Panorama 1

The Panorama section is a showcase for current trends in the international animation scene. Discover creative films, explore recent topics and innovative animation techniques in 4 short film blocks.

Love in the Time of March Madness (Love in the Time of March Madness)

Robertino Zambrano / USA / 2014 / 00:09:15 min.

Melissa Johnson hit 6’4“ tall in 8th grade. Although this made her an instant basketball star, the film explores her hilarious misadventures in romance as she dates shorter men and gets cheered or jeered wherever she goes. Blazing with honesty and dark humor, this animated ‚tall short‘ about embracing difference is certain to disarm and delight.

In The Distance (In The Distance)

Florian Grolig / Deutschland / 06/2015 / 00:07:30 min.

It’s calm and peaceful above the clouds. But chaos lurks in the distance and each night, it draws closer.

United Interest (United Interest)

Tim Weimann / Deutschland / 10/2016 / 00:08:56 min.

A cable car ride through the San Francisco of the early 20th century marks the background that bids farewell to the alleged blessings of capitalism. The animated figures and symbols placed on a black and white setting, portray the merciless financial markets and expose the perversion of eternal economic growth.

Konohananosakuyamori (Forest this flower blooms)

Tomoyasu Murata / Japan / 10/2015 / 00:11:05 min.

This film describes the origin of the Japanese and the Japanese identity with “edge” as the theme. Since the nuclear plant accident in Fukushima, Japan, the local people have lost so many things like lands and jobs. For the Japanese, who have deep connection to their land, that accident set the stage to reconsider their identity as Japanese.

Vaysha, l’aveugle (Blind Vaysha)

Theodore Ushev / Kanada / 10/2015 / 00:08:14 min.

Blind Vaysha doesn’t see the present. She was born with a left eye that only sees the past and a right eye that only sees the future. This story is a metaphor for our struggle to live in the moment, how we seek comfort in memories of the past or in hope brought on by the future.

Peripheria (Peripheria)

David Coquard-Dassault / Frankreich / 09/2015 / 00:12:21 min.

A journey into the heart of a large and abandoned council estate. Peripheria portrays an urban environment becoming wild : a modern Pompeii where the wind blows and dogs roam, tailing the remains of human life.

Cat Meets Dog (Cat Meets Dog)

Paul Driessen / Niederlande / 03/2015 / 00:11:16 min.

This whimsical tale of adventure, desire, and disappointment explores the animalistic side of all creatures, as a cat and dog meander through alternate and intersecting realities in search of romance.