Simply Divine

Country: FRANCE , ROMANIA Year: 2024 Duration: 14 mins.

Synopsis: In 1939, a young Romanian woman met a soldier. Love blossomed, but the man was sent to the frontline. They continued to write passionate letters to each other, but when she had to move, they lost contact. She was never able to forget him. Will they ever meet again?

Credits:

Direction: Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin

Writers: Mélody Boulissière and Bogdan Stamatin

Production: Marc Faye (Novanima Productions)

Animation: Charlotte Arene, Andrei Berculescu, Dorel M?rg?rit and Cosmin Tudor Sîrbulescu

Music: Pierre Oberkampf

Sound: Yan Volsy

Distribution: Marc Faye (Novanima Productions)

Age Classification: M/12

Kissing Day

Country: TURKEY , SERBIA Year: 2024 Duration: 8 mins.

Synopsis: ‘Kissing Day’ (2024) is a short animated film based on an interview with the famous Russian journalist and LGBTQ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. It tells the story of the "Kissing Day" action that Elena organized outside the Russian State Duma in 2012 during the first hearings of the law against "gay propaganda" among minors. In total, Russian LGBTQ+ activists organized four protests outside the State Duma. In June 2013, the law on "gay propaganda" was adopted by a majority vote.

Credits:

Direction: Ligebita Libera

Writers: Ligebita Libera

Production: Ligebita Libera

Animation: Ligebita Libera

Music: Ligebita Libera

Sound: Ligebita Libera

Distribution: Ligebita Libera

Age Classification: M/12

I Had Nothing

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

Synopsis: To protect the woman she loves, V is forced to flee her homeland of Congo. She embarks on a dangerous journey to the U.S., only to be cruelly stripped of the few belongings that she carries. Being safe shouldn’t come at the cost of losing everything.

Credits:

Direction: Elyse Kelly

Writers: /

Production: Neon Zoo

Animation: Joumana Ismail, Eric Larson, Sabine Volkert

Music: Brooke Blair and Will Blair

Sound: Chris Mastellone

Distribution: ACLU Arizona

Age Classification: M/12

74

Country: CYPRUS Year: 2024 Duration: 15 mins.

Synopsis: An inept figure takes on the impossible task of dealing with the memory of the 1974 Turkish army invasion in Cyprus and its aftermath.

Credits:

Direction: Charalambos Margaritis

Writers: Charalambos Margaritis

Production: Charalambos Margaritis (Kimonos Animation Studio)

Animation: Charalambos Margaritis

Music: Charalambos Margaritis

Sound: Charalambos Margaritis, Christos Panagos

Distribution: Charalambos Margaritis (Kimonos Animation Studio)

Age Classification: M/12

Via Dolorosa

Country: FRANCE Year: 2023 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality and a permanent state of war, the filmmaker searches for her lost youth by wandering the streets of Jerusalem.

Credits:

Direction: Rachel Gutgarts

Writers: Rachel Gutgarts, Einat Gaulan

Production: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron

Animation: Rachel Gutgarts

Music: Dunam, Deaf Chonky, Klangfarben

Sound: Aviv Stern, Augustin Brétillard

Distribution: Miyu

Age Classification: M/12

GIGI

Country: FRANCE Year: 2023 Duration: 14 mins.

Synopsis: From the tormented little mermaid to the fulfilled woman she is today, Gigi tells us about her gender transition with humor and sensitivity.a

Credits:

Direction: Cynthia Calvi

Writers: Cynthia Calvi, Gigi

Production: Luc Camilli

Animation: Gilles Cuvelier, Juliette Godin, Julia Martinez, Juliette Paquet, Romane Tisseau

Music: Yan Volsy

Sound: Thomas Hatcher

Distribution: Laure Goasguen

Age Classification: M/12

Contradiction of Emptiness

Country: GERMANY Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: The language in which lullabies were sung to me kills. And I am with it. And the lullabies fall silent. An inner monologue between two languages and identities. Between the black and white of the pinscreen ‘L’Alpine’.

Credits:

Direction: Irina Rubina

Writers: Irina Rubina

Production: Irina Rubina (iraru.films)

Animation: Irina Rubina

Music: /

Sound: Luis Schöffend

Distribution: Irina Rubina (iraru.films)

Age Classification: M/12

Girls are made to make love

Country: FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 16 mins.

Synopsis: ‘Girls are made to make love’ (2023) follows a sociologist's investigation into sexuality in couples. She meets heterosexual women aged between 25 and 45. The interviews deal with experiences, desire and love, as well as norms in male/female relationships, but also with paths to emancipation.

Credits:

Direction: Jeanne Paturle, Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Drouet

Writers: Emmanuelle Santelli, Jeanne Drouet, Jeanne Paturle

Production: Benjamin Serero (Beppie films), Christophe Camoirano (Girelle production)

Animation: Emmanuelle Santelli, Jeanne Drouet, Jeanne Paturle

Music: Mike Ponton

Sound: Manu Vidal

Distribution: Gaëtan Trigot (Pentacle Distribution)

Age Classification: M/12