MONSTRA Festival

Supershorts

Supershorts

Sessions:
25 March | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 | 19:30

Yeah, I'm good thanks

Country: United Kingdom Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Whilst messaging online a woman contemplates being honest about how she’s really been doing.
Credits:
Director: Hannah Lau-Walker Writers: Hannah Lau-Walker

Household Porn

Country: Argentina Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
At the end of a long and tiring day of quarantine isolation, Carla tries to overcome boredom and cabin fever from being cooped up in her little apartment. Masturbation seems to be the most promising idea. However, her plans are disrupted once the domestic appliances turn on and start harassing her.
Credits:
Director: Inés Labarrère Ventroni Writers: Trinidad Ventos, Inés Labarrère Ventroni Producer: Yamila Yabale, Julián Lopez

Identity

Country: United Kingdom, Latvia Year: 2022
Sinopsys:
“Identity” has everything you want to see in a short film. It is funny. It has great character animation, timing and shot choice. Despite the simple background, the characters are engaging through dialogue, design and sound.
Credits:
Director: Arturs Voblikovs Writers: Arturs Voblikovs Producer: Arturs Voblikovs

One Night Out

Country: United States Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Deep in the night, a car carrying a man and a young woman is abruptly caught by a lady in pajamas. As their relationships are revealed, the story takes a twist and runs into an unexpected way.
Credits:
Director: Seungah Yoo

Pink Noise

Country: France Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
A symbolic and poetic interpretation of the life that grows in the womb of a mother-to-be.
Credits:
Director: Martin Wiklund, Arthur Lemaitre, Ulysse Lefort Writers: Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund, Athrur Lemaitre

PLSTC

Country: France Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Welcome to the world of PLSTC, an undersea dystopia that submerges you in the disturbing reality of plastic pollution in our oceans. Through a series of graphically confronting AI-generated and hand-composited images of ocean creatures, this experimental animated film confronts you with the devastating consequences of our habits on marine life, and leaves you gasping for breath.
Credits:
Director: Laen Sanches Writers: Laen Sanches

Red Fried District

Country: Netherlands Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
In a snack wall of a snackbar, a young, naive croquette has to compete with an experienced, bitchy cheese soufflé to persuade a hungry customer that she’s the most tasty snack.
Credits:
Director: Flip van der Kuil, Stephan Miras Writers: Flip van der Kuil, Stephan Miras Producer: Michael Visser, Joris van Seggelen, Jack Kuiper

There is exactly enough time

Country: Austria Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had drawn 206 pictures in a flip book when he died in an accident. His father continued to draw the film with the remaining 482 sheets.
Credits:
Director: Virgil Widrich, Oskar Salomonowitz

Tomato Blast

Country: Ireland Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
“Tomato Blast” is a parody of late night commercials that advertise a product so stupid that no one should want to buy it. The short is narrated by a salesman who just wants to convince you that the “Tomato Blast” product is a good idea. However, in this short, we will see why it is not.
Credits:
Director: Cian Morrissey Writers: Cian Morrissey

Spin Cycle

Country: United Kingdom Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
A woman takes up residence in a washing machine and undertakes a hypnotic and cathartic wash in this experiential hybrid stop-motion / 2D animation.
Credits:
Director: Jess Mountfield

RIP 9-5

Country: United States, United Kingdom Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
A Y2K apocalypse takes place inside of computers as a result of binary code and monopoly capitalism.
Credits:
Director: Ben Alderman

Despera

Country: Poland Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
The film is a contemplation on loneliness, isolation and powerlessness, started during a lockdown, in a period of woman strike protests in Poland in the beginning of 2021.
Credits:
Director: Alicja Liss Writers: Alicja Liss

Blooming

Country: United Kingdom Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
"Blooming" is a stop-motion animation film that uses fleshy plaster-scene to invite the viewer to look at the world from a plant’s point of view. This playful film is a celebration of desire and pleasure.
Credits:
Director: Efa Blosse Mason, Sophie Marsh

The Talking Stage

Country: Canada Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Credits:
Director: Lily Paris Writers: Lily Paris

Kebab and Pain

Country: United Kingdom, Latvia Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
Arthur is suffering from the boring routine of the lockdown. A notification online catches his eye, saying that his favourite kebab restaurant is finally re-opening, which is very exciting for him. When Arthur travels the city streets to the restaurant with his skateboard, he sparks joy and excitement that turn into euphoria. Arthur gets his order and is about to skate back home ready to savour his food, but he falls off his skateboard on the crosswalk and watches his desired meal get demolished against the ground.
Credits:
Director: Arturs Voblikovs Writers: Arturs Voblikovs

Championsheep

Country: Poland Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:

This is the first world sheep racing championship. Who will make it to the end?

Credits:
Director: Jakub Bożydar Dolny

DEALING WITH WAR

Country: Germany Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
Two sheep, one dog; Two sheep: “Peace”.
Dog wags his tail, opens his mouth showing six sharp teeth and screams: “War!”
Credits:
Director: Andreas Hykade Writers: Andreas Hykade Producer: Thomas Meyer-Hermann

Hidden Heroes

Country: Germany Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Almost every 5th child in Germany is at risk of poverty. This has a dramatic impact: On
every child affected and on the overall social development of our future. As part of a
cooperation between MACH DICH STARK - (MAKE YOU STRONG) and the Stuttgart
International Animated Film Festival (ITFS), the animation studio monströös has
succeeded in making an informative and entertaining short animated film called
Hidden Heroes. It shows what child poverty in Germany means and what ways out there are.
Credits:
Director: Anna Levinson Writers: Andreas Völlinger

In the coffee-grinder

Country: Czech Republic Year: 2021 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:

Director David Súkup’s visual tribute to one of the most important living poets, Ivan Wernisch, while also highlighting the phenomenon of coffee in Czech poetry.

 
Credits:
Director: David Súkup Writers: Ivan Wernisch Producer: Martin Vandas

M2

Country: Argentina Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
The bodies contained in the cube, a symbol of confinement and at the same time of shelter, need to escape, but cannot.
Credits:
Director: Ana Martin, Bela Tagliabue, Paola Bellato Writers: Bela Tagliabue, Ana Martin, Paola Bellato Producer: Karina Fuentes, Romina Savary

Rainbow

Country: Portugal Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
An ice cream is forbidden in Russia because it contains hidden messages.
Credits:
Director: Nikita Gatman Writers: Nikita Gatman Producer: Nikita Gatman, Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis

Dry Lives

Country: Estonia Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:

We are blessed by nature with a sheer endless multitude of shapes, textures and colours, that are waiting to be examined. But the abundance of beauty is its curse which forces us to disregard and discard. In "Dry Lives", the temporary beauty of autumn leaves becomes intermingled with the temporal dimension of dancing movements to the sounds of classical guitar.

 
Credits:
Director: Lukas Winter

100 Miles

Country: Canada Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
“Are we there yet?” When the kids act up in the back seat, a family road trip gets knocked hilariously off course.

Short film produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
Credits:
Director: Louis Bodart Writers: Louis Bodart

The Chats - 6L GTR

Country: France, Australia Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:

The boys are driving their old van recklessly, but all they really want is to drive a 6L GTR.

Official clip for the song “6L GTR” by The Chats.

 
Credits:
Director: marco Imov

To the moon

Country: Sweden Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
A girl's dream quickly changes when reality hits.
Credits:
Director: Rickie Cai

Fish and Love

Country: France Year: 2022 Duration: 3 mins.
Sinopsys:
Roger, bitten while preparing dinner for a date, turns into a fish and is propelled through his flat.
Credits:
Director: Margot Casabonne-Masouvane, Simon Chassanne, Marion Cortesi, Lucas Garthner, Clara Ibrahim, Emma Thevenet Writers: Margot Casabonne-Masounave , Simon Chassanne, Marion Cortesi, Lucas Gaerthner, Clara Ibrahim, Emma Thevenet

Mornings Like This

Country: Italy Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
When everybody is still sleeping, that’s my time to take a moment and appreciate this peculiar calm and sweet loneliness. After a working night, one of my favourite things are mornings like this.
Credits:
Director: Alessia Puli Producer: Alessia Puli

Sick of my job

Country: Spain Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
A stop-motion puppet is left alone on the set when everyone has left and takes advantage of the moment to show his true face, free from the spotlight.
Credits:
Director: Sonia Estévez Writers: Sonia Estévez

Loquats Poem

Country: Portugal Year: 2022 Duration: 3 mins.
Sinopsys:

Every night I waited for her. I was sure that she would sit next to me, on the bed, and tell me the usual story: “Once upon a time there was a loquat, who was sitting still, watching what was happening. An old woman came and bam! She ate it! That's what happens to loquats who are sitting, standing, watching what happens.”

Perhaps because of its length, Mário-Henrique Leiria's poem was my mom's favorite. I already knew the story by heart, but I waited every night for the chance to hear it again.

If the old woman ate the loquat it meant that my mother was there with me, on the other side of the bed.

 
Credits:
Director: Leonor Silva Writers: Leonor Silva

((O))

Country: Poland Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
Short story about an anticipation for a special delivery...
Credits:
Director: Joanna Żybul Writers: Joanna Żybul

Steps

Country: Germany Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
Leaving our own reality gives us the opportunity to dive into new ones. It can be a difficult step, but it can also be a liberating, empowering one. Dealing with different realities also means accepting other perspectives, opening new doors and, above all, being able to think of oneself in a new way.
Credits:
Director: Lena Ziegler

I Want to Be the Ocean

Country: Germany Year: 2020 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
A small community in the woods experiences a flood. The people of the city recite a poem, admitting their doubts. A meandering film about identity, uncertainty and the hope to escape it.
Credits:
Director: Raman Djafari Writers: Raman Djafari Producer: Charlie Perkins

Little dust

Country: Georgia Year: 2022
Sinopsys:
A story about the life of a dust.
Credits:
Director: Petre Tomadze Writers: Petre Tomadze

Trash Can

Country: United Kingdom, Lithuania Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
The lonely raccoon tries to survive another day in the busy city. When he finally finds some food, his happiness doesn't last long.
Credits:
Director: Greta Semionovaitė Writers: Greta Semionovaitė

ansia

Country: Germany, Switzerland Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:
The Portuguese word "ânsia" can be used to describe anxiousness and restlessness, as well as an intense longing or craving. With this stop motion animation, André Correia tries to evoque this familiar feeling, which seems to crawl all over the body from within. The film plays with familiar fears and motives, in order to recreate a sensation of discomfort. Weronika Malinowska's visceral soundscape elevates the images to another level of uneasiness.
Credits:
Director: André Correia Writers: André Correia

Chill Stacy, chill

Country: Slovenia Year: 2022 Duration: 1 mins.
Sinopsys:

Stacy tries to fix her anxiety struggles with modern medicine.

 
Credits:
Director: Tamara Taskova Writers: Tamara Taskova Producer: University of Nova Gorica School of Arts

Memory of my Father

Country: Ireland Year: 2022 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
An animated accompaniment to Patrick Kavanagh's poem "Memory of my Father". Throughout Kavanagh's encounters with older men, he sees his own father reflected in them. The animation explores this mixture of longing and haunting by symbolising the father with a pair of glasses shifting between nondescript characters, echoing Kavanagh’s self reflection.
Credits:
Director: Cian Hughes, Bárbara Oliveira Writers: Patrick Kavanagh Producer: Claddagh Records

Bed Trip

Country: France Year: 2021 Duration: 2 mins.
Sinopsys:
A bed doesn’t want a tired man to go to sleep and takes him for a walk instead.
Credits:
Director: Cazal Victor Writers: Cazal Victor