Orchestra

Country: GEORGIA Year: 2023 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Musicians are getting ready to play the most spectacular composition.

Credits:

Direction: Mariam Qortua

Writers: Mariam Qortua

Production: Mariam Qortua

Animation: Mariam Qortua

Music: Mariam Qortua, Nazibrola Qortua

Sound: Mariam Qortua, Nazibrola Qortua

Distribution: Mariam Qortua

Age Classification: M/16

The Refusers

Country: NETHERLANDS Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: On a street corner in the city, a heap of dumped garbage surrounds two garbage containers. An old mattress begins to speak sadly: “They say I’m dirty…” Other pieces of garbage join in, sharing the reasons why they have been discarded. Then, a newspaper is picked up by the wind and seems to dance in the spotlight of a streetlamp. Inspired, the waste begins to see themselves positively. Their enthusiasm evolves into a spectacle of song and dance.

Credits:

Direction: Wiep Teeuwisse

Writers: wiep TEEUWISSE

Production: Nienke Deutz (Tinsel Studio)

Animation: TEEUWISSE, jasper KUIPERS

Music: marta ARPINI

Sound: /

Distribution: Laure Goasguen (Miyu Distribution)

Age Classification: M/16

poong

Country: SWITZERLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: ping ping, pong pong

Credits:

Direction: Laurent Rohrbasser, Robin Szymczak, Vinh Nguyen

Writers: Robin Szymczak, Laurent Rohrbasser, Tom whali

Production: cheap motion pictures

Animation: Laurent Rohrbasser, Vinh Nguyen

Music: shimmering shapes, hesangsong, doctorn0gloff

Sound: Laurent Rohrbasser, Robin Szymczak, Vinh Nguyen

Distribution: cheap motion pictures

Age Classification: M/16

-Oh

Country: PORTUGAL , BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously

Credits:

Direction: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Writers: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Production: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Animation: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Music: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Sound: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Distribution: Clara Trevisan, Juan Maria León, Nan-Tung Lin, Tata Managadze

Age Classification: M/16

COO-RAGE

Country: NETHERLANDS Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Urban pigeons are seen as pests, as rats of the sky. They are rudely chased away and their nests are removed. When a group of pigeons hears that the mayor promises housing for everyone, they decide to submit a petition at the town hall. But first, they have to get past the evil janitor.

Credits:

Direction: Alina Milkina

Writers: Alina Milkina

Production: Peter Lindhout (Spotted Bird)

Animation: Alina Milkina, Blanka Petryka

Music: Rens Machielse and Willem Schneider

Sound: Rens Machielse, Willem Schneider

Distribution: Ursula van den Heuvel (Kaboom Distribution)

Age Classification: M/16

Love in the time of inflation

Country: POLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A young woman goes shopping despite the tough times of inflation

Credits:

Direction: Zuzanna Heller

Writers: Zuzanna Heller

Production: The Polish National Film School in Lodz

Animation: Zuzanna Heller

Music: Wiktor Szymurski

Sound: Wiktor Szymurski

Distribution: Agata Gola?ska

Age Classification: M/16

Mind the Gap

Country: GERMANY Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: When a city resident vanishes into the earth, the supposed ambulance rushes to the rescue.

Credits:

Direction: Gwenola Heck

Writers: Gwenola Heck

Production: Sylvia Jorde

Animation: Gwenola Heck

Music: Clemens Gutjahr

Sound: Marc Uhlherr

Distribution: Sigrid Gairing

Age Classification: M/16

Atrophy

Country: UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: Inspired by personal experience, this film delves into the mesmerising yet devastating process of a house fire. From the trance-like dance of flames to the encroachment of vibrant mould, this film ultimately seeks to find beauty in tragedy.

Credits:

Direction: Abby Riveros

Writers: Abby Riveros

Production: Abby Riveros

Animation: Abby Riveros

Music: Abby Riveros

Sound: Abby Riveros

Distribution: Abby Riveros

Age Classification: M/16

Nenúfares

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: In a colorful and engaging two-minute animation, a small story is developed within the language of experimental cinema. The narrative explores the relationship between two very different characters, drawing a comparison between them and two animals: an elephant and a bird. Each animal represents one of the human figures, as they attempt to become similar to each other in order to be together.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Lima

Writers: Maria Lima

Production: Maria Lima

Animation: Maria Lima

Music: Angelic-choir-6793 - Pixabay

Sound: Zapslat and pixabay

Distribution: Maria Lima

Age Classification: M/12

Long Distance

Country: SWITZERLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A fly takes flight to meet a close friend.

Credits:

Direction: Michael Frei

Writers: Michael Frei

Production: Michael Frei, Playables

Animation: Michael Frei

Music: /

Sound: Michael Frei

Distribution: Michael Frei, Playables

Age Classification: M/16

Under the Blue Sky of Guadeloupe

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Noa is eager to help prepare the family meals. With help from an adult, her untrained hands work through the steps of the Caribbean recipes. Noa is going back to her roots and, in the heaps of cut vegetables, she imagines landscapes reminiscent of her native island: Guadeloupe. Then, alongside their own hands, young and old, peeling and kneading the vegetables, many more hands join in... and several generations come together… Inspired. Inspired by Oruno Lara’s 'Under the blue sky of Guadeloupe.'

Credits:

Direction: Cléane Ambry

Writers: Cléane Ambry

Production: Stephanie Launay (Scalae Productions)

Animation: Cléane Ambry, Bilitis Levillain, Joachim Hérissé, Marion Auvin

Music: Pablo Pico

Sound: Geoffroy Cantou-Carrassoumet

Distribution: Miguel Español Celiméndiz

Age Classification: M/16

Missing Words

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Slowly drifting apart, parents and children struggle to communicate.

Credits:

Direction: Amin Touati

Writers: Amin Touati

Production: Karine Paoli, Lycée René Descartes

Animation: Amin Touati

Music: Léni Champainne

Sound: Léni Champainne

Distribution: Nathalie Fouilloux, Lycée René Descartes

Age Classification: M/16

Reminder

Country: UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A short animated film ‘Reminder’, conveys a feeling of nostalgia. The protagonist finds herself remembering little moments from her past, while living her everyday life. With sudden flashbacks (reminders), ‘Reminder’ immerses the viewer into the character’s memory.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Atamas

Writers: Maria Atamas

Production: Maria Atamas

Animation: Maria Atamas

Music: Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/a-little-breeze License code: PPHW1GPSWAIJNBOJ

Sound: Maria Atamas

Distribution: Maria Atamas

Age Classification: M/16

Exile

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: This animated short illustrates the plight of a single mother and her children during the Soviet purge of Crimean Tatars at the end of WW2. Based on an account passed down three generations and related by her great grand-daughter, Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova (better known as popular Ukrainian singer Jamala).

Credits:

Direction: Jeremiah Dickey

Writers: Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova (adapted)

Production: Jeremiah Dickey

Animation: Jeremiah Dickey

Music: /

Sound: Jeremiah Dickey

Distribution: Jeremiah Dickey

Age Classification: M/16

REWIND

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A girl relives moments spent with her grandmother through a videocassette tape. But there's one memory she refuses to play…

Credits:

Direction: Valerie Yu

Writers: Valerie Yu

Production: Valerie Yu

Animation: Valerie Yu

Music: Etia Farmiga

Sound: Valerie Yu

Distribution: Valerie Yu

Age Classification: M/16

In and Out

Country: UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: Building the feeling of a panic attack and explaining a visual breathing technique which helps the individual calm down.

Credits:

Direction: Olivia Sesemann

Writers: Olivia Sesemann

Production: Independent

Animation: Olivia Sesemann

Music: Olivia Sesemann

Sound: Olivia Sesemann

Distribution: /

Age Classification: M/16

Tokyo Birds

Country: JAPAN Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A monochrome animation depicting telegraph poles and urban birds.It depicts the wild birds close to the director being as lively as nature even in a city lined with telegraph poles.

Credits:

Direction: Nanako Takayama

Writers: Nanako Takayama

Production: Tama Art University

Animation: Nanako Takayama

Music: Miyuki Hasuike

Sound: Nanako Takayama

Distribution: Tama Art University

Age Classification: M/16

Cheeese!

Country: GERMANY Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Cutting cheese, eating cheese, licking cheese. Penetrating... cheese. ‘Cheeese!’ (2024) is an animated short film about the enjoyment of cheese.

Credits:

Direction: Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier

Writers: Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier

Production: Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier

Animation: Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier

Music: lucafrancini

Sound: Elena Wiener

Distribution: Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier

Age Classification: M/16

Happiness

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: The remnants of a family picnic, nestled in the yellow grass. In the day’s heat, everyone is dozing. A child jumps out of the stillness, bringing past impressions with him. Tasting wild fruit, climbing, rolling and running throughout the scorching summer. And the hot wind blows everything away. *Film inspired by the first page of the book 'Happiness' written by Sully Prudhomme*.

Credits:

Direction: Alexis Mouron

Writers: Alexis Mouron

Production: Stephanie Launay (Scalae Productions)

Animation: Alexis Mouron

Music: Yan Volsy

Sound: Geoffroy Cantou-Carrassoumet

Distribution: Miguel Español Celiméndiz

Age Classification: M/16

I Can`t

Country: BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: ‘I can't’ is a parody that satirizes today's commercials and technological products.

Credits:

Direction: Renato Klieger Gennari

Writers: Renato Klieger Gennari

Production: Renato Klieger

Animation: Renato Klieger Gennari

Music: Audiojungle

Sound: Bassel Hallak

Distribution: Renato Klieger

Age Classification: M/16

Origins

Country: FINLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: An autobiographical piece about getting interested in math for all the wrong reasons.

Credits:

Direction: Anna Bernal

Writers: Ania Bernal

Production: Ania Bernal

Animation: Ania Bernal

Music: Ania Bernal

Sound: Ania Bernal

Distribution: Ania Bernal

Age Classification: M/16

Samaa

Country: CANADA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A caged bird flutters and flails in a struggle for freedom. But only by surrendering to the transcendent power of music and movement is the bird finally able to soar. In Samaa, filmmaker Ehsan Gharib invites us into imagined captivity using striking, hand-painted animation and visceral drumming. The bird’s dramatic plight begs the question: Is freedom a state of being, or is it a state of mind?

Credits:

Direction: Ehsan Gharib

Writers: Ehsan Gharib

Production: Maral Mohammadian

Animation: Ehsan Gharib

Music: Percussions: Ziya Tabassian

Sound: Olivier Calvert

Distribution: National Film Board of Canada

Age Classification: M/16

The Eternal Search for Who

Country: COLOMBIA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: ‘The Eternal Search for Who’ explores identity and grief through a fusion of techniques such as digital animation, oil on glass and mixed media. Through the monologue an introspective journey is made, reflecting on loss and personal transformation.

Credits:

Direction: Raquel Velasquez

Writers: Raquel Velasquez

Production: Raquel Velasquez

Animation: Raquel Velasquez

Music: /

Sound: Estefanía García | Gabriel Aroca

Distribution: Raquel Velasquez

Age Classification: M/16

Paper Rocket

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: Paper Rocket is a super short narration of how easily the paper rockets in the hands of playful kids can enter the real world and become much less playful.

Credits:

Direction: Hossein Valian, Zahra Avarandeh

Writers: Zeinab Valian

Production: Rahrang LLC

Animation: Hossein Valian

Music: Mohammad Dehghan

Sound: Mohammad Dehghan

Distribution: Hossein Valian

Age Classification: M/16

Volatilia

Country: SPAIN , FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A dry breeze sweeps through the walls of houses in a remote village. Amidst the stillness of a dark room, a woman sifts through old photographs, memories of loved ones and lively festivities. The distant call of a falcon breaks the silence, urging her into readiness.

Credits:

Direction: Antoine Birot

Writers: Antoine Birot

Production: Antoine Birot

Animation: Antoine Birot

Music: Antoine Birot

Sound: Antoine Birot

Distribution: Antoine Birot

Age Classification: M/16

10 Reasons

Country: GUATEMALA Year: 2023 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A short project as a reminder of the small things that are worth staying for.

Credits:

Direction: Beatriz Castañón

Writers: Beatriz Castañón

Production: Beatriz Castañón

Animation: Beatriz Castañón

Music: Jonah Bru, AUSENCIAS

Sound: Beatriz Castañón

Distribution: Beatriz Castañón

Age Classification: M/16

Empty Plates by Gerser Gelly

Country: MEXICO Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: A girl faces the feeling of losing someone she previously loved, and the need for that person to fix the mess they left after breaking their bond.

Credits:

Direction: Sasha Ramírez

Writers: Gerser Gelly, Sasha Ramírez

Production: León González, Rafael Del Puerto

Animation: Rafael Del Puerto, Sasha Ramírez, León González

Music: Rafael Del Puerto

Sound: Rafael Del Puerto

Distribution: Rafael Del Puerto

Age Classification: M/16

Take me.

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2023 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A catharsis of blurred emotions. The muddled boundaries between the digital artifacts, reality, and hallucinations become manifestations of the past and present, clear and blurry, truth and imagination intertwining.

Credits:

Direction: Zejun Chen

Writers: Zejun Chen

Production: Zejun Chen

Animation: Zejun Chen

Music: DESOLA7ED

Sound: DESOLA7ED

Distribution: Zejun Chen

Age Classification: M/16

Hands

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: A project carried out in a workshop context with the tenth grade students of the Arts course at Tondela Secondary School, on the poem 'As Mãos' by Manuel Alegre.

Credits:

Direction: Miguel Lima (Supervisão)

Writers: Miguel Lima

Production: Escola Secundária de Tondela

Animation: Alunos 10 ano de Artes da Escola Secundária de Tondela

Music: Miguel Lima

Sound: Miguel Lima

Distribution: Miguel Lima

Age Classification: M/16

BORNFREE

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: This film gives the audience a glimpse of what happens every minute in Gaza currently through the eyes of a child, who may or may not live to see the next day. While a child’s mother goes out in the search of food, we see the child witnessing the horrors that come with occupation. This short film is inspired by true events occurring in the occupied West Bank now (2024).

Credits:

Direction: Shikha Patel

Writers: Shikha Patel

Production: DePaul University

Animation: Shikha Patel

Music: Jamila Al-Yousef and Fema‘ Barth (Jamila & The Other Heroes)

Sound: Original audio from news reels from occupied West Bank

Distribution: Shikha Patel

Age Classification: M/16

If I Raised My Mother

Country: UNITED KINGDOM , INDIA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Born from an argument the director had with her mother about breaking the cycle of hurtful mother-daughter relationships, If I Raised My Mother is an exploration of growing up as the daughter of an Indian mother.

Credits:

Direction: Bhavna Madan

Writers: Bhavna Madan

Production: Bhavna Madan (University of the Arts London)

Animation: Bhavna Madan

Music: Wenshan Yu

Sound: Bronte Tucker, Sahana Madan

Distribution: Bhavna Madan

Age Classification: M/16

I Really Need To Tell You This

Country: SLOVENIA , SERBIA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A middle-aged man really needs to tell his mother something.

Credits:

Direction: Bojan Zavišin

Writers: Bojan Zavišin

Production: Academy of Fine Arts and Design Ljubljana

Animation: Bojan Zavišin

Music: Adolfo Ovalle

Sound: Adolfo Ovalle

Distribution: Independent

Age Classification: M/16

Tao

Country: HONG KONG Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: Through simple graphic elements, this film is about Chinese Taoism, the concepts of yin and yang, and the Five Elements. The script revolves around the theme of "Dao generates one, one generates two, two generates three, and three generates all things", showcasing the cycle and balance of the universe.

Credits:

Direction: Shuxin Yan WANG, Simai Stella HUANG, Haoran Yan YANG

Writers: WANG Shuxin Yan, HUANG Simai Stella, YANG Haoran Yan

Production: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Animation: WANG Shuxin Yan, HUANG Simai Stella, YANG Haoran Yan

Music: /

Sound: WANG Shuxin Yan

Distribution: SCM Films, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Age Classification: M/16

Coot

Country: NETHERLANDS Year: 2023 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: 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. Fortunately, the bird, typically engrossed in nest-building, unexpectedly becomes the link that revitalizes the ferry’s purpose. Marlies encapsulated the essence of community unity within a vibrant two-minute animation.

Credits:

Direction: Marlies van der Wel

Writers: Marlies van der Wel

Production: Gijs Kerbosch, Guusje van Deuren, Ingmar Conjarts (HALAL)

Animation: Tessa Stehouwer, Heleen Protheine, Amanda Nedermeijer, Lieke Milder

Music: Sjam Sjamsoedin

Sound: Sharkee HaaiFaai Deluxe

Distribution: Ursula van den Heuvel (Kaboom Distribution)

Age Classification: M/16

Mr. Blue

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: An extremely short story about Mr. Blue.

Credits:

Direction: Miriam Pedrozo

Writers: Miriam Pedrozo

Production: roupa no estendal

Animation: Miriam Pedrozo

Music: Miriam Pedrozo

Sound: Miriam Pedrozo

Distribution: roupa no estendal

Age Classification: M/16

Brush me

Country: AUSTRIA Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: In a bustling bathroom, amidst the chaos of everyday life, two toothbrushes find themselves drawn to each other. ‘Brush me’ (2024) is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and the resilience of the toothbrush spirit.

Credits:

Direction: Nikolaus Jantsch

Writers: Nikolaus Jantsch

Production: Nikolaus Jantsch

Animation: Nikolaus Jantsch

Music: Nikolaus Jantsch

Sound: Nikolaus Jantsch

Distribution: Nikolaus Jantsch

Age Classification: M/16

FREELANCE

Country: DENMARK , CHILE Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A young hopeful knight reports for duty at the king's court. Little does he know that slaying dragons might not be his biggest challenge.

Credits:

Direction: Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith

Writers: Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith

Production: Peter Smith, Tumblehead

Animation: Jesper Andkjaer Poulsgaerd, Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Marion Strunck

Music: /

Sound: Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Thomas Richard Christensen - Audio Gangstars, Peter Smith

Distribution: Francois Heiser, Yummy Films

Age Classification: M/16

A Blueberry sings a song about Blue

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 1 mins.

Synopsis: A Blueberry sings a Song about Blue.

Credits:

Direction: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo

Writers: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo

Production: Os Filmes do Pinguim

Animation: Ana Marta Mendes, Laura Conde, Ricardo Adrêgo, Jorge Ribeiro

Music: Jorge Ribeiro

Sound: Jorge Ribeiro

Distribution: Os Filmes do Pinguim

Age Classification: Para todos

What If It's Not Good?

Country: TURKEY Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: A portrait of a confused creative mind who experiences the pain of making a graduation movie and fulfilling responsibilities.

Credits:

Direction: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Writers: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Production: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Animation: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Music: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Sound: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Distribution: Haluk Mirac Ayk?n

Age Classification: M/16