PÖFF 2016: Best of International Student Animation II

30 years ago, participating in an international festival required having the opportunity to use 35mm film.

The world has changed. Nowadays, making films and also sending them to festivals does not require such exclusive opportunities. Around the world, a huge number of student films are made and sent to festivals.

This year, Animated Dreams has a rich and interesting selection of student films made using various techniques. From A to Z, puppet films, 3D, drawn animation, and 2D TV Paint animations. This year there are a large number of films painted under the camera. And one of the distinct trends is to use (or replicate) classic printing techniques (such as screen printing or linocut).



COME TO ME

United Kingdom 2016, 5’

Dir: Marta Reis Andrade

Prod: Royal College of Art

The film is about red, curves and hair.



PENELOPE

Estonia 2016, 4’

Dir: Heta Jäälinoja

Prod: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia

Penelope wakes up. Someone is at the door. But everything's a mess.



STARTING OVER

Japan 2016, 9’

Dir: Mika Seike

Prod: Tokyo University of the Arts

You fall down every time before reaching your goal. At each fall, the glass you held in your hand breaks, then everything starts again from the beginning. But there are things one can only discover through repetition. The answer lies within yourself.



MIRROR

Germany 2016, 5’

Dir: Anna Lytton

Prod: Academy of Media Arts Cologne

To touch and be touched, to reveal and conceal. Pencil lines exploring skin, an inner world made visible on the body’s outer layer. Movements and gestures become manifestations of the relationship between the body and drawings.



TRACES OF THE EPHEMERAL

Poland 2016, 8’

Dir: Agnieszka Waszczeniuk

Prod: University of Arts in Poznań

The film is the story of man and his relationship with nature. An unreal atmosphere and the constantly blowing wind can cause destruction, but it also gives hope for the birth of something new.



HOOTCHU

United States of America, Korea 2015, 1’

Dir: June Kim

Prod: Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Allergies are irritating. It keeps everything from being done. The stress builds up, and the tension grows. Eyes watery, head spinning, but then there is "the perfect solution."



NOVEMBRE

France 2015, 4’

Dir: Marjolaine Perreten

Prod: Annick Teninge, La Poudrière

Autumn has come to the banks of a stream. Small animals hustle to get ready for the winter season.



ZHI-HAO

Taiwan 2016, 7’

Dir: Wu Chung-Yi

Prod: Taipei National University of the Arts

What is the concept of Earth? In “A Sand County Almanac“ written by Aldo Leopold, Earth by definition invites all living beings to interact with it, and that also includes mankind.



BESIDE ONESELF

Poland 2016, 5’

Dir: Karolina Specht

Prod: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

One day, she notices that something strange is going on with him. A short animation film about the confrontation between ideas of things and the real world. Do we live with real people, or only with our imagination of them?



SHUMA

Estonia 2016, 6’

Dir: Lucija Mrzljak

Prod: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia

The water is knee-deep. If you are afraid of drowning, stand on a chair. There is a face in a tree.



HYPERTRAIN

Switzerland 2016, 3’

Dir: Etienne Kompis, Fela Bellotto

Prod: Jürgen Haas, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts



On a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions, the traveller suddenly comes across himself.



HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

United Kingdom 2016, 7’

Dir: Sophia Markatatos

Prod: Royal College of Art

In a fucked up world, two opposite characters meet.