Young Animation (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.

Hors de l’eau (Hors de l’eau )

Regie Director: Simon Duong Van Huyen, Joël Durand, Thibault Leclercq, Valentin Lucas, Andréi Sitari / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:08:00 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Through the eyes of a macaque mother it’s shown, how a group of snow monkeys has to face the strict rules which govern their community.

Comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine (Like an elephant in a china shop)

Regie Director: Louise Chevrier, Luka Fischer, Rodolphe Groshens, Marie Guillon, Estelle Martinez, Benoit Paillarf, Lisa Rasasombat / Frankreich / 09/2017 / 00:05:31 min.

What is the worst thing that could happen in a china shop?

Moitié-moitié (Half And Half)

Regie Director: Baptiste Drapeau / Frankreich / 06/2018 / 00:09:24 min.

On a desertic battlefield, Clovis, a knight, wakes up, vertically cut in two! Another knight from the other side, Richard, is in the same situation.

Fortune (Fortune)

Regie Director: Nicolas Castelli, Nicolas Ferracci, Simon Magnat, Alexandre Moisan, Pedro Pillot / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:05:14 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

After world war II, selling nails is the only obsession of the owners of this small hardware store.

Ça mouille!! (It’s wet !)

Regie Director: Alexis Godard, Nan Huang / Frankreich / 08/2018 / 00:07:20 min.

A narcissistic woman lives without worrying about the world around her and ignorant of the natural cycle she is part of. It is by reaching the limits of her self-esteem that she will have to open herself to the world and find a solution to the malfunctions she has caused.

KWADRATURA KOŁA (SQUARING THE CIRCLE)

Regie Director: Karolina Specht / Polen / 06.2018 / 00:04:50 min. / Produktion Production: POLISH NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL IN LODZ / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

At first glance, it seems that Square lives among chaos and endless changes. Once, a new element sneaks into the pattern.

Music & Clowns (Music & Clowns)

Regie Director: Alex Widdowson / Großbritannien / 06/2018 / 00:07:23 min.

Despite being close to nonverbal my brother is funny, charming and perceptive. I discuss with my parents what it was like raising a child with Down syndrome. Our speculations about his inner life reveal as much about our own subjectivity as they do his.

As Usual (As Usual)

Regie Director: Kuan-Wen Liu / Taiwan / 04/2018 / 00:06:48 min.

The temple and the market coexist in a particular place with the harmony of sacred religion and daily life, the story talks about how people and cats live here together for one day. The animation deliberately weakens the roles to highlight the settings to take place of the protagonist. Like this, it breaks the story frame to create a new type of animation driven by setting and sound.

Dans les bois (In the woods)

Regie Director: Salomé Bertolone Lopez, Maxime Dartois, Marjorie Grinda, Zoé Guillet, Alissa Mazouz, Rebecca Wahler / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:06:39 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Once upon a time there was a milk cow who’d never been outside her farm. One day, with the help of a little squirrel from the woods, she discovers wonders of a whole different life. However, the learning of freedom comes at a high price…

Hounds (Hounds)

Regie Director: Amit Cohen, Ido Shapira / Israel / 07/2018 / 00:05:47 min.

The life of a dog, trained to act as human, changes when a pack of hounds gathers around his house.

Bacchus (Bacchus)

Regie Director: Rikke Alma Krogshave Planeta / Dänemark / 2018 / 00:05:08 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Alex, a young woman bored with modern life, is lured by Bacchus into a colorful and mysterious world to explore her deepest desires.

evolution (evolution)

Regie Director: Nayeon Cho / Kanada / 05/2018 / 00:07:32 min.

An average fish lives in a lake. On one particular day, the fish spots a beautiful flower and becomes determined to take this flower. After some persistence the fish finally succeeds to get close to the flower.

NA ZDROWIE! (BLESS YOU!)

Regie Director: Paulina Ziółkowska / Polen / 02.2018 / 00:05:00 min. / Produktion Production: Polish National Film School in Lodz / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

Everyone gets sick of everyone. But things become really bad when you get sick of yourself.