

Oil, gold and fire are the treasures inside the proud giant mountains. For the little mountain it’s impossible to keep up with that. He’s just in possession of this tiny, strange and useless SOME THING.

The Valley Below (The Valley Below)

Joel Hofmann / Schweiz / 06/2015 / 00:08:31 min.

What is disguised in the haze will only be revealed from up close. On top of a mountain a soldier protects his town from threat lurking beneath the fog. One day a mishap forces him to confront his fears. In the process he realizes that not everything unknown hides great danger.

Deadly Drive-in Disaster (Deadly Drive-in Disaster)

Arjan Wilschut / Niederlande / 07/2015 / 00:02:40 min.

Sola Powers, special agent with Extra-Terrestrial Affairs, jumps into action when a drive-in cinema, showing a UFO invasion movie, is attacked by a real flying saucer. Film itself proves to be a useful weapon in her battle to free the audience and defeat the alien!

Dernière Porte Au Sud (Last Door South)

Sacha Feiner / Belgien / 02/2015 / 00:14:20 min.

“The World is made of floors, connected by stairs, and made of rooms”. Such is the vision of a child and his siamese head, bricked up by their mother in the family manor since they were born… until one day, when, after seeing a strange light, they swear to find… the end of the World.

Locker X (Locker X)

Brian May / Deutschland / 11/2015 / 00:06:17 min.

The film is equally inspired by both, Ridley Scott’s film „Blade Runner“ and the writings of William Gibson and Iain M Banks.

Under the Apple Tree (Under the Apple Tree)

Erik van Schaaik / Niederlande / 08/2015 / 00:18:25 min.

A deceased farmer is buried by his hated brother, the vicar. Worms inhabit the corpse, discovering they’ve full control over it. The dead farmer awakens…

If I Was God… (If I Was God…)

Cordell Barker / Kanada / 06/2015 / 00:08:31 min.

While dissecting a frog in Biology class, a 12-year-old boy who senses the approaching power of adulthood speculates about what he would do if he were God. This darkly whimsical, semi-autobiographical 3D animated short was directed by two-time Oscar®-nominated animator and long-time NFB filmmaker Cordell Barker.