Young Animation 3

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.

Introducing Allan (Introducing Allan)

Ida Melum / Großbritannien / 05/2015 / 00:03:08 min.

Trying to complete her 2nd-year-film, Ida has hired a high ranked actor. When he shows up, things take an ugly turn. Thinking he is too good for this job, the actor gives Ida a difficult time, and it becomes Ida’s task to persuade Allan to stay and help her finish the film.

Mind the Gap (Mind the Gap)

Katy Wang / Großbritannien / 04/2015 / 00:01:34 min.

An animation portraying the sights, sounds, and movement of the London Underground, inspired by its iconic seat patterns.

Krkavčí matka (Raven Mother)

Noemi Valentíny / Tschechien / 05/2015 / 00:07:58 min.

Raven mother is an animated ballad, inspired by stories of the times when fates of men were binded with the ones of the other beings. A man and his wife are carrying burden in a form of their baby son marked with the raven peak and claws. Fighting with forces stronger than them they are trying to accept their fate, but the omen of death is in the air.

Toutes Nuancées (All Their Shades)

Chloé Alliez / Belgien / 09/2015 / 00:05:46 min.

In a minimalist design, different portraits of women parade swiftly to illustrate the reasons to love women. Over this enumeration, a stereo-typical vision is mixed with a more serious and realistic one to show all the subtle shades of women.

El Ciento Uno (El Ciento Uno)

Johanna Huck / Frankreich / 06/2015 / 00:03:02 min.

During a bullfight, a matador woman and a bull fight each other.

Chateau de Sable (Chateau de Sable )

Quentin Deleau, Lucie Foncelle,Maxime Goudal,Julien Paris, ,Sylvain Robert, / Frankreich / 09/2015 / 00:05:43 min.

In the middle of a desert, soldiers are protecting a marvelous pearl, but a huge creature will try to steal it.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY (MADAMA BUTTERFLY)

Andreas Kessler, Lea Najjar / Deutschland / 08/2015 / 00:05:12 min.

Madama Butterlfy is a string puppet movie about a fiery opera performance with tragic consequences.

Ivan’s need (Ivan’s need)

Veronica L. Montaño,Manuela Leuenberger,Lukas Suter / Schweiz / 06/2015 / 00:06:20 min.

Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough. When kneading, he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that sooner or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread.

None of That (None of That)

Kriti Kaur,Isabela Littger,Anna Paddock / USA / 05/2015 / 00:04:11 min.

A night guard at a museum runs across more than he bargained for when a mysterious entity begins to censor all the nude artwork in the museum.

Soleils Welt (Soleils World)

Melissa Rothmann / Österreich / 03/2015 / 00:13:04 min.

Soleil lives a withdrawn life in a monotonous town full of tall, busy citizens. Only at night the girl leaves her house and collects unnoticed treasures from the streets. However, one night a little being crawls unseen into her bag, and this unexpected encounter changes not only Soleils world…

Mahonie (Mahonie)

Emily Lefebvre / Belgien / 06/2015 / 00:03:59 min.

He said :Krak! The other replied: Krrtch!

The Animal Book (The Animal Book)

Hyun-a CHO, Sujeong KIM / Südkorea / 01/2015 / 00:04:37 min.

One quiet night a car passes through a secluded road. The driver falls asleep momentarily again and again, meanwhile the car hits and kills many animals. On the backseat the driver’s daughter reads an Animal Book…

Cosmic Jacuzzi (Cosmic Jacuzzi)

Anikó Takács / Ungarn / 11/2015 / 00:09:06 min.

The film tells the unusual tale of the incredible journey two truck drivers take from an abandoned road to outer space.

70’s Venice Beach (70’s Venice Beach)

Damien Deschamps, Vincent Gallut, Lucie Prigent / Frankreich / 07/2015 / 00:04:00 min.

During the 1970s, a teenager wanders through Venice Beach in Los Angeles, facing an interior crisis.

Deus Ex Therapis (Deus Ex Therapis)

Marion Gombert, Baptiste Groazil, Maïté Robert / Frankreich / 07/2015 / 00:04:56 min.

Different gods expose their problems to a psychonanalyst.

Wojtek – The Soldier Bear (Wojtek – The Soldier Bear)

Marianna Raskin / Israel / 07/2015 / 00:03:39 min.

A short animated film that tells the (true) story of Wojtek, a bear who got adopted by the Polish soldiers and became an official member of the Polish army during WWII.