International Competition 3 (rep.)

The International Competition (IC) is the beating heart of the festival. The best of current animated shorts from around the world are shown in this section. Films are humorous, contemplative, creative, or critical. An international jury selects the best animated short film of the year which will be honoured in the grand awards ceremony on Sunday. But you get to vote as well: Choose your favourite film for the SWR Audience Award!

Raymonde ou l’évasion verticale (Raymonde or the Vertical Escape)

Regie Director: Sarah Van Den Boom / Frankreich / 05/2018 / 00:16:36 min.

Raymonde is really fed up with peas, aphids, dirty panties and her kitchen garden to dig. After all, she would prefer sex, and love, and the immensity of the sky…

BRILJANTSUSE DEMONSTRATSIOON NELJAS VAATUSES (A DEMONSTRATION OF BRILLIANCE IN FOUR ACTS)

Regie Director: Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov / Kroatien, Estland / 05/2018 / 00:15:03 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Eesti Joonisfilm Studio

The people are waiting for someone special. Someone special is born – a grown-up man in a suit. They follow the man and cheer for his theatrical but utterly pointless performances. In the middle of one performance he makes a mistake and the people who have so far adored him, leave. Left alone, he meets a woman who is made for him. The theatrical performances continue…

Rules Of Play (Rules Of Play)

Regie Director: Merlin Flügel / Deutschland / 2018 / 00:07:34 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

A group of tired playground visitors meet at night for a last contest. “Rules of Play” is all about the phenomenon of playing. The play field is the center of the ritual activities: role play, gambling, competition and intoxication. Playing means freedom. Play is not “ordinary” or “real” life. Play creates order. Play demands order absolute and supreme. Today the border between work and play gets smaller and smaller.

Cadavre exquis (Cadavre exquis)

Regie Director: Stephanie Lansaque, Francois Leroy / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:13:02 min.

„Cadavre exquis“ invites to a visual, acoustic and odorous ballad through the wandering of a one-eyed dog. In the maze of Old Hanoi narrow streets, daily life and legend mingle on the syncopated rhythm of Hat Xam, the Vietnamese blues.

GERICHTSZEICHNER (COURT SKETCH ARTIST)

Regie Director: Jochen Kuhn / Deutschland / 04/2018 / 00:11:30 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: –

Religion in court.

III (III)

Regie Director: Marta Pajek / Polen / 2018 / 00:12:00 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

A sudden meeting of a Man and a Woman begins a hypnotic act – a game of pleasure and discomfort.

Per tutta la vita (Per tutta la vita)

Regie Director: Roberto Catani / Frankreich, Italien / 2018 / 00:05:20 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Through a journey back in memory, a woman and a man retrace the more important moments of their love story.

Gun Shop (Gun Shop)

Regie Director: Patrick Smith / USA / 11/2018 / 00:02:10 min.

There are currently 393 million firearms in the US. This film shows 2,328 of them.