Underground

Country: GREECE , CYPRUS Year: 2024 Duration: 7 mins.

Synopsis: The last shovelful plunges the shot into darkness. ‘Undergound’ (2024) is a stop-motion film that seems to be talking about death, yet does the exact opposite.

Credits:

Direction: Yiannis Christoforou

Writers: Isabella Konstantinidou

Production: Michalis Kalopaidis, Constantinos Kilaris, Yiannis Andritsopoulos, Giorgos Glynos, Stefanos Ganos

Animation: Roos Mattaar, Christos Papandreopoulos

Music: Ted Regklis

Sound: Nikos Tsines, Dimitris Batzios, Renos Papastavros

Distribution: Decoy Images EE

Age Classification: M/12

Voiceless

Country: SWITZERLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 15 mins.

Synopsis: Dan is a young man who spends a lot of time in his flat. His routine is always accompanied by electronic music pumping through his headphones. But when he steps outside, he feels disconnected from the world around him and only finds solace in nightclubs. Techno music and drugs transport him to a world where he can be himself, where he feels free. One day, he catches the eye of a baby which will change his perception of the world around him.

Credits:

Direction: Samuel Patthey

Writers: Samuel Patthey

Production: Mark Olexa (DOK MOBILE)

Animation: Samuel Patthey, Julie Ecoffey

Music: Patrick Becker, Hank LW, Dj Nobu, 3KZ, Sebastian Mullaert, Voiski, Gëinst, Edit Select, Eduardo de la Calle, Sinner DC

Sound: Thomas Gassmann

Distribution: Square Eyes

Age Classification: M/12

DESK BUGS

Country: SOUTH KOREA , JAPAN Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A bright red desk and a blue pencil. Skulls, cups, and a modular synthesizer. When you sit at the desk, they appear. With fluffy purple bodies, they're called ‘Desk Bugs’.

Credits:

Direction: Kim Hakhyun

Writers: KIM Hakhyun

Production: KIM Hakhyun (STUDIO 8 DOGS)

Animation: KIM Hakhyun

Music: KIM Hakhyun

Sound: KIM Hakhyun, HASHIMOTO Hiromitsu

Distribution: KIAFA AniSEED

Age Classification: M/12

Playing God

Country: ITALY , FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 9 mins.

Synopsis: A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of a workshop, surrounded by strange creatures…

Credits:

Direction: Matteo Burani

Writers: Gianmarco Valentino, Matteo Burani

Production: Arianna Gheller (Studio Croma)

Animation: Arianna Gheller

Music: Pier Danio Forni

Sound: Quentin Robert

Distribution: Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit)

Age Classification: M/12

Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe.

Credits:

Direction: Gina Kamentsky

Writers: Gina Kamentsky

Production: Gina Kamentsky

Animation: Gina Kamentsky

Music: Gina Kamentsky, P Andrew Willis

Sound: Gina Kamentsky, P Andrew Willis

Distribution: Gina Kamentsky

Age Classification: M/12

The Night Boots

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: While his parents are entertaining friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night into the undergrowth, rubber boots on his feet. There, a little creature, curious and solitary, takes him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal inhabitants that live there.

Credits:

Direction: Pierre-Luc Granjon

Writers: Pierre-Luc GRANJON

Production: Yves Bouveret (Am Stram Gram)

Animation: Pierre-Luc GRANJON

Music: Timothée Jolly

Sound: LoïcK BURKHARDT

Distribution: Gaëtan Trigot (Pentacle Distribution)

Age Classification: M/6

Sunday

Country: ISRAEL Year: 2024 Duration: 10 mins.

Synopsis: At an old wooden table in his small apartment in Notting Hill, Richard Duncan McNulty, 84 years old, sits down, like every Sunday morning, reading the newspaper peacefully from back to back, sipping a warm cup of tea. But today is going to be different. A knock on his door will threaten to shake his existence and change his life forever.

Credits:

Direction: Elkie Leonie Hershberg, Tom Kouris, Hani Dombe

Writers: Elkie Leonie Hershberg

Production: TOM&HANI Animation Studio

Animation: Tom Kouris, Gabriela Perelrozen

Music: Amitai Mann, Ori Kadishay

Sound: Ori Kadishay, Yaara Haim

Distribution: M&H Distribution

Age Classification: M/12

Extremely Short

Country: JAPAN , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.

Synopsis: 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… The first installment in a series of animated shorts called ‘Bungaku Bideo’ (Literature Videos). Koji Yamamura's ‘Extremely Short’ (2024) translates into film a powerful story by Hideo Furukawa, read by the author himself.

Credits:

Direction: Koji Yamamura

Writers: HIdeo Furukawa

Production: Koji Yamamura

Animation: Koji Yamamura

Music: Sunao Isaji

Sound: Sunao Isaji

Distribution: Koji Yamamura

Age Classification: M/12

It shouldn’t rain tomorrow

Country: PORTUGAL , GERMANY Year: 2024 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: Feeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Trigo Teixeira

Writers: Maria Trigo Teixeira

Production: Jonas César (AIM Creative Studios), Karsten Matern (Wait a Second!)

Animation: Marta Magnuska

Music: Falk Meutzner

Sound: Nico Voß

Distribution: AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Age Classification: M/12