Young Animation 2

The Young Animation Competition (YA) shows selected animated short films made by students of international film and art schools. Young animation artists from 24 countries tell touching stories, create fantastic worlds and open new perspectives

Ooze (Ooze)

Regie Director: Kilian Vilim / Schweiz / 06/2017 / 00:05:29 min.

In his everyday life, an elevator boy is confronted with the loneliness and the “up and down“ of his service. When he tries to attract the attention of his guests, he makes a very different, gloomy encounter with himself.

Veselka (Wedding Day)

Regie Director: Zuzana Čupová / Tschechien / 2017 / 00:03:13 min.

The story about Czech folk wedding. Made on Furiant music from Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic dances.

And The Moon Stands Still (And The Moon Stands Still)

Regie Director: Yulia Ruditskaya / Deutschland, Weißrussland, USA / 05/2017 / 00:11:00 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: FILMALLEE GmbH

The presence of the moon affects all under its glow. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance. Based on the motifs from the fairy tale “The Witcher” by Aleksey Tolstoy.

Aklais randiņš (Blind Date)

Regie Director: Monta Andžejevska / Lettland / 04/2017 / 00:00:42 min.

Shy zebra and womanizer tiger are having a blind date.

Twin Islands (Twin Islands)

Regie Director: Lara Cochetel, Raphaël Huot, Christine Jaudoin, Manon Sailly, Charlotte Sarfati, Fanny Teisson / Frankreich / 06/2017 / 00:07:18 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Je Regarde

Twin Island East and Twin Island West are two twin islands governed by two kings, where the inhabitants follow the cult of symmetry. Therefore, everything goes two by two. But one day, the queen of Twin Island West gives birth to an only child, to her husband’s utter dismay…

Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant (Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant)

Regie Director: Suraya Raja / Großbritannien / 02/2017 / 00:07:20 min.

“Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant“ enters the world of a teenage girl fighting daily against compulsive thoughts and urges. Layla is terrified by her potential to do harm, until challenged to face her darkest fears.

Slices of Summer (Slices of Summer)

Regie Director: Yosselyn Sánchez Arias / Costa Rica / 11/2016 / 00:03:50 min.

Olivia is a peculiar young woman. She narrates her experiences and thoughts of what she likes about summer.

There was a man (There was a man)

Regie Director: Moeka Yamazaki / Japan / 2017 / 00:08:47 min.

An one-armed mountaineer encounters a lost arm on a mountain of salt. Who did it belong to? Why was it left there?

Enough (Enough)

Regie Director: Anna Mantzaris / Großbritannien / 09/2017 / 00:02:19 min.

A film about impulses we all can feel but never act upon. Glimpses of emotional anarchy and moments of lost self-control.

The Bear (The Bear)

Regie Director: Doreen Shwartzman / Israel / 07/2017 / 00:06:47 min.

In a small isolated apartment a father and a daughter sit together to watch television.

Quack (Quack)

Regie Director: Susanna Wang / Australien / 09/2017 / 00:02:50 min.

“Quack“ tells the story of a young sheep reflecting back on her experiences with Tourettes Syndrome. From being singled out in class to confrontations with a neurologist, the sheep eventually finds peace with the help of her family and friends.

Bažinou (Through the Marsh)

Regie Director: Kryštof Ulbert / Tschechien / / 00:05:53 min. / Produktion Production: Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Today it is the little girl’s first day of school. She doesn’t want to go there because the way leads through a slimy marsh and a dark forest full of terrifying animals. Moreover, her father is kidnapped by a water sprite, the girl must take heart, save her daddy, and with his help get rid of the sprite. And at last, get to school.

What is your Brown number? (What is your Brown number?)

Regie Director: Vinnie Ann Bose / Indien / 01/2016 / 00:04:31 min.

The film talks about how in India everyone wants to be light skinned and how there is a sense of idealism and beauty associated with fair skin, whereas it is negativity and repulsion that is associated with dark skin.

Augenblicke (Augenblicke)

Regie Director: Kiana Naghshineh / Deutschland / 10/2017 / 00:03:45 min. / Produktion Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

Three perceptions of only one truth – hers, his and ours.

Quest for the Crystal (Quest for the Crystal)

Regie Director: Natasha Sharpe / USA / 05/2017 / 00:04:10 min.

A ramshackle garage band embarks on a quest to recover the missing piece of one of their instruments, but end up finding more than they anticipated.

Vers le ravage (Wintering)

Regie Director: Louis Roy / Kanada / 05/2017 / 00:03:50 min.

Winter approaches, a white-tailed deer moves towards its shelter.