Competition

Short 6

Vs Santa 04:00
Spain 2017
Directed by: Raúl Colomer, Aitor Herrero
Screenplay: Elena Gobernado
Animation: Ignacio Meneu Germán Chazarra, Eduardo Albertos, María Briones, Fran Benet, Víctor M. Collado, Celia Colomer, Cristian García, Luis Gijón, Carlos Grimaldo, Joana Maestro, Belén March, Javier Martínez, Iván Mengual, Ana Nager, Roberto Landete, María José M
Technique: 3D
Music: Ricardo Curto
Production/School: Barreira Arte&Diseño

On Christmas Eve, a lone girl waits expectantly in a huge apartment. At last her visitor, Santa Claus, arrives to carry out the yearly gift-giving tradition. However, the gift that the girl wants is not the gift that Santa has brought.
Plastic, plastic, every where! 22:43
Hong Kong 2018
Directed by: Michelle Kuen Suet Fung

Sahara Palace 08:34
France 2018
Directed by: Zélie Durand



The art of reducing noise 04:14

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Heidi Stokes
Animation: YES
Technique: 2D/ HAND DRAWN
Music: pond5.com /Sound effects Voice, Astronaut Stock Media provided by SoundIdeasCom / Pond5 City Noise Pedestrian Street; Stock Media provided by lynnepublishing / Pond5 Suspense Space Travel (Cinematic) #1: Stock Media provided by Phonografen / Pond5 C
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English /French/German/ available



In our turbulent times, silence seems like a necessary escape. 'The art of reducing noise' evaluates this concept looking in-particular at one important figure in history who used this in an astonishing way to evaluate the world we live in.

Introduction to Epilogue 09:00
Latvia 2018
Directed by: Indra Sproge



Billie 04:00

United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Maki Yoshikura
Screenplay: Maki Yoshikura
Animation: Maki Yoshikura, Geoff McDowall, Robert Milne, Tim Sagar, Roly Edwards
Technique: 2D computer animation using Flash, TVPaint and After Effects
Music: Eleni Hassabis
Production/School: none
Dialogue language: none
Subtitles language: none



Billie the dog's happy life comes to a sudden end when one morning her beloved owner doesn’t wake up anymore. She is taken away to a place she does not recognise. She is sad and lonely until one day her life takes a new turn...

The Fox / روباه 09:45

Iran 2018
Directed by: Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh
Screenplay: Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh
Animation: Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh
Technique: 2D Digital Paint
Music: Behnam Moayerian
Production/School: Documentary & Experimental Film Center
Dialogue language: Non Dialogue
Subtitles language: Non Subtitles



A young fox on the verge of experiencing the first love got trapped by a hunter. The Hunter ties his dog collar bell on the fox’s neck and leaves her in the wood. And then the fox begins his effort to survive and love and revenge.

We need to talk about Cosmos 03:20

France 2018
Directed by: Raphael Bluzet
Screenplay: Raphaël Bluzet
Animation: Raphaël Bluzet
Technique: Arthur Poitevin (illustration)
Music: François Riesterer
Production/School: Self production
Dialogue language: English



After making a short statement about the difficulties of going into space, Roger recounts, in a dry and humoristic tone, the problems one encounters there. He compares the daily activities of life in space with those on earth.

Carlotta's Face 05:00

Germany 2018
Directed by: Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Screenplay: Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Animation: Frédéric Schuld
Technique: 2D (style based on the technique the portrait' artists is using)
Music: Simon Bastian
Production/School: Fabian&Fred
Dialogue language: german
Subtitles language: english



As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She even doesn’t recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.

Five minutes to sea 07:07
Russia 2018
Directed by: Natalia Mirzoyan

If I'm wrong 03:54
USA 2018
Directed by: Coraline Yijie Wang

32-Rbit 07:45
Germany 2018
Directed by: Victor Orozco Ramirez


Sunscapades 05:14
United Kingdom 2018
Directed by: Ben Mitchell
Screenplay: Ben Mitchell
Animation: Ben Mitchell
Technique: 2D Digital
Music: Ben Mitchell, Phil Brookes
Production/School: Harmful Mind Productions
Dialogue language: English

A day at the beach takes a gruesome turn when triplets Lily, Milly and Billy attempt a prank on their grumpy ol' dad
Flight 655 05:05
Iran 2018
Directed by: Hamid jamali

The Elephant's Song 07:40

USA 2018
Directed by: Lynn Tomlinson



"The Elephant's Song" tells the true and tragic tale of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, as recounted in song by her friend the old farm dog. Their story is portrayed in colorful, handcrafted animation, created frame by frame with clay-on-glass and oil pastel animation.