Panorama 3 (Rep.)

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.

The Death, Dad & Son (The Death, Dad & Son)

Regie Director: Denis Walgenwitz, Winshluss / Frankreich / 09/2017 / 00:13:07 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Autour de Minuit

Death’s son doesn’t want to take over the family business. His secret desire to become a guardian angel triggers a series of major mishaps. His dad will have to intervene to get him out of this mess.

L’Ogre (The Ogre)

Regie Director: Laurène Braibant / Frankreich / 01/2017 / 00:09:41 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Papy3D Productions

An insecure giant controls himself not to eat, terrified at the prospect of revealing his ogreish self and so compromising his place in the society. During a business banquet, his true nature will be put to the test.

Death of a Father (Death of a Father)

Regie Director: Somnath Pal / Indien / 10/2017 / 00:10:13 min.

When Babu’s father passes away, he is caught in a web of age-old rituals and social formalities. As he looks for opportunities to cope with the loss of his father, death ends up being just another mundane routine for Babu.

Disillusionment of 10 Point Font (Disillusionment of 10 Point Font)

Regie Director: Greg Condon / USA / 05/2017 / 00:01:12 min.

Animated on a typewriter, words move to playfully express their meaning.

Riot (Riot)

Regie Director: Frank Ternier / Frankreich / 06/2017 / 00:13:15 min.

A young black man is killed in an altercation with a vigilant neighboor and the police. An indignant crowd gathers together. The feeling of injustice is high. A group isolates itself. Emotion engenders riot… Can the body take its revenge in the absence of words?

Zu Zahm! (Too Tame!)

Regie Director: Rebecca Blöcher / Deutschland / 03/2017 / 00:06:41 min. / Verleih Distribution:

Seven protagonists, stuck inside the box, are trapped in their clichés and their recurring daily routine. Their individuality is only an apparent one, because far too easy their autonomy can be taken away – even if they gamble with life. But the show must go on and money is rolling in. Applause!

M.I.L.K. (M.I.L.K.)

Regie Director: Stefan Eling / Deutschland / 12/2017 / 00:05:40 min.

“M.I.L.K.“ tells the story of a cowboy hat which is populated by mad paper-creatures.

Silmadeta Jahimees. Handi Lugu (The Eyeless Hunter. A Khanty Story)

Regie Director: Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn / Estland / 11/2016 / 00:03:48 min.

A Khanty man went hunting but didn’t bring home any catch. One morning his wife stealthily followed him into the forest. The hunter lay down, took his eyes out and said, “Semlek re-rem-rem”. And the wife seized the husband’s eyes. – The narrator speaks the Khanty language.

Fruit (Fruit)

Regie Director: Gerhard Funk / Deutschland / 11/2016 / 00:06:00 min. / Verleih Distribution: / Weltvertrieb World Sales: InOut Distribution

Rise into being, mature, perish – “Fruit” tells a creation story. The short film brings forth a play of shapes illustrating the dialog between two mythological forces – the West and the East. In it the entities of black and white are constantly being split apart and reconciled by red, in a playful and dramatic choreography of forms and figures.

Manivald (Manivald)

Regie Director: Chintis Lundgren / Kanada, Kroatien, Estland / 06/2017 / 00:13:00 min.

Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother. This unhealthy co-dependence changes when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.