In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water. Some are happy, some glorious, some traumatic. This story will be that of his last swim. It will take us from the source to the river – from the waters of childhood pools to those of swimming pools – from a North African country to the shores of the Mediterranean – from Olympic stadiums to water retention basins – from concentration camp to the dream beaches of Reunion.
Direction: Florence Miailhe
Production: Ron Dyens, Luc Camilli
Music and Sound: Pierre Oberkampf
France . 0:15:00 . 2024 . Drawing on cels, paint
In this film, cars have legs. Maybe that is why they feel free to use the pavement as they please. There is no room, but could we perhaps be a little more considerate?
Direction: Jelena Oroz
Production: Vanja Andrijevic
Script: Jelena Oroz
Music and Sound: Josip Klobucar
Croatia . 0:06:22 . 2024 . Animated objects, 2D computer
A seemingly naive turn of events leads to a disastrous one. Flight of wings leading all the way to WW1.
Direction: Aleta Rajic
Production: Sanja Rajic-Banjac
Script: Aleta Rajic
Music: Amela Darling
Sound: Luka Rupčić
Bosnia and Herzegovina . 0:03:17 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, 2D computer
“The Meatseller” is the true story of Selinna Ajamikoko, a young Nigerian woman who dreams of becoming a meatseller like her mom. In order to achieve her dream, she begins her voyage towards Italy, an experience full of atrocity and inhumanity. This animated journey guides us through the quest for identity that characterizes every human being.
Direction: Margherita Giusti
Production: Luca Guadagnino
Script: Margherita Giusti
Music and Sound: Enrico Ascoli
Italy. 0:17:00 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, 2D computer
Nabu lives with her brother in a little village, somewhere beyond the seas. One day the village comes under attack and burns to the ground. The children lose sight of one another in the commotion. The following day…
Direction: Joanna Rusinek
Production: Ewelina Gordziejuk, Lukasz Hendzel
Script: Joanna Rusinek
Music: Mikolaj Trzaska
Sound: Lena Szegda
Poland . 0:05:23 . 2023 . 2D computer
A love so strong that enables time travel.
Direction: Thomas Costa Freté
Production: Thomas Costa Freté
Script: Thomas Costa Freté
Sound: Pär Davidsson
Sweden . 0:07:20 . 2023 . 2D computer
Ellie spends her life channelling her frustrations into the collar of her jumper and one day it decides to fight back.
Direction: Isabella Spagnolo
Production: Alexia Gates-Foale, Francesca Hope, Sofia Iffla, Grace Rein
Script: Isabella Spagnolo
Music: Kieran Kenderessy
Sound: Xoe Baird assg
Australia . 0:06:15 . 2023 . 2D computer
The film was created using sand animation, and explores the theme of waves in various forms – in nature and in life. A collage of dramatic situations, fragments of human existence and the movement of waves in the sea, in the grass, in the branches.
Direction: Michael Carrington
Production: Michal Bureš, Michael Carrington
Script: Michael Carrington
Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç
Sound: Turgut Mavuk
Czech Republic . 0:08:00 . 2023 . Sand
A man sets out in search of the shortest thing in Tokyo, which turns out to be a single syllable uttered by a dying man…
Direction: Koji Yamamura
Production: Koji Yamamura
Script: Hideo Furukawa
Music: Sunao Isaji
Japan . 0:05:18 . 2024 . Drawing on paper
1939. A soldier meets a young woman. Their love story begins. The soldier is called to the front and their love dissolves in the war. 2014. During a long interview, the 91-year-old woman recounts the secrets of a forgotten time, revealed for the last time. What remains of a love story after three quarters of a century and a world war?
Direction: Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin
Production: Marc Faye, Mathieu Rolin-Novanima, MIhai ‘Mitrix’ Mitrica
Script: Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin
Music: Pierre Oberkampf
Romania . 0:14:00 . 2024 . 2D computer
A coot and a ferry skipper peacefully coexist along a city river. Their harmony is disrupted when a new bridge emerges, causing the skipper to lose all his passengers overnight.
Direction: Marlies van der Wel
Production: Gijs Kerbosch, Guusje van Deuren, Ingmar Conjarts
Script: Marlies van der Wel
Music: Sjam Sjamsoedin
Sound: Sharkee Haaifaai Deluxe
Netherlands . 0:02:15 . 2023 . 2D computer
In a sleepy town where the impossible becomes normal, the story begins with an ordinary pigeon. This pigeon suddenly has a strange transformation: it grows a human ear.
Direction: Janka Kocisek
Production: University of Appliedd Arts in Vienna
Sound: Anton Vertipolokh
Austria . 0:01:05 . 2024 . Drawing on paper
The story takes us into the world of a traditional Gypsy craft: fortune telling. The famous fortune teller Biszerka has a cross-eyed daughter named Fecska. Foolish Fecska thinks she has learned everything there is to know about her mother’s gift. Without telling her mother, she tries to read the cards too, and suddenly, the world turns a somersault…
Direction: Roland Toth-Pocs, Laszlo Balajthy
Production: Ferenc Mikulas
Script: Gyula Boszormenyi
Hungary . 0:07:45 . 2023 . 3D computer
A satire that mirrors Europe’s pressing political issues through the daily ups and downs of relationships among neighbouring cats.
Direction: Ana Cigon
Production: Viva Videnovic, Vanja Andrijevic
Script: Ana Cigon
Music: Tomaz Grom
Sound: Bostjan Kacicnik
Slovenia . 0:09:44 . 2024 . Cut-outs
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind…
Direction: Louise Bongartz
Production: Bastien Martin, Christophe Beaujean, Jérémie Mazurek
Script: Louise Bongartz
Music: Quentin Lachapèle
Sound: David Nelissen
Belgium . 0:10:06 . 2023 . Animated objects, other
Jutka, who is 7, thinks she came to Łódź on holiday only, but in fact she lives with her grandpa and auntie imprisoned in the ghetto. The girl does not understand why she cannot run freely around the city or play with children and has no idea where her parents left. Her grandfather tries to explain the world to her comparing it to the story of Minotaur.
Direction: Maria Gorlich-Opyd
Production: Ewelina Gordziejuk, Lukasz Hendzel
Script: Tessa Moult-Milewska
Music: Adrian Konarski
Sound: Michal Fojcik
Poland . 0:17:20 . 2023 . 2D computer
Painterly impressions of the silhouette of a horse, its springy movements, the shape of the head, the fight of stallions. In addition to his own animation, the director presents studies on Leonardo da Vinci’s horse, drawings by Pablo Picasso, Saul Steinberg and others, but also mythological figures such as a centaur and pegasus. It also shows how horses were painted by Japanese, Chinese and Paleolithic artists.
Direction: Witold Giersz
Production: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak
Script: Witold Giersz
Music: Krzesimir Dębski
Sound: Emil Jeleń
Poland . 0:05:46 . 2023 . Drawing on cels, drawing on paper, paint
Can humanity slow down its relentless march towards progress and find a more harmonious rhythm with nature?
Direction: Toms Burāns
Production: Toms Burāns
Script: Toms Burāns
Music: Ann McDonald
Latvia . 0:04:46 . 2024 . 3D computer, other
With a lot of humour, love and sarcasm, Mabel Lozano tells us in first person about her journey with a cancer-chickpea in her left breast. This is not just Mabel’s story, it is also that of millions of women.
Direction: Mabel Lozano
Production: Chelo Loureiro, Mabel Lozano, Raul Berdones
Script: Mabel Lozano
Music and Sound: José Ignacio Arrufat
Spain . 0:09:00 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, animated objects
My mother is a storyteller whose words both rocked and pierced me. A prolific storyteller, sad and enigmatic. Gradually, birds peck the memory…
Direction: Christel Hortz
Production: Bastien Martin
Sound: David Nelissen
Belgium . 0:04:20 . 2023 . Animated objects, 2D computer
Two old rivals face off in the most famous race of all, but what seems like an obvious epilogue will actually hide a bitter truth.
Direction: KCTOO
Production: Giulio Leoni
Script: KCTOO
Sound: Luca de Sensi
Italy . 0:04:36 . 2024 . 3D computer
Mikey’s new friend, Pidgey, follows him home for family prayer time. Unfortunately, the sanctity of Mammy’s sitting room is no place for a chaotic pigeon. What happens next will change things for Mikey forever.
Direction: Clíodhna Lyons
Production: Claire Finn, Cormac Slevin
Script: Polly Holland
Music: Brona Martin
Sound: Shane O’Toole
Ireland . 0:06:48 . 2024 . Cut-outs, 2D computer
A friend of our neighbor’s brother knew a man who was known to everyone as the pianist from Békéscsaba. Sometimes the urge to play would even catch him on the roof…Oh well, necessity is the mother of invention!
Direction: Kati Glaser
Production: Ferenc Mikulas – KesckemétFilm
Script: Kati Glaser
Hungary . 0:03:00 . 2023 . 2D computer
“(Woman)” is the first part of a trilogy that engages with the Iranian feminist revolution from the vantage point of diaspora. Through documentary media showcasing protesters on the streets, the film presents their civil disobedience as a collective performance, and explores the emerging narrative for woman, life and freedom.
Direction: Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Akhgari
Production: Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Akhgari
Script: Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Akhgari
Music: Students of Farhang Va Honar University
Sound: Nick Lavigne
Canada . 0:03:20 . 2023 . Other
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