COMPETITION PROGRAM 1
Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse
Switzerland, 2021, 07:35
Director: Kilian Vilim
Script: Kilian Vilim
Animation: Lorenz Wunderle, Kilian Vilim, Lukas Pulver, Fela Bellotto, Etienne Mory, Aira Joana, Frederic Siegel, Lara Perren
Music: Raffael Pochanke
Sound: Etienne Kompis
Production: YK Animation Studio GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Kontakt/Contact: distribution@yk-animation.ch
The diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standards of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed he shovels madly on her new iron horse's voyage.
1st Cosmos CREATION
Serbia, 2022, 07:15
Director: Jelena Bešir
Script: Jelena Bešir
Animation: Jelena Bešir
Music: Béla Bartók
Sound: Marko Kekezović , Ana Vasić
Produkcija: BLOK FILM
Contact: jelenabesir@gmail.com
Two fish are looking for each other and pass each other. A boy has lost his balloon and does not give up his intention to catch it again. A fantastic creature (a bird-woman) catches a fish. The fisherman caught the sun by chance... These characters are less the bearers of the plot and more symbolic representations of search, union, transformation and liberation.
THE UMBRELLA / Le Parapluie /
France, 2022, 15:30
Director: Claire Ledru
Script: Claire Ledru
Animation: David Martin, Claire Ledru, Nikita Fraysse, Aurore Peuffier
Music: Mino Malan
Sound: Audrey Ginestet
Production: Xbo Films
Contact: mikhal.bak@gmail.com
Incessant rain erodes the earth, its material collapses, nothing remains of the landscape except long and narrow pillars rising against an immense sky. On one of these islands, a survivor stands still, clinging to his umbrella, his only weapon against the downpour. In the narrow confines of this tiny stage, individuals will be forced to live one on top of the other.
THING / DING
Germany, 2021, 04:32
Director: Malte Stein
Script: Malte Stein
Animation: Malte Stein
Music: Malte Stein
Sound: Malte Stein
Produkcija: Malte Stein
Contact: maltestein@gmx.de
Haunted by a little thing, a man gets driven to the edge.
SALUTE TO THE SUN
Croatia, 2022, 08:50
Director: Darko Masnec
Script: Darko Masnec
Animation: Darko Masnec, Anita Kos, Stjepan Milas
Music: Luka Smetisko
Zvuk: Luka Smetiško
Production: Studio u šumi
Contact: vanja@bonobostudio.hr
An astronaut in love orbits around the sun absorbing its energy. But the sun is too big, causing their connection to break, and the astronaut must continue on his own. As he tries to return to his source of energy, he realizes there are others like him. What started out as a game, slowly turns into a love triangle. Shapes change, but their needs remain the same.
THE GARBAGE MAN
Portugal, 2022, 11:50
Director: Laura Gonçalves
Script: Laura Gonçalves
Animation: Inês Teixeira, Marta Reis Andrade, Alexandra Ramires, Vitor Hugo Rocha, Maria Francisca Moura, Dimitrije Mihajlovic, Laura Gonçalves, Martim Cordovil, Patrícia Guimarães, Diana Peixoto
Music: Ricardo Santos Rocha
Sound: Pedro Marinho, Bernardo Bento
Production: Bando à Parte
Contact: emanuel@curtas.pt
On a hot August afternoon, the family gathered at the table remembers uncle Botão: the Colonial War, emigration to France, where he lived and worked thirty years as a garbage man. Memories of each are crossed to tell the story of a man who lived a hard life through humor and fantasy, like when he returned to Belmonte, in a van full of trash, turned into a real treasure.
MY TIGER / Mon Tigre
France, 2022, 14:10
Director: Jean-Jean Arnoux
Script: Jean-Jean Arnoux
Animation: Jean-Jean Arnoux, Jon Boutin, Tom Chertier, Laure Escadafals, Françoise Losito
Music: Jean-Jean Arnoux
Sound: Quentin Romanet
Production: Xbo Films, L’image d’après
Contact: mikhal.bak@gmail.com
Mr K works for « Pastagel », a miraculous product which keeps your hair perfectly smooth and shiny all day long. Mr K tries to be neat, but his hair is rebellious and doesn’t stay in place, perhaps just like him ?