Animation
The Sprayer
Director – Farnoosh Abedi
(Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Duration – 9′
In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private. So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how dose a plant grows or look like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary
The Oubliette
Director – Max Hendrickson
(Ireland)
Duration – 10′
After moving into a small apartment in a big city, a man notices strange and mysterious occurrences.
Dream in Color
Director – Marijn Raeven
(Belgium)
Duration – 6′
Two brothers struggle to deal with the loss of their mother. The elder brother tries to cheer up his younger brother by taking him on a journey to an imaginary world. In the process, they find more than just a distraction from their grief.
L’abattu des vents
Director – Félix-Antoine Garneau-Chouinard
(Canada)
Duration – 5′
Alone on a secluded island, a lightkeeper is prisoner of his own madness.
Animation from University Students
Tatt
Director – Ekaterina Ulyanova
(Russian Federation)
Duration – 3′
The story of a mysterious monster-thief who stole the forester’s pants.
Pobre Antonio
Directors – Mariana Guerreiro Ferreira, Eudald Rojas Lluís
(Spain)
Duration – 8′
Antonio is stuck to his routine. During the night, he works in a recycling plant and during the day stays with his family with whom he doesn’t really get along. One day, while working, he discovers that he can begin to make decisions about his life and change it to his will.
Between Wings and Swings
Director – Yuyang Yan
(Canada)
Duration – 3′
Through an unexpected turn of events, a young girl must learn to let go.
Balloom
Director – Kayla Borecky
(Canada)
Duration – 7′
Balloom is a fourth year thesis film about a Clown who struggles to accept the inevitable demise of his balloon animals but gains a new perspective on life thanks to those around him. It is a heartfelt story about the importance of appreciating the present and coming to terms with the difficulties of loss.
Animation Young Students
Reminiscence
Director – Arianna Reboni
(United States)
Duration – 1′
Big
Director – Mia Evans
(United States)
Duration – 2′
Work Warfare
Director – Oscar Myles
(United Kingdom)
Duration – 3′
Two work colleagues falling out and starting a war, this war then goes too far and their boss notices and fires them, they then walk out of their office building, get angry and start the fight again.
Relief
Director – Nuka Sajko
(Slovenia)
Duration – 1′
When it comes to the point where it is necessary to cut…
I’ll Get You Home
Director – Arianna Reboni
(United States)
Duration – 2′
Old man and apple trees
Directors – Group of children 10-13 years old
(Slovenia)
Duration – 3′
The old man planted apple trees. The girl asks him why, since he won’t be able to eat the fruit. It is an animated adaptation of Lev N. Tolstoj’s story, made by children.
Magic House
Directors – Students from Poland (Children’s Art Centre) and India (Toon Club)
(Poland, India)
Duration – 6′
‘Magic House’, is a short stopmotion animation film created frame by frame with materials lying around in the house and thus the name ‘Magic House’. The film doesn’t have a storyline and is an abstract film
Love of a Horse and a Whale
Director – Anastasia Shinkarenko
(Ukraine)
Duration – 1′
The horse meets a terrible monster and almost dies. Love turns out to be a Savior.