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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
Dear Forest
In a possible future, Josée, a forest officer, has finished cutting down the last trees of a small forest in the middle of the desert. Not having met the quota set by her employer, she sets off for another forest, which happens to be made up of hybrids of trees and deer, always on the lookout for sources of light.
CLAIRE EYHERAMENDY, SIMON DUCLOS, PAULINE GRÉGOIRE
France 2020, 5:38 Min.
3D Computer
Music: Antoine Gasse
Editor: Lucie Roche
Animation: Lucie Roche, Ilef Boumeftah
Producer: Simon Duclos
School: MOPA
The Promise
“The Promise“ is an urban fairy tale that plays out on the mean streets of a mean city. Here, a young thief tries to snatch an old woman’s bag but she cannot have it without giving something in return: the promise.
CHI THAI
United Kingdom 2020, 6:45 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Chi Thai
Music: Ruth Chan
Editor: Christopher Chow
Animation: Simon Ratliff
Producer: Chi Thai
Migrants
Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they try to cohabitate.
HUGO CABY, ZOÉ DEVISE, ANTOINE DUPRIEZ, AUBIN KUBIAK, LUCAS LERMYTTE
France 2020, 8:17 Min.
3D Computer
Screenplay: Lucas Lermytte
Music: Yann Menou
Editor: Hugo Caby
Animation: Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte
Producer: Carlos De Carvalho
School: Pôle 3D
Haboob
A man and his daughter are used to living in harmony and peace with nature, but some disruptions change their lovely little life.
MAHSA SAMANI
Iran 2020, 9:00 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Mohammad Sadegh Golchin Arefi
Music: Mim Rasouli
Editor: Mahsa Samani
Animation: Tayebeh Baghbani
Producer: Mahsa Samani
Benztown
Homemade! The city of Stuttgart fights against their traffic chaos with heavy actions. With its success – other cities want to do the same.
GOTTFRIED MENTOR
Germany 2020, 4:45 Min.
Live Action, 3D Computer, Visual Effects (VFX)
Screenplay: Gottfried Mentor
Editor: Gottfried Mentor
Animation: Bettina Grünefeld, Gottfried Mentor
Producer: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Production: Studio FILM BILDER
Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic
An animated extravaganza of plastic collected from beaches, roadsides, attics and junk shops. This is an elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has enslaved our planet: plastic.
PAUL BUSH
Denmark, United Kingdom 2020, 7:00 Min.
Stop Trick
Screenplay: Paul Bush
Music: Andy Cowton
Animation: Paul Bush, Christophe Peladan, Philip Piaget, Shinobu Soejima
Producer: Paul Bush, Lana Tankosa Nikolic
Disparus (Thin Ice)
Followed by his faithful cameraman, a shady reporter takes off on a journey to document a presumed exctinct species.
TIPHAINE BURGUBURU, PAULINE EPIARD, ÉLODIE LABORDE, LISA LAÎNÉ, CLÉMENTINE VASSEUR, VALENTINE VENTURA
France 2020, 6:47 Min.
3D Computer
Screenplay: T. Burguburu, P. Epiard, É. Laborde, L. Laîné, C. Vasseur, V. Ventura
Editor: Tiphaine Burguburu
Animation: T. Burguburu, P. Epiard, L. Laîné, V. Ventura
Producer: Philippe Meis
School: Supinfocom Rubika
Bambi Meets Godzilla
When the King of all Monsters visits our favorite woodland baby deer… Based on the 1969 short by Marv Newland, this chance encounter in the wood has undergone a full CGI facelift.
STEVEN TAYLOR
USA 2020, 1:00 Min
3D Computer
Screenplay: Steven Taylor
Editor: Steven Taylor
Animation: Steven Taylor
Producer: Steven Taylor
Hot
The girl is standing at a pedestrian crossing beneath the blazing sun when everything but the crossing begins to melt in the heat. She tries to safely cross the street without falling into the melting city.
IN-YOUNG BAEK
South Korea 2019, 2:34 Min.
2D Computer
Editor: In-Young Baek
Animation: In-Young Baek
School: KIAFA – Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association (AniSEED)
Odplyw (All At Sea)
Cornelius is a crab bachelor. A night spent drinking with his friends turns awry when the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina, spikes his drink and has his wicked way with him. In the weeks that follow, Cornelius experiences physiological and mental changes that transform his life. Told as a nature documentary, this film is based on real animal behaviours.
KASIA NALEWAJKA
Poland 2020, 9:42 Min.
Stop Motion
Screenplay: Kasia Nalewajka
Music: Filip Sijanec
Editor: Manuela Lupini
Animation: Paulina Szewczyk
Producer: Joanna Wendorff-Ostegaard
Hey, Ewe!
Ewe, the sheep, is abducted from her simple life and subjected to a series of tests to make her “civilized”.
BENJAMIN BUCKLEY
Canada 2020, 6:13 Min.
3D Computer, 2D Computer
Music: Andrew Coccimiglio
Animation: Benjamin Buckley, Katrina Pleasance
School: Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Milk
“Milk“ illustrates in a simple way how conventional dairy cows are used. What would happen if people were to be used in this way? A story from artificial insemination, to the separate path of the babies, to milk and cheese production, to the death of the fattened calves and finally: the slaughter of the exhausted mother.
JENNIFER KOLBE
Germany 2020, 4:30 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Jennifer Kolbe
Editor: Jennifer Kolbe
Animation: Jennifer Kolbe
School: Hochschule RheinMain
Tourist Trap
Jeep is looking for the ultimate vacation spot: an idyllic island full of wilderness and beautiful tropical birds. Upon arriving there, Jeep finds out that he is not the only adventurer. What started as an idyllic trip escalates quickly into a true tourist trap where no escape is possible.
VERA VAN WOLFEREN
Netherlands 2020, 2:14 Min.
Stop Motion, Motion Graphics
Screenplay: Britt Snel
Animation: Raymon Wittenberg
Producer: Chris Stenger, Floor Onrust
Hier und Laut
“Hier und Laut“ is the anthem of all young climate activists and those who yet want to become one. The colourful animated music video was created for Eric Wermke’s catchy song and illustrates serious facts about climate change with humour and charming characters.
HENRIKE ROTHE
Germany 2020, 4:10 Min.
Frame-by-Frame, Cutout Animation, 2D Computer
Screenplay: Martin Wagenpfeil
Music: Eric Wermke
Animation: Ana Maria Angel, Anna Levinson, Henrike Rothe, Sophia Schönborn
Racines
How can we reconnect to our energy sources? How can we wake up to our life? Like the seeds that suddenly start their germination process, a woman’s body tries to come out of its torpor.
ANAÏS MAUZAT
Belgium 2020, 3:43 Min.
2D Computer
Music: Pierre Jacques
Animation: Anaïs Mauzat
Producer: Anaïs Mauzat
Phoque Cancan (Seal Cancan)
A pack of seals are inhabited by the folly of the Cancan, solely animated by their rotundness and their will to live.
ADRIEN PERRET
France 2020, 2:20 Min.
2D Computer
Animation: Adrien Perret
School: EMCA (École des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation)
