Young Animation 1 (Rep.)

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.

Norma (Norma)

Regie Director: Agata Mianowska / Polen / 12.2017 / 00:07:07 min. / Produktion Production: Polish National Film School in Lodz / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

Two young girls are trying to fit into modern canons of beauty. Each of them is different, but none feels good in their own skin. Norma and her neighbour try different methods to gain the feeling of self-acceptance.

Alef B’Tamuz (Alef B’Tamuz)

Regie Director: Yael Reisfeld / Israel / 07/2018 / 00:06:00 min.

Three destitute pilgrims experience a strange night in the old Jewish cemetery in Zefat, when they are possessed by souls from the 16th century.

Hors piste (Hors piste)

Regie Director: Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:06:01 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

The two best rescue workers of the region are ready for their new mission. Despite their professionalism and their determination, it will not go as planned…

GUGU (GUGU)

Regie Director: Hyun-joong Lee / Südkorea / 01/2018 / 00:09:48 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: AniSEED

Two men on a boat are sailing the ocean to find an island.

Mice, a small story (Mice, a small story)

Regie Director: Jade Baillargeault, Nazli Doale, Dimitri James, Daniel L. Quang, Morgane Lau, Mélanie Pango, Manon Pringault / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:04:15 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice finds a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this strange object.

Sister (Sister)

Regie Director: Siqi Song / China, USA / 06/2018 / 00:08:02 min.

A man remembers his childhood memory of growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life has been if things had gone differently?

Grand Bassin (Grand Bassin)

Regie Director: Héloïse Courtois, Victori Jalabert, Chloé Plat, Adèle Raigneau / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:06:37 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

An afternoon at the swimming pool.

Sounds Good (Sounds Good)

Regie Director: Sander Joon / Estland / 06/2018 / 00:09:50 min.

A boom operator who is trying to record the sound of mushrooms.

Kaerimichi (On the way home)

Regie Director: Mizuki Kiyama / Japan / 2018 / 00:02:17 min.

The borderland between sleeping and waking is the moment when the daughter melds into her father.

Zeitgeist (Zeitgeist)

Regie Director: Oleg Kauz / Deutschland / 03/2018 / 00:08:57 min.

Twoface is brought to life by the over-ambitious narrator of our story, in an apparent act of creation. Every move he makes in his idylical surroundings is filled with grace and candour, enriching the landscape with his mere presence. Alas, our hero is also blessed with a consciousness, making him question his own actions.

Cocoon, Cocoon (Cocoon, Cocoon)

Regie Director: Ori Goldberg, Ilai Margulies / Israel / 12/2017 / 00:06:46 min.

A fat, smug caterpillar doesn’t want to become a butterfly. In song and rhyme, the horrors of metamorphosis are revealed.

Food Chain (Food Chain)

Regie Director: Mari Kivi, Liis Kokk / Estland / 06/2018 / 00:08:30 min.

On the one hand it’s a dirty work and on the other hand it’s a gorgeous product.