Ghost Eye
“Ghost Eye” wrestles through the fiery underbelly of society. Johnny Supro is a taxi-driving nobody struggling with pointlessness, booze, and insanity. He lives with Amber and Grace in chaos, codependency, and filth. Deep inside their madness there’s an unusual spark of beauty waiting to be discovered. One night Johnny listens to the insane story of a huge man with a bandaged arm. It’s going to be an intriguing ride.
WOUTER SEL, THIJS DE CLOEDT
Belgium 2020, 19:03 Min.
Digital Cel animation
Screenplay: Wouter Sel, Thijs De Cloedt
Music: Wouter Sel, Thijs De Cloedt Francois De Meyer, Stefan Bracke
Animation: David Chambolle, Nicolas Fong, Karolien Raymaekers, Diana Monova, Lenny Biesemans
Producer: Johanna Keppens
World sales: KLIK! Distribution Service
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Doom Cruise
A giant cruise ship is drifting through a dissolving world. Although the passengers seem to know that this ship is going down, nobody bothers anymore. Only when the engine starts to fade and the captain’s voice is breaking in the PA, a sense of panic arises. What to do when we have to say goodbye? Three children on board decide to do something nice.
HANNAH STRAGHOLZ, SIMON STEINHORST
Germany 2020, 16:45 Min.
Ink and coloured pencil on paper
Screenplay: Olivia Schrøder
Music: Marcus Zilz, Elisa Kühnl
Animation: Hannah Stragholz, Simon Steinhorst
Producer: Hannah Stragholz, Simon Steinhorst
Production: Studio Corallo
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Der Schornsteinsegler (The Chimney Swift)
A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master’s statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past. Being locked in a vicious circle there seems to be no exit.
FRÉDÉRIC SCHULD
Germany 2020, 5:00 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Frédéric Schuld, Fabian Driehorst
Music: Frédéric Schuld
Editor: Frédéric Schuld
Animation: Alba Dragonetti, Rebecca Blöcher, Frédéric Schuld
Production: Fabian & Fred
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Comme un Fleuve (Flowing Home)
Two sisters grow up in Vietnam and are separated by the consequences of the conflict between North and South. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Thao leaves the country with her uncle. Her barely older sister Sao Maï, stays with her parents. The separation lasts nearly 20 years during which the letters they exchange are their only link. They tell the story of their daily life, their memories, the war and its ghosts.
SANDRA DESMAZIÈRES
France 2020, 15:00 Min.
Drawn on paper, 2D computer
Screenplay: Sandra Desmazières
Music: Manuel Merlot
Animation: Keyu Chen, Sandra Desmazières, Janet Perlman, Jing Wand
Producer: Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy
Production: Les Films De l’Arlequin
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Kill your Idioms
Literal and figurative worlds collide but only one can survive… You decide, do your idioms live or die?
GRANT KOLTON
USA 2020, 2:02 Min.
Frame-by-frame, 2D computer
Screenplay: Grant Kolton
Music: Michael O’Konis
Animation: Grant Kolton
Producer: Grant Kolton
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Le Mal du Siècle (The Great Malaise)
A young woman offers a self-description that presents her life in the most glowing terms – telling us what we want to hear. The visual narrative tells a different story, illustrating with heart-rending power the weight of anxiety carried by this driven overachiever as she strives for happiness. “The Great Malaise“ portrays the thoughts and worries of a person who suffers from anxious unhappiness.
CATHERINE LEPAGE
Canada 2019, 5:22 Min.
Handdrawn animation, Computer animation, Camera animation
Screenplay: Catherine Lepage
Music: Philippe Brault
Editor: Sophie Leblond
Animation: Agathe Bray-Bourret, Catherine Lepage
Production: National Film Board of Canada
World sales: National Film Board of Canada
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The Fire Next Time
Rioting spreads as social inequality causes tempers in a struggling community to flare. The oppressive environment takes on a life of its own as the shadows of the housing estate close in.
RENALDHO PELLE
United Kingdom 2020, 7:41 Min.
Stop Trick
Screenplay: Kerry Kolbe
Music: Marisa Cornford
Editor: Robin Whalley
Animation: Renaldho Pelle
Producer: Yangling Wang
School: NFTS – National Film and Television School
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Kharchang (Crab)
A shy, withdrawn boy has his heart on being in the school theatre group, but the only role offered to him is that of a crab.
SHIVA SADEGH ASADI
Iran 2020, 10:46 Min.
Rotoscopy, Painting, Drawn on paper
Screenplay: Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Editor: Mohammad Nasseri, Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Animation: Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Production: Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (KANOON)
World sales: KANOON
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My Galactic Twin Galaction
Good and evil, utopia and dystopia, narrative and post narrative collide in a mortal battle to entertain the audience.
SASHA SVIRSKY
Russia 2019, 6:33 Min.
2D computer, 3D computer
Screenplay: Sasha Svirsky
Animation: Sasha Svirsky
Producer: Alexander Gerasimov
Production: Masterfilm-Film Company
Distribution: Masterfilm-Film Company
World sales: Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
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What Will Future Humans Look Like?
A short humorous account of the future physical evolution of human beings.
CASEY RAYMOND
United Kingdom 2020, 3:47 min
Drawing on Paper
Screenplay: Casey Raymond
Animation: Casey Raymond
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