Panorama 3

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.

Float Talk (Float Talk)

Regie Director: Kiyoko Nakai / Japan / 09/2016 / 00:13:58 min.

In the corner of the park, there is a space of zero gravity, called the „hole“. One day, Hiwa is called before the „hole“ by Touko, who is his childhood friend. When they were children, their relationship was good, but now there is distance between them. The memory of the girl is depicted in “KIRIE“ animation.

Sredi chernyh voln (Among the black waves)

Regie Director: Anna Budanova / Russland / 03/2016 / 00:11:10 min. / Produktion Production: Studio „Ural-Cinema“

A Story based on north ancient legend in which souls of drowned peoples turned on into sea animals. A Hunter kidnaps a sea-girl and she couldn’t turn back into an animal. She became his wife, but more often glancing at the sea.

Nowhere Line: Voices From Manus Island (Nowhere Line: Voices From Manus Island)

Regie Director: Lukas Schrank / Australien, Großbritannien / 12/2015 / 00:15:19 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: PROMOFEST

Two asylum-seeking men detained in Australia’s Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, recounting the dangerous journeys that brought them to the island and their memories of the riot that erupted in 2014.

Gaidot jauno gadu (Waiting For the New Year)

Regie Director: Vladimir Leschiov / Lettland / 02/2016 / 00:08:15 min. / Produktion Production: Lunohod Animation Studio / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Animation Show of Shows, Inc.

A lonely woman street cleaner’s letter to unknown person, written on the first day of the New Year: a year spent observing the seasons and dreaming of a miracle for the following New Year.

Corp. (Corp.)

Regie Director: Pablo Polledri / Argentinien / 07/2016 / 00:09:00 min. / Produktion Production: Maniac Planet / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Maniac Planet

Ambition, exploitation of labour, environmental pollution, human degradation, surplus value, corruption and much more in the amazing world of free market!

Fatcula (Fatcula)

Regie Director: Martinus Klemet / Estland / 09/2016 / 00:09:04 min.

A mystical beauty surgery clinic is built next to a sports club which threatens to ruin the club’s owner. What is going on in this clinic? The solution seems to be inside a bottle of „Fat Burner“.

Beast! (Beast!)

Regie Director: Pieter Coudyzer / Belgien / 02/2016 / 00:20:00 min. / Produktion Production: Soilart S.O.I.L. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Soilart Sight Of an Ignored Landscape (S.O.I.L.)

The life of a scruffy, banished homeless man is enlightened by the arrival of a very unexpected visitor.