Young Animation 4

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.

I Could Eat A Horse (I Could Eat A Horse)

Jake Hovell / Großbritannien / 06/2015 / 00:04:30 min.

An incompetent student’s desperate quest for sustenance, as he explores his filthy shared house and leads him to a life-changing dilemma. Inspired by personal experiences with less than ideal living arrangements…

#LINGO (#LINGO)

Vicente Nirō / Portugal / 06/2015 / 00:10:30 min.

To overcome loneliness and contempt of others, Lingo connects to social networks to get some companionship. Briefly he’ll realize that online friends, likes and selfies do not bring happiness.

Kovbojsko (Cowboyland)

David Štumpf / Slowakei / 06/2015 / 00:04:46 min.

According to the justice of the Wild West, thieves must be punished. But when the sheriff’s horse breaks, and there is no-one to oversee justice, it’s hard to forecast if justice stays justice.

Afternoon Class (Afternoon Class)

Seoro Oh / Südkorea / 01/2015 / 00:03:50 min.

Drowsiness washes over me during the afternoon class. My head gets heavier as I try to stay awake.

Tombés du nid (Wide-eyed)

Loïc Espuche / Frankreich / 07/2015 / 00:04:19 min.

Fabio and Dimitri are off to the hookah bar, so that Dimitri can perhaps pluck up the courage to finally chat up Linda. On the way, they come across a mother duck and her ducklings.

Cubicles (Cubicles)

Simon Haßler / Deutschland / 07/2015 / 00:02:50 min.

Why am I living this life? An office clerk reflects on his existence.

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.

Vučje igre (Wolf games)

Jelena Oroz / Kroatien / 01/2015 / 00:04:40 min.

Three little wolves are spending the late afternoon together. The story reveals how they ended up alone.

I’m Good With Plants (I’m Good With Plants)

Thomas Harnett O’Meara / Großbritannien / 06/2015 / 00:08:00 min.

Tim lives in a greenhouse suspended by a crane above the city. He has two wishes in life, to steal the office plant next to the water cooler at work, and meet Francesca the sex phone worker he calls each day from a phone box in the street.

Fears (Fears)

Nata Metlukh / Kanada / 04/2015 / 00:02:08 min.

A film about fear creatures, how they can worsen people’s existence and make it more difficult, but also how they can be useful and even save people’s lives.

Tsunami (Tsunami)

Sofie Kampmark / Dänemark / 06/2014 / 00:07:13 min.

Haru, in denial after a tsunami, discovers a magical Sea Spirit. Through it, he realizes the necessity of facing reality, and dealing with his loss.

Ardh Al-Sawad (The Black Land)

Daby Zainab Faidhi / Großbritannien / 06/2015 / 00:04:30 min.

A fairy tale animation, with a metaphorical story of the rape of my homeland. The beautiful woman representing Baghdad, who has lost her children and soul to the wars and destruction. The woman attempts to find an answer for her future but revisits the past, told through coffee reading – a traditional fortune- telling method in the Middle East.

Viikset (The Moustache)

Anni Oja / Finnland / 03/2015 / 00:03:37 min.

This town is not big enough for the two of them. Nor their moustaches.

Wildfire (Wildfire)

Hugues Opter,Pierre Pinon,Nicole Stafford,Valentin Stoll,Arnaud Tribout, Shang Zhang / Frankreich / 06/2015 / 00:03:58 min.

Ena, a passionate firefighter and wife, is very involved with her profession. Her fascination with fire reveals itself as it impact her family life.

Okna (Windows)

Angella Lipskaya / Russland / 11/2015 / 00:08:24 min.

The film is showing what we can see in the windows, if you do not wash the glass.

Made in China (Made in China)

Vincent Tsui / Frankreich / 06/2015 / 00:03:30 min.

Figurines try to imitate the human everyday life but they are facing limititations due to their toy situation.

Das Leben ist hart (Life is rugged)

Simon Schnellmann / Deutschland / 03/2015 / 00:03:00 min.

Five short sequences about life are linked together by a black point.