Young Animation 2 (rep.)

The Young Animation Competition (YA) shows selected animated short films made by students of international film and art schools. This year, 62 films by young animation artists from 20 countries will be screened in 4 competition sections: highly imaginative films with a variety of topics and techniques used. You will be amazed to see what films by young animators have to offer.

Going Through the Motions (Going Through the Motions)

Alan Jennings / USA / 04/2015 / 00:03:24 min.

A look at the awkwardness, confusion and struggle of gym class. Sticky bodies, missed throws and rejection. A gym teacher looks on helplessly as chaos sets in.

Dannyboy (Dannyboy)

Simon Lynen / Belgien / 06/2015 / 00:07:09 min.

This is a documentary about Dannyboy.

Etrez (Etrez)

Pierre Grillère / Frankreich / 07/2015 / 00:03:46 min.

A couple find solutions to small vagaries of life.

Halahaches (Halahaches)

Alejandra Jaramillo / Chile / 05/2015 / 00:14:21 min.

Based on the traditions of the native Selk’nam tribe, Halahaches tells the story of Telkoy, an insecure and fearful young teenager, who prepares for his rite of passage in Tierra del Fuego. He discovers that to become a man, he must choose between following the beliefs of his tribe or risk his life to protect his friend, Haikenna.

Quacksalver (Quacksalver)

Jorn Leeuwerink / Niederlande / 09/2015 / 00:03:26 min.

It seems just like a regular day at the quack’s office, but then things get brutally out of hand as one of the wonder doctors patients decides to give him a taste of his own medicine!

Electrofly (Electrofly)

Natalia C.A. Freitas / Deutschland / 03/2015 / 00:02:45 min.

In a toilet, a small Fly flies around a lamp. Suddenly it gets an electric shock! The Fly lands on the wall and as it touches it, some drawings and advertising posters come to life. The drawings of a curious cat and a chicken begin to run after the fly. Will they get it?

Mirrors (Mirrors)

Lee Dror,Yali Herbet / Israel / 08/2015 / 00:06:47 min.

The relationship between a young girl and her father is being reflected as they spend time together in a car, driving on an endless road.

Corpses of drawer (Corpses of drawer)

Byeol Kwon / Südkorea / 01/2015 / 00:04:58 min.

The main character was betrayed by his gang. He goes to the barber shop which is their stronghold to have his revenge

Jazz Orgie (Jazz Orgie)

Irina Rubina / Deutschland / 2015 / 00:01:16 min.

Dots, Lines, Planes and Forms set themselves in motion and get drown into their own choreographic world. Within the ecstasy of touch they engage with Jazz Tones into a play of colours and forms which results in a total explosion.

The Old Man And The Bird (The Old Man And The Bird)

Dennis Stein-Schomburg / Deutschland / 02/2015 / 00:07:12 min.

An old man, as old as the hills, lives alone in a remote hut. The winter is so cold that he can barely move his limbs. When a robin flies against his window and falls to the ground the old man first has to pause for thought. Then he pushes open the heavy front door and stomps outside to help the bird.

Timid Suction (Timid Suction)

Kadesha Drija / Großbritannien / 06/2015 / 00:04:20 min.

Timid Suction is a 2D, hand-drawn animation short tackling everyday experiences of unhappy couples. Adopting a darkly comical tone, it depicts a growing domestic malaise within an ageing relationship.

Bûche royale (Bûche royale)

Sarah Amrani, Aline Lesage, Lucy Vallin / Frankreich / 07/2015 / 00:03:46 min.

As everyday, Patrick and Julien are doing their job, they exterminate aliens on a desertic planet.

Le Trognon de Pomme (The Apple Core)

Mathilde Remy / Belgien / 06/2015 / 00:05:37 min.

That movie tells the story of Snow White, 20 years after her encounter with the Charming Prince. Life has not made her any favours : The Prince neglects her, she is depressed and has turned into an apple junkie.

Crabe Phare (Crabe Phare)

Gaëtan Borde, Benjamin Lebourgeois, Claire Vandermeersh, Alexandre Veaux, Mengjing Yang / Frankreich / 06/2015 / 00:07:00 min.

The Crabe-Phare is a legendary crustacean. He captures the lost sailors boats to add them to his collection. But the crab is getting old, and it is more and more difficult for him to build his collection….