Mon Ami Qui Brille Dans La Nuit
(My Friend Who Shines In The Night)
A ghost loses its memory after being struck by lightning. It meets Arthur, who tries to help it.
GRÉGOIRE DE BERNOUIS, JAWED BOUDAOUD, SIMON CADILHAC, HÉLÈNE LEDEVIN
France 2020, 8:40 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Hélène Ledevin
Music: Arthur Dairaine
Animation: Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Hélène Ledevin
Producer: Moïra Marguin
School: GOBELINS, l’École de l’Image
Ku Je Tani? (Where Are You Now?)
A father sends well-wishing voice messages to his filmmaker son confined in self-isolation far away from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
ENEOS ÇARKA
Hungary 2020, 8:05 Min.
3D Computer
Screenplay: Eneos Çarka, Milto Çarka
Editor: Eneos Çarka
Animation: Stivi Imami
School: SZFE Budapest
Once Upon A Head
The grandfather decides to go to barber shop in order to get a new haircut after picking Dong Dong up from school. However, Dong Dong cannot stay still and wants to escape to have some fun while his grandfather prevents him from getting out. Then a conflict between grandfather and grandson begins.
NUODI A
China 2020, 8:28 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Nuodi A
Music: Congying Li
Editor: Nuodi A
Animation: Jiawei Chen
Producer: Yiran Chen
School: Beijing Film Academy
Marbles
The hypnotizing pendulum sets a particular mechanism in motion. A body, space and variety of objects form a rhythmic system of interdependence. The sound interwaves with the image, creating the music of repetitive events. What is the cause and what is the effect?
NATALIA SPYCHAŁA
Poland 2019, 5:30 Min.
Digital, Stop Trick, Live Animation, Mixed Media
Screenplay: Natalia Spychała
Music: Pimon Lekler
Editor: Natalia Spychała
Animation: Katarzyna Adamkiewicz, Urszula Domańska, Natalia Spychała
Producer: Agata Golańska
School: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
Zhua Zhuo (Chose)
Zhua Zhou is a Chinese ritual in which a child has to choose one from many objects in front of them. The child’s choice is supposed to predict his or her future. The protagonist performs Zhua Zhou and in the course of his life he gives up his choices for the will of his parents. When he becomes a father himself, he treats his child strangely.
LINGBO FEI, CHUCHU GUO
China 2020, 2:34 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Chuchu Guo
Music: Yuanpeng Bi
Animation: Lingbo Fei, Chuchu Guo, Ruolin Hu, Yishu Ruan, Jiaxin Sui
Producer: Shengying Ai
School: School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China
Anna et Manon vont à la mer (Anna and Manon Go to the Sea)
After a summer camp, Anna and Manon decide to go and live by the sea so they never have to part.
CATHERINE MANESSE
France 2020, 4:07 Min.
Stop Motion
Music: Oscar Aubry
Editor: Suzanne Van Boxsom
Animation: Catherine Manesse
School: La Poudrière
Girl In The Water
In a room with crumbling wallpaper, a woman recalls the ups and downs of love while stroking a scar on her leg and waiting for the paint to dry. The film shows femininity and female inner time consciousness through the convalescence of the woman’s broken heart.
SHI-ROU HUANG
Taiwan, China 2021, 7:20 Min.
Frame-by-Frame, Drawn On Paper
Screenplay: Shi-Rou Huang
Music: Peilin Wu
Editor: Shi-Rou Huang
Animation: Shi-Rou Huang
School: Tainan National University of the Arts
Cha
Bibi is plagued by memories of the past, and her granddaughter Simran is starting to notice. In resolving to teach Simran how to make Cha, they are pulled into the past, to Bibi’s memories of one fateful day in Delhi, 1984.
GAGANDEEP KALIRAI
United Kingdom 2020, 8:22 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Shyam Popat
Music: Saul Bragman
Editor: Constance Brannick
Animation: Gagandeep Kalirai
Producer: James Bowsher
School: NFTS – National Film and Television School
Swiatynia Ukwialu (Anemone Temple)
Deep-sea organisms living in such a specific environment have developed unusual forms and properties. By observing them, you have the impression of watching a fairy-tale world of dreams. “Anemone Temple” is a creative interpretation of the underwater world, in which the author himself has never been.
JUSTYNA PAZDAN
Poland 2020, 4:52 Min.
Stop Trick, Claymation
Music: Anna Lis
Animation: Justyna Pazdan
School: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
Mulm
N. tries to communicate with a star. In this work he is disturbed by the neighbour’s cat, which he has to look after.
CAROL RATAJCZAK, TOBIAS TREBELJAHR
Germany 2020, 6:51 Min.
3D Computer
Music: Alexander David
Producer: Laura Messner
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Pod Naprejenie (Under Pressure)
In the film we see a man trying to get to his home from work as fast as possible because he has left the tap water running. Throughout the way there he starts a domino effect leading to the whole town getting flooded.
VASIL BOGDANOV
Bulgaria 2019, 6:00 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Vasil Bogdanov
Music: Galo Ortiz
Editor: Vasil Bogdanov
Animation: Vasil Bogdanov
Producer: Stanislav Semerdjiev
School: NAFTA – National Academy for Theatre & Film Arts „Krustyo Sarafov”
The Adventures Of Blueman And Jungle Jim
A giant alien finds a tiny human being in his house and decides to keep him as a pet. When Blueman gets more humans to keep his new pet company, things break out into tiny naked chaos.
SYDNEY SIMEONE
USA 2020, 5:35 Min.
2D Computer
Music: Matt Rogers
Animation: Sydney Simeone
School: School of Visual Arts – BFA Animation
The Song Of A Lost Boy
Ben, a young choir boy, who after his voice breaks mid solo, has a crisis of faith and decides to run away from his community. He happens upon a group of nomads who take him in, though Ben hides a secret about who he really is, and must decide what to do with it.
DANIEL QUIRKE
United Kingdom 2020, 9:56 Min.
Stop Trick
Screenplay: Brid Arnstein
Music: Darryl O’Donovan
Editor: Margred Pryce
Animation: Daniel Quirke
Producer: Jamie MacDonald
School: NFTS – National Film and Television School
