Young Animation 4 (rep.)

The Young Animation Competition (YA) shows selected animated short films made by students of international film and art schools. Young animation artistes from 19 countries tell touching stories, create fantastic worlds and open new perspectives

Kaiju Bath (Kaiju Bath)

Regie Director: Shinya Hashizume / Japan / 03/2016 / 00:04:50 min.

Main character ”Yasuo” and a blue monster of celery battle in a strange town.

In Other Words (In Other Words)

Regie Director: Tal Kantor / Israel / 10/2015 / 00:05:56 min. / Produktion Production: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

A man recalls a moment of a lost opportunity to communicate with his daughter. Their brief meeting after so many years undermines his world and renders his words meaningless.

Picnic (Picnic)

Regie Director: Se-eun MOON / Südkorea / 01/2016 / 00:03:25 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: KIAFA[AniSEED]

A family of deer gets ready for a picnic. They are having a nice time in the forest, but suddenly the daughter gets hit by a car. A man steps out of the car and frowns at her body before driving away. The rest of the family stares helplessly at their dead daughter.

Advice to the Young Artist (Advice to the Young Artist)

Regie Director: Daniella Shuhman / Israel / 07/2016 / 00:03:04 min.

A collection of animated advices for young artists given by different artists and writers from around the world.

Garden Party (Garden Party)

Regie Director: Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire / Frankreich / 05/2016 / 00:07:21 min. / Produktion Production: Ecole MOPA / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Sève Films

In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.

Domek (The House)

Regie Director: Veronica Zacharová / Tschechien / 2016 / 00:05:27 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Tomas Bata University in Zlín – Faculty of Multimedia Communications

Short animated movie from a world that is similar to ours, and yet a little bit different. Everything begins, when the family leaves their tiny house in the suburbs. He however, can´t just let it go..

Session 1 (Session 1)

Regie Director: Ida Melum / Großbritannien / 02/2016 / 00:04:00 min.

In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Judith and Bernard have taken the step to see a marriage counselor. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be improving anything, until what they are really arguing about is revealed.

Je mangerais bien un enfant (I’d rather eat a kid)

Regie Director: Anne-Marie Balaÿ / Frankreich / 06/2016 / 00:03:50 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: École Émile Cohl

Every day Achille eats a banana. One morning, however, Achille refuses to eat… He wants to eat a child. This funny short film for children talks about obstinacy of a child and his relationship with food.

Asteria (Asteria)

Regie Director: Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau / Frankreich / 09/2016 / 00:04:30 min. / Produktion Production: ESMA / Verleih Distribution:

Two astronauts go on the conquest of an unknown planet but an unusual situation will put their professionalism to the test.

What Else (What Else)

Regie Director: Jelle van Meerendonk / Niederlande / 08/2016 / 00:05:49 min.

When you do a thing that you like, you can forget it is just another routine. And then you lose it, what else is there to do? Go and ask the barman, I only make coffee, right?

Jsme přece lidi (We’re Human. After All)

Regie Director: Jan Míka / Tschechien / 10/2016 / 00:17:31 min.

During a harsh winter, the hare must face the freeze, the hunger and the danger coming from hunters or other animals. In a chase with a fox the hare gets close to a human dwelling and he finds out how good, comfortable and safe life the rabbits have. The hare decides for a radical change and he starts to live in the rabbit-hutch.

Adam (Adam)

Regie Director: Evelyn Ross / USA / 05/2016 / 00:02:27 min.

In the beginning of them She created us.

Pour une poignée de girolles (A fistful of girolles)

Regie Director: Julien Grande / Belgien / 06/2016 / 00:07:20 min. / Produktion Production: Distribution ADIFAC / Weltvertrieb World Sales: ADIFAC

The epic day of a mushroom seeker…

Mama, Tata, trebuie sa va spun ceva (Mom, Dad, I have to tell you something)

Regie Director: Paul Muresan / Rumänien / 08/2016 / 00:05:37 min. / Produktion Production: Shorts TV

The pressure of telling your parents that they’ve created a monster.

RADIO WAVE (RADIO WAVE)

Regie Director: Ryotaro Miyajima / Japan / 01/2016 / 00:03:09 min.

Numbers stations were prominently used during the Cold War. A boy was tuning the radio in the snow mountain and happened to tune the shortwave of codes.

ASPHALTE (ASPHALT)

Regie Director: Lisa Matuszak / Frankreich / 07/2016 / 00:04:15 min.

Sam heads back up to the north of France by car pool, on his way to a funeral.