Young Animation 3 (Rep.)

The Young Animation Competition (YA) shows selected animated short films made by students of international film and art schools. Young animation artists from different countries tell touching stories, create fantastic worlds and open new perspectives.

Misophonic Philosophy and Schrödinger’s Cat.

Misophonia Orchestra
Misophonia OrchestraDirector: Daniela Hýbnerová / Czech Republic / 2022 / 5:59 min / Screenplay: Daniela Hýbnerová, Věra Starečková / World Sales: CINEFILA.cz

Snorting, coughing, humming, clicking – ever present horrorful orchestra of the surrounding world drives a young lady mad. Noises coming from neighbouring flats take shape of their creators and break into the flat of the young lady, where they cause unthinkable torture. There is no hiding for our heroine and so she has to learn how to live with it.

Gloire Amère 40000
Gloire Amère 40000Director: Armand Goxe, Florian de Chelle, Marine Corbineau, Maurice Alexis, Tom Rameaux, Vincent Pistien / France / 2022 / 6:45 min / World Sales: Miyu Distribution

After completing her quest, an immortal warrior returns to her family. She realizes that nothing is the same as before and will have to find a purpose for her new life.

La mujer como imagen, el hombre como portador de la mirada
La mujer como imagen, el hombre como portador de la miradaDirector: Carlos Velandia / Colombia / 2022 / 7:20 min / World Sales: Carlos Velandia

Faces, bodies and actions are juxtaposed endlessly. Fragmented pieces of the woman come together and form the volume of what has been her image in the history of cinema; one marked by the routinary domination and exploitation of her body.

Shan
ShanDirector: Jing Hui Soon / Singapore / 2022 / 5:03 min / World Sales: Nanyang Technological University

After multiple failures, a climber learns to sense nature and climb with mindfulness.

Beisbol
BeisbolDirector: Emma Balcon, Jennifer Coeugnet, Johan Seguin, Rabah Cheurfa / France / 2022 / 4:45 min / Screenplay: Emma Balcon, Jennifer Coeugnet, Johan Seguin, Rabah Cheurfa / World Sales: Mikhal Bak

During the Cuban national baseball final, Antonio Jiménez was replaced by his younger brother Diego. Will he succeed in overcoming his resentment and his ego to rebuild their brotherly bond?

Uhrmenschen
UhrmenschenDirector: Hao Yu / Germany / 2022 / 5:21 min / Screenplay: Hao Yu / Production: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / World Sales: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF-Festivals & Distribution

After the Industrial Revolution, the division of labour became clearer. Many people have to work in one position for a long time. Unfortunately, not everyone is satisfied with their work. Had primitive people similar problems in modern society? We interviewed five primitive people. Let’s see what they said.

I Hate You
I Hate YouDirector: Xuan Li / China / 2022 / 2:56 min / Screenplay: Xuan Li / World Sales: Xuan Li

A confrontation between a bird and a ball of mysterious energy. The relationship is unknown. Are they enemies? Maybe they are actually lovers, stubborn elders or rebellious children? And when this relationship becomes unbreathable, maybe you should be brave enough to end it all and say “I Hate You“.

Schrödinger
SchrödingerDirector: Adrien Waszak / France / 2022 / 6:00 min / World Sales: EMCA (Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation)

After a contraception incident, Line and Greg face anxiety and uncertainty while waiting for the results of a pregnancy test.

OCD Of Riyaaz Roy
OCD Of Riyaaz RoyDirector: Riyaaz Roy / India / 2022 / 3:28 min / World Sales: Riyaaz Roy

This movie is about a personal experience with OCD and how OCD, a disorder perceives the body it hosts.

Le Cri du Silence
Le Cri du SilenceDirector: Camille Anne, Camille Leroy, Elisa Torris, Julie Vandenbergue, Lucas Foutrier, Martin Laurent / France / 2022 / 7:12 min / Screenplay: Camille Anne, Camille Leroy, Elisa Torris, Julie Vandenbergue, Lucas Foutrier, Martin Laurent / World Sales: Je Regarde

Ewen, eight years old, affronts in crown court everyone’s silence.

A Taste for Music
A Taste for MusicDirector: Jordan Antonowicz-Behnan / United Kingdom / 2022 / 5:07 min / World Sales: Jordan Antonowicz-Behnan

Living with a sick loved one can have benefits and problems, a self-reflected documentary inspired by the memories and the record collection of the director’s father.

Rejection
RejectionDirector: Hleb Kuftseryn / Estonia / 2022 / 1:08 min / Screenplay: Hleb Kuftseryn / World Sales: Estonian Academy of Arts

A short story about a boy, a girl, a bee, a flower and the sun who reject or experience all different sorts of rejections.

Hierofania
HierofaniaDirector: Maria Nitek / Poland / 2021 / 3:37 min / Production: Kolektyw Film / World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

In the film the author shows hierophany in a symbolic way – the manifestation of holiness in the world, described by the historian and philosopher of religion Mircea Eliade. The author presents an oneiric vision bordering on waking, dreaming and psychedelic experiences. “Hierophany“ is a fantasy about the beginning of the world? Human? Myth? Religion? Culture? A journey into an imaginary world.

A mosógépen túl
A mosógépen túlDirector: Eszter Molnár / Hungary / 2023 / 22:10 min / Production: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest / World Sales: Krisztina Darók

A little girl and her cat accidentally travel to a mysterious world through their washing machine. They arrive at a strange island where they meet its habitants and through an adventure, they try to look for their way home. The little girls’ actions set something in motion that leads to a secret getting revealed about a long-forgotten mistake.