COMPETITION PROGRAM 3
Oneluv
Russian Federation, 2022, 10:35
Director: Varya Yakovleva
Script: Varya Yakovleva
Animation: Nadezhda Fedotova, Varya Yakovleva, Tatiana Yatsina, Pavel Suslov, Sasha Deeva
Music and sound design: Alexei Prosvirnin
Production: Studio SHAR
Contact: sharstudia@gmail.com
Strangers come to visit the home of a young couple. Taking advantage of the hospitality of the hosts, the unexpected guests push the couple to do rash things, which leads to the destruction of the established order and harmony within the family.
The Boy and the Crow
Romania, 2023, 2:49
Director: Tudor Om
Script: Tudor Om
Production: Tudor Om
Contact: tudor.omstudio@gmail.com
The crow swallows the boy's blood from its beak. The boy has only one choice: run or face his fears.
Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse
Croatia, 2022, 9:57
Director: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Script: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Animation: Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Director of photography: Ivan Slipčević
Sound design: Hrvoje Niksic
Production: Kreativni sindikat
Contact: vanja@bonobostudio.hr
A waitress goes about her daily routine serving coffee whilst having thoughts of escaping her reality. A customer is constantly recording and listening back to the surrounding sounds of the café and is completely fixated by this task. Apathy is a condition that leads consciousness into stagnation, but do either of them realize that they are themselves examples of this condition?
STAIN-Fade
Serbia, 2023, 5:05
Director: Mihajlo Dragaš
Script: Mihajlo Dragaš
Animation: Mihajlo Dragaš
Contact: soperus@yahoo.com
Imprisoned in frozen landscapes, a young girl tries to defeat her own demons and regain a lost part of her soul.
COLD SOUP
Portugal, 2023, 9:50
Director: Marta Monteiro
Script: Marta Monteiro
Production: Animais Avpl; La Clairière Ouest
Contact: emanuel@curtas.pt
A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
Sit Down, Don't Touch Anything
Switzerland, 2022, 5:20
Director: Frederic Siegel
Script: Frederic Siegel
Production: Team Tumult
Contact: fredericsiegel@hotmail.com
A face is born out of chaos. It struggles to exist. It struggles to find its purpose. It struggles to sit on a chair. In fact, it struggles with many things. But thank God, it’s trying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
OPERATION LARP
Estonia, 2023, 9:58
Director: Mattias Mälk
Script: Mattias Mälk
Production: Eesti Joonisfilm
Contact: rutt@joonisfilm.ee
After a clash with a flock of ducks, the military loses its missile into a thick forest. On the outskirts of the same forest, a woodsman and his lover Vicky are caught redhanded by the local huntress Selma. Vicky runs naked into the forest with the vengeful huntress hot on her heels. Fortunately, an ongoing LARP camp provides a hideout for Vicky who tries to blend in.
The Master of the Swamps
Germany, 2023, 4:07
Director: Sasha Svirsky
Script: Sasha Svirsky
Music: Jessica Moss
Production: XZ Foundation
Contact: nasvirskaia@gmail.com
The film is devoted to Russian emperor Peter the Great, who lived in the late 17th and 18th centuries and brutally westernized the country. He aspired to build a great empire and considered this goal worth paying any price. Centuries have passed since his reign, but the last events show us that his bloody dream still contaminates people's minds in Russia.
Family Portrait
Croatia, Serbia, France, 2023, 14:30
Director: Lea Vidaković
Script: Lea Vidaković
Animation: Marion Le Guillou, Bilitis Levillain, Viollete Delvoye
Sound: Zoran Maksimović
Music: Miroslav Jovančić
Production: Adriatic Animation, Vivement Lundi!, Biberche Productions
Contact: lea.leavidakovic@gmail.com
As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras' brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.