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International Competition 6
4. May , 22:00 - 5. May , 0:00
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!
La Nuit des sacs plastiques (The Night of the plastic bags)
Regie Director: Gabriel Harel / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:18:00 min.
Agathe, 39, has but one obsession: to have a child. She finds her ex, Marc-Antoine, a DJ, mixing techno in Marseille. As she tries to talk him into getting back together, plastic bags come to life and attack the city.
“I’m a cleanliness freak…“ (“I’m a cleanliness freak…“)
Regie Director: Bill Plympton, David C. Roberts, Billy Shebar / USA / 2018 / 00:01:06 min.
“I’m a cleanliness freak…” As Trump washes his hands, he has a terrifying daydream in which thousands of tiny immigrants pour out of the faucet.
“It’s the bigness of the office…“ (“It’s the bigness of the office…“)
Regie Director: Bill Plympton / USA / 08/2018 / 00:00:58 min.
A giant CEO visits the tiny president in the Oval Office, and sheds tears. But not, as Trump says because of the grandeur of the place, but because Trump is president.
Crow: The Legend (Crow: The Legend)
Regie Director: Eric Darnell / USA / 2018 / 00:18:15 min.
Inspired by the Native American legend, indie animation studio, Baobab, created „Crow: The Legend“, a journey exploring themes of self-discovery, diversity and selflessness wherein the viewer plays a key role in the story of Crow, voiced by John Legend, who must give up everything he values to save his friends – or so he thinks.
Flipped (Flipped)
Regie Director: Lamiaa Diab, Hend Esmat / Großbritannien / 05/2018 / 00:04:54 min.
„Flipped“ explores the absurdity of a world where the roles of kids and adults are switched. The story follows a day full of bizarrely reversed interactions, tackling topics about maturity and parenting in a comic way. Whether it is seen from a parent’s perspective or from the child’s, the audience is left with thoughts about the nature of this relationship and how the roles inevitably change.
Fest (Fest)
Regie Director: Nikita Diakur / Deutschland / 02/2018 / 00:02:55 min.
A suburbian blockparty. Rave, drone, BBQ and icecream. Then a stunt. Youtube inspired and simulated.
Walking Meat (Walking Meat)
Regie Director: Shinya Sugai / Japan / 02/2018 / 00:20:55 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Production I.G.
Humanity has grown a taste for zombies. Stewed, sautéed or squeezed. But when a trio of self-centered millennials on their first workday get trapped into a zombie farm with their old-school technotard supervisor and a horde of undead running amok, overcoming generation gaps becomes a matter of survival.
Nosis (Nosis)
Regie Director: Vincenz Neuhaus / Deutschland / 02/2018 / 00:08:08 min.
As a boy with an exceptionally long nose accidentally falls into a cake, his life changes in unforseen ways. Equipped with a Super-Nose he begins to reexplore life. But everything comes at a price.
SELFIES (SELFIES)
Regie Director: Claudius Gentinetta / Schweiz / 05/2018 / 00:04:00 min.
In a veritable firework display of digital selfportraits, hundreds of quaint, embarrassing and dreadfully disturbing selfies were arranged in a unique short film composition. Single photos, artistically reworked, consolidate to form a ghastly grin that outshines the abyss of human existence.