Competition Programme II

The competition programme is a mixture of the freshest ideas, of traditional and also innovative currents. The competition programme is primarily made up of short films that represent artistic animation and which captivate with their multi-layered content and skilful visuals. The competition programme brings to you the finest animations from all over the world, from Argentina to Israel. A total of 35 of 500 films made it into the competition programme.

ANY OTHER MAN - Portugal 2012, 11', dir/prod: Luís Soares, technique: drawn

A common man, sitting in his regular café, smoking and observing. The city comes and goes through the café's window. For a moment glass and skin cease to be a frontier and life blends. A mechanism of connections between man and city is set loose, composing a new architecture of observations, memories and wishes. In this web of imponderable circuits a possibility of disruption unleashes. From which only a brief trace will remain.

BOLES - Slovenia / Germany 2013, 12', dir: Špela Čadež, prod: Tina Smrekar, Špela Čadež, technique: puppet

Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood. He dreams of writer's glory and luxurious lifestyle in a more prosperous part of town. One day Filip gets a knock on the door. His neighbour Tereza, an older prostitute that Filip tries to avoid by all means, asks him to write a letter for her fiancé. Filip agrees. And it would all end up fine if a week later Tereza would not show up at his doorstep again, asking him to write an answer to the previous letter.

THE BANQUET OF THE CONCUBINE - France / Canada / Switzerland 2012, 13', dir: Hefang Wei, prod: Pascal Le Nôtre, Emmanuel Bernard, Julie Roy, technique: drawn

In the year 746, during the Tang Dynasty, a banquet is given in the Imperial City in honour of Emperor Li's favourite concubine. An unsatisfied craving, suspected infidelity and fevered imagination lead Yang to bitter excess, which not even the luscious lychee can appease.

TONGUE-TIED - France 2012, 4', dir/prod: Lucrèce Andreae, technique: drawn

We're in a bar in which there are two seats to each table and various couples... Every few minutes, the men and their dates for the evening change around - it's the rule of the game!

FIRST FALL - France 2013, 10', dir: Carlos De Carvalho, Aude Danset, prod: Je Regarde, technique: 3D

Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their "natures", they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. So when Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine. Both of them will have to learn compromise to protect the other...

KOUKOU - Japan 2013, 6', dir/prod: Takashi Ohashi, Technique: abstract

"Koukou" is a visual work based on an abstract animation synchronised with a song comprising the unique syllabic sounds of the Japanese language, without actually using any full words.

THE WANDERER OF ST MARCEL - France 2012, 8', dir: Rony Hotin, prod: Jerome Lateur, technique: drawn

In the Parisian subway, a happy homeless in spite of his conditions. Every night, after the closure of its station, its dreams take life...

HOLLOW LAND - Denmark 2013, 14', dir: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, prod: Marie Bro, technique: puppet

With their old bathtub in tow, a displaced couple arrives in a new land, where all is not as they expected it to be. Awaiting the birth of their first child, and in their effort to adjust to an oddly oppressive environment, they are challenged by cultural/gender roles and customs. "Hollow Land" is a brilliant animated film that captures the disruptions, and corrosive anxieties that are part of daily life for so many immigrants, refugees and misfits around the world. Asburd, dark and awkwardly playful; it is an insightful story about humans.