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.

Facing It (Facing It)

Regie Director: Sam Gainsborough / Großbritannien / 2018 / 00:07:32 min.

As Sean anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.

A Gong Grandpa (A Gong Grandpa)

Regie Director: Zozo JHEN, Tena GALOVIC, Marine VARGUY, Yen-Chen LIU, Ellis Ka-yin CHAN / Frankreich / 06/2018 / 00:05:42 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

A journey of a 7 year-old boy’s acceptance of his grandpa’s death in a traditional Taiwanese funeral is shown.

Stuffed (Stuffed)

Regie Director: Helena Bastioni, Clotilde Bonnotte, Marisa Di Vora Peixoto, Édouard Heutte, Anna Komaromi, Élise Simoulin / Frankreich / 06/2018 / 00:06:34 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Je Regarde

An emotionally unstable cat makes a strange encounter that helps him to grow up and learn to overcome his anger.

Gorilla Thrilla (Gorilla Thrilla)

Regie Director: Doris Blätterbinder, Jens Cherukad, Sabrina Kainz / Österreich / 07/2018 / 00:05:06 min.

The ape Georg lives a simple life as a taxi driver, yet he seeks adventure. Georg’s daily grind gets interrupted as two meerkats enter his taxi. These two guys seem to behave suspicious, Georg lurks their conversation and suspects they’re planning a murder. The taxi driver struggles to decide if he should intervene and prevent the crime.

Hedgehog (Hedgehog)

Regie Director: Vaibhav KeswaniI, Jeanne Laureau, Colombine Majou, Morgane Mattard, Kaisa Pirttinen, Jong-ha Yoon / Frankreich / 2018 / 00:04:43 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.

Säen (Sowing)

Regie Director: Maryna Miliushchanka / Deutschland / 03/2018 / 00:07:24 min.

Ukrainian wasteland. A girl, whose only treasure is a painted Easter egg is shocked, as her grandmother puts a freshly slaughtered chicken on the table. Confronted with death for the first time, she leaves the house, questioning her tranquil life, only to face a new tragedy that will force her to give up her treasures. An allegorical journey to self transformation and growing up.

Lovely Girl (Lovely Girl)

Regie Director: Yena Park / Südkorea / 01/2018 / 00:06:35 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: AniSEED

The story of the boy who started to love his favorite girl and went into her „inside“.

Pain Noir (Black Bread)

Regie Director: Adrien Bourcier, Louise Duveau, Rémi Fumery, Justin Lauridant, Massimo Partipilo,Clément Sagnier,Charlotte Thiriez,Mariane Vanhoed / Frankreich / 09/2018 / 00:08:11 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Je Regarde

A young Pastor was promoted, now John is an actor in the practice of a strange worship within a closed community.

Freedom (Freedom)

Regie Director: Mircea Bobina, Vadim Tiganas / Moldova, Republic of, Rumänien / 01/2018 / 00:04:24 min.

People are unhappy with their leaders and want to break free. When a change is made, they are supposed to get back their freedom: but somehow, they don’t.

The Stained Club (The Stained Club)

Regie Director: Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Mélanie Lopez, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier / Frankreich / 06/2018 / 00:06:39 min. / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Je Regarde

Finn has stains on his skin. One day, he meets a group of cool kids with different stains on their bodies. One day, he understands that these stains aren’t just pretty.

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.

Sinjyugusa (The Pearl Remains)

Regie Director: Suyo Yamazaki / Japan / 2018 / 00:02:45 min.

A woman traces her memories through a pearl ring, and comes upon her mother gazing at the same ring. But her memories soon lose their outline and become enclosed within the pearl.

DONG DONG QIANG (DONG DONG QIANG)

Regie Director: She Ruitao / China / 07/2018 / 00:04:23 min.

In the early morning, in the cave of the Loess Plateau, the child wakes up with a tiger pillow. His dad makes a waist drum and gives it to him as a gift. The kid happily holds the drum on his bed to play with it. Suddenly, the tiger pillow comes alive, and starts a battle with the kid.

Perforato (Perforato)

Regie Director: Hannes Oehen, Andrea Giovanni Sidoti / Schweiz / 06/2018 / 00:04:39 min.

The punch clock is a curse for employees. What starts off looking like a minor incident evolves into a full-blown problem. Anyone who fails to do their job properly is disposed of and recycled without mercy.

Animals (Animals)

Regie Director: Tue Sanggaard / Dänemark / 2019 / 00:06:33 min. / Produktion Production: The Animation Workshop / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Miyu Distribution

„Animals“ is an absurdist contemporary short film following the wild transformation of nine people stuck in a metro.