Every Other Weekend

Country: IRELAND Year: 2023 Duration: 5 mins.

Synopsis: Desperate to escape from a routine of biweekly visits, a recently divorced father drags his two children camping to the west of Ireland.

Credits:

Direction: James Naughton

Writers: James Naughton

Production: The National Film School at IADT

Animation: Niamh Asple, James Naughton

Music: Carl Engstedt, Naoson Moore

Sound: Carl Engstedt, Naoson Moore, James Naughton

Distribution: James Naughton

Age Classification: M/12

mom doesn't like monsters

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.

Synopsis: A child is having dinner with his parents, but under the cutting remarks of his mother, he gradually transforms into a monster: his claws grow, his teeth lengthen, his eyes multiply…

Credits:

Direction: Iana Sanson

Writers: Iana Sanson

Production: Antoine RIVIERE (Emile Cohl School)

Animation: Iana Sanson

Music: no information

Sound: /

Distribution: Antoine RIVIERE (Emile Cohl School)

Age Classification: M/12

Duck Broth

Country: POLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.

Synopsis: Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Dakszewicz

Writers: Maria Dakszewicz

Production: Agata Gola?ska, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz

Animation: Maria Dakszewicz

Music: Maria Dakszewicz

Sound: Jakub Krzyszpin, Maria Dakszewicz

Distribution: /

Age Classification: M/12

REM-sleep

Country: NETHERLANDS Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.

Synopsis: ‘REM Sleep’ explores the human condition, and is set in the Middle East, where themes of suffering, war and death are daily realities. Based on the author’s personal experiences as a Syrian refugee, the film also references the 2013 Al Tadamon massacre, in which 41 people were executed. The short takes the viewer on an emotional journey through the complexity of human existence and reflects on the meaning of life, inspired by philosophical movements such as absurdism, nihilism and existentialism.

Credits:

Direction: Husam Zakaraya

Writers: Husam Zakaraya

Production: ArtEZ hoge school voor de kunsten (Zwolle), Animatie Design

Animation: Husam Zakaraya

Music: Tension by Komiku

Sound: Husam Zakaraya

Distribution: ArtEZ hoge school voor de kunsten (Zwolle), Animatie Design

Age Classification: M/12

You Are My Light

Country: CZECHIA Year: 2024 Duration: 9 mins.

Synopsis: The woman gives birth but the supposedly happiest time of her life is soon engulfed by dark postpartum depression. Mind-numbing routine, stifling isolation and eternal fatigue turn her into a shadow of her former self. How to find a way out? And how to better understand a postpartum sufferer?

Credits:

Direction: Hana Stehlíková

Writers: Hana Stehlíková

Production: Zuzana Ku?erová (Frame Films)

Animation: Hana Stehlíková

Music: Martin Klusák

Sound: Ond?ej Vomo?il

Distribution: Petra Horká (FAMU)

Age Classification: M/12

Detlev

Country: GERMANY Year: 2024 Duration: 13 mins.

Synopsis: A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this bizarre ritual because it's the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.

Credits:

Direction: Ferdinand Ehrhardt

Writers: Ferdinand Ehrhardt

Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

Animation: Ferdinand Ehrhardt Valeriia Diadiukh Ilya Lorenz Barrett Arne Hain Mona Keil Lydia Schüttengruber Leo Neumann Benjamin Wahl

Music: Clemens Gutjahr

Sound: Manik Möllers

Distribution: Fabian&Fred

Age Classification: M/12

Red Meat

Country: BELGIUM Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.

Synopsis: A poetic visualisation of pain, discomfort and vulnerability.

Credits:

Direction: Eleni Aerts

Writers: Eleni Aerts

Production: Eleni Aerts

Animation: Eleni Aerts

Music: Frédérique Le Duc-Moreau

Sound: Eleni Aerts

Distribution: Eleni Aerts

Age Classification: M/12

Cocoon

Country: CHINA , UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 5 mins.

Synopsis: A girl wakes up alone in the dark and surreal night, triggering fragmented memories of neglect by her caregivers

Credits:

Direction: Yiwei Chen

Writers: Yiwei Chen

Production: Yiwei Chen

Animation: Yiwei Chen

Music: Ming Cheng

Sound: Eleanor Fineston-Roberston

Distribution: Yiwei Chen (Royal College of Art)

Age Classification: M/12

Tape

Country: FINLAND Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.

Synopsis: A piece of plastic tape unleashes a deeply emotional journey that delves into the old home of a young lady. The house she once left stirs up haunting memories that were stuck somewhere in her mind.

Credits:

Direction: Hui Wing Ki Candace

Writers: Hui Wing Ki Candace

Production: Hui Wing Ki Candace. Aalto University, ELO Film School

Animation: Hui Wing Ki Candace

Music: Leo Lindgren

Sound: Haruna Nakada

Distribution: Saara Toivanen, Aalto University, ELO Film School

Age Classification: M/12

Diffusion Pilot

Country: ESTONIA Year: 2024 Duration: 7 mins.

Synopsis: If traditionally the animator is a master illusionist, conjuring motion through static mediums, what happens when they are given a machine of infinite images? ‘Diffusion Pilot’ is the name of the author's ongoing research project, an AI animation toolkit, and a short film that follows the author's contemplative journey through said project. This journey is fueled by the conflicting nature of AI technology - that which both empowers and overpowers the very notion of creativity.

Credits:

Direction: Aurelijus Ciupas

Writers: Aurelijus Ciupas

Production: Estonian Academy of Arts

Animation: Aurelijus Ciupas

Music: Akira Rabelais

Sound: Aurelijus Ciupas

Distribution: Estonian Academy of Arts

Age Classification: M/12

The bird from within

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.

Synopsis: The film follows a woman and the bird that lives inside of her, and how their inability to coexist leads to physical wounds to her body.

Credits:

Direction: Laura Anahory

Writers: Laura Anahory, Ana Anahory, Guilherme Mateus

Production: Laura Anahory

Animation: Laura Anahory

Music: Vasco Almeida

Sound: Vasco Almeida, Lucía Beaumont

Distribution: Jaime Neves (Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Age Classification: M/12

Windy day

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 7 mins.

Synopsis: In a park, a family is enjoying a picnic, a businessman is working next to a grandpa playing with his dog, while two lovers are passionately kissing. The wind blows hard and disrupts their daily routine. It blows harder and harder, so hard that they all get swept away together. In the air, they meet and see their lives evolve toward new horizons.

Credits:

Direction: Martin CHAILLOUX, Ai Kim CRESPIN, Elise GOLFOUSE, Chloé LAB, Hugo TAILLEZ, Camille TRUDING

Writers: Martin CHAILLOUX, Truding CAMILLE

Production: École des Nouvelles Images

Animation: Martin CHAILLOUX, Ai Kim CRESPIN

Music: Camille RIEY

Sound: Pierre-François RENOUF

Distribution: Miyu Distribution

Age Classification: M/12