2017
Fiction
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | WHEN GREY IS A COLOUR
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Saar Ponsioen Director: Marit Weerheijm Producer: Loes Komen, Eva Verweij Animator: n/a DOP: Martijn Melis Sound: Hanza van der Veer Editor: Fatih Tura Production Designer: Esra Ghilane Synopsis: Is life worth living if all your days are grey? Cato is confronted with her elder brother who comes back to live at home after a suicide attempt. Cato tries to get closer to her brother, but he doesn't allow her to. When she doesn't know what to do anymore, she unexpectedly meets a strange man with large, white fake wings. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 85 |
| 2-3 | A NIGHT IN TOKORIKI
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Ana – Maria Gheorghe, Roxana Stroe Director: Roxana Stroe Producer: UNATC “I.L.Caragiale” Animator: n/a DOP: Laurentiu Raducanu Sound: Victor Miu Editor: Vlad Genescu Production Designer: Adina Lupu Synopsis: In an improvised night club called "Tokoriki" the whole village celebrates Geanina’s 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her a most surprising gift, one that nobody will ever forget. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 72 |
| 2-3 | SWEET MADDIE STONE
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Brady Hood, Jessica Jackson Director: Brady Hood Producer: Jake Riley-Hunte Animator: n/a DOP: Dan Atherton Sound: Payam Hosseinian Editor: Meredith Mantik Production Designer: Declan O’Brien Synopsis: Maddie Stone is a 16 year-old girl living in a small council flat in Yorkshire with her hard working and weather beaten mother WENDY. Maddie idolizes her frequently absent criminal father (who is often the talk of the town) mimicking his actions by starting a monopolistic sweet selling business at her school. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 72 |
| 4 | ALL OF US
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Details:TrailerLength: 22' Screenwriter: Julia Drache Director: Katja Benrath Producer: Tobias Rosen Animator: n/a DOP: Felix Striegel Sound: Edward Ahenda, Michael Manzke Editor: Julia Drache Production Designer: Nancy Aluoch Synopsis: For almost a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail. |
Hamburg Media School (HMS) | Germany | 70 |
| 5 | DEKALB ELEMENTARY
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Reed Van Dyk Director: Reed Van Dyk Producer: Cory Desrosiers Animator: n/a DOP: Jon Peter Sound: Jim Fitzpatrick Editor: Reed Van Dyk Production Designer: May Mitchell Synopsis: Inspired by a 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia. |
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 66 |
| 6 | FOREST OF ECHOES
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Maria Luz Olivares Capelle Director: Maria Luz Olivares Capelle Producer: Film Academy Vienna Animator: n/a DOP: Sebastian Thaler Sound: Rudolf Pototschnig Editor: László Váncsa Production Designer: lna Chrudina, Almasa Jerlagic Synopsis: A teenager, Christina, loses her friends in the forest. Looking for them she finds the bodies of three drowned kids on the shore of a lagoon. On summer holiday, deep in the woods, three kids, cousins, are playing around a lake when they find a drowned young woman drifting in the water. Garnes, lies and rituals unfolding into a circular time in which death loses its ultimacy. What is real and what is a mirage? Who is dreaming and who is being dreamed? |
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) | Austria | 57 |
| 7 | HAN
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Jonathan Choo Director: Jonathan Choo Producer: Shammini G Animator: n/a DOP: Rachel Liew Sound: Syarfiqah Rennie Editor: Vivian Keh Production Designer: Julie Heather Liew Synopsis: When his son is arrested for a fatal hit-and-run, Hoh Yim travels to South Korea hoping to reconcile with the victim's parents and make atonement for his son's action. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 44 |
| 8 | ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Janne Vanhanen Director: Janne Vanhanen Producer: Jasmine Pajari Animator: n/a DOP: Arttu Järvisalo Sound: Tatu Naukkarinen Editor: Eemeli Ylinen Production Designer: Oona Sundblad Synopsis: A quiet farmer and his son set out on a trip to the pharmacy after the teen has had a little accident with his girlfriend. |
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media | Finland | 43 |
| 9 | IT'S JUST A GUN
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Daniel Klein Director: Brian Robau Producer: John Sayage Animator: n/a DOP: Jonathan Chou Sound: Li Xiang Editor: Ramin Taheri Production Designer: Kunlin Wang Synopsis: When a young boy named Gabe finds a 38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver it sets him on a path that will change him forever. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 37 |
| 10 | COIN BOY
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: LI,CHUAN-YANG Director: LI,CHUAN-YANG Producer: TSAI, HSIN-YUN Animator: n/a DOP: YANG, TA-CHING Sound: CHUNG, HUEI-CHENG / HSU, LAN-TING Editor: LI, CHUAN-YANG Production Designer: WANG, ZHENG-XIN / TANG, YUNG-JU Synopsis: Today is the day to pay for the school camping fees. Tai brings exact coins to school to pay for it. But his teacher asks him to change coins into bills before he pays. Tai is very upset but doesn’t want to tell his father about what happened at school. After school, when they start to work together again, Tai is lurking to find a chance to change those coins into bills himself... |
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) | Taiwan | 33 |
| 11 | GABBER LOVER
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Marlène Poste, Marie-Stéphane Imbert Director: Anna Cazenave-Cambet Producer: Edouard Lalanne de Saint Quentin Animator: n/a DOP: Pauline Sicard Sound: Mikhael Kurc Editor: Joris Laquitant Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: 2000's, Nerac. Laurie and Mila (13) dance near by a lake in the forest. Mila is in love with Laurie and she wants to tell her. |
La Fémis | France | 32 |
| 12 | IN THE PARKING LOT
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Juliana Orea, Peter Solis Director: Juliana Orea Producer: José Luis Vilianueva Animator: n/a DOP: Raúl Morales Sound: Carlos de la Madrid Editor: Peter Solis Production Designer: Paula Quintanar Synopsis: Lis and her brother Gonzo are waiting in a parking lot for their father to arrive. Upon his return, Gabriel must reconcile their relationship problems. |
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department | Mexico | 30 |
| 13 | AUSTRALIA
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, Claudia Sainte-Luce Director: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson Producer: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C Animator: n/a DOP: Galo Olivares Sound: Omar Juarez Editor: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, Ernesto Martinez Bucio Production Designer: Federico Cantú Synopsis: Helena, a woman in her early 40's, is obsessed with getting pregnant. After failing her last try, her neighbors get back from the hospital with their new born baby. Helena breaks in to their house when they're gone, steals the baby monitor and starts listening what happens next door. |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 29 |
| 14 | SCHOOLYARD BLUES
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Pelle Rådström Director: Maria Eriksson Producer: Farima Karimi Animator: n/a DOP: Erik Molberg Hansen Sound: Klas Dykhoff Editor: Alexandra Litén Production Designer: Pia Wallin Synopsis: It's John's first day at school. Unexpectedly his eleven-year-old big brother Mika shows up to follow him to assembly. But Mika has plans other than just taking John to school. Mika sees it as his mission to teach John the hard facts of the world, starting with the merciless demands of the schoolyard. |
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts / Stockholm University of the Arts (SADA) | Sweden | 28 |
| 15-16 | IN THE HILLS
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Hamid Ahmadi Director: Hamid Ahmadi Producer: The London Film School Animator: n/a DOP: Nicolas Nazari Sound: Zoya Machina Editor: Harry Baker Production Designer: Maria Balduzzi Synopsis: Shahram tends a fish 'n' chips shop in the English countryside. A relatively new immigrant, he’d like to feel more a part of his community. However, the means by which he hopes to fit in are themselves anything but "normal". |
London Film School (LFS) | United Kingdom | 27 |
| 15-16 | RED APPLES
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Ophelia Harutyunyan Director: George Sikharulidze Producer: Ophelia Harutyunyan Animator: n/a DOP: Guka Goliadze Sound: Julian Evans Editor: George Sikharulidze Production Designer: Hasmik Aghayan Synopsis: A young Armenian bride's relationship with her husband is put to the test on their first day of marriage when her mother-in-law interferes. |
Columbia University | United States | 27 |
| 17-19 | MEPHOBIA
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Mika Gustafson, Elmira Arikan Director: Mika Gustafson Producer: Maida Krak, Mika Gustafson Animator: n/a DOP: Claudia Kent Sound: Carl Bromell Editor: Mika Gustafson Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A group of girls aged 6–8 wander around in the neighborhood throwing trash around. The group of older girls is just as frustrated, but their restlessness expresses itself in other ways and limits are constantly tested. Each scene grazes you with recognition and manages to crawl in under your skin in this film where hubris and contempt go hand in hand. |
HDK-Valand | Sweden | 26 |
| 17-19 | MILLIMETERLE
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Pascal Reinmann Director: Pascal Reinmann Producer: Gilles German Animator: n/a DOP: Ramón Königshausen Sound: Bardo Eicher Editor: Marína Horváthová Production Designer: Marlen Grassinger Synopsis: Swimming at Night. Upcoming sexual curiosity puts the adolescents in a dangerous balancing act between game and reality. |
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) | Switzerland | 26 |
| 17-19 | NO WAY BACK
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Eileen Shim Director: Michael Kongshaug Producer: Feras Alfuqaha Animator: n/a DOP: Yoni Klein Sound: n/a Editor: Veronika Vackova Production Designer: Shannon Walsh Synopsis: Zeinah and her daughter Norah flee the war in Syria and arrive in Turkey, desperate to board a dinghy to Europe. With every failed attempt, it becomes harder for them to escape Turkish authorities. In order to save Norah, Zeinah is faced with the hardest decision of her life. |
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) | United States | 26 |
| 20-22 | DOMESTICATED WOLF
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Elad Joseph, Primo Director: Elad Joseph, Primo Producer: Hadar Balas Animator: Tomer Bahat DOP: Segev Shaw Sound: Sharon Shama Editor: Nofar Volpo Production Designer: Hila Herzog, Inbal Volpo Synopsis: A day in the village, Jacob, a single parent father, is trying to guard his chickens from being slaughtered in the coop. Not realizing his tragic true will - to guard the coop like existence he created for his daughter. |
Beit Berl College / Faculty of Arts (Beit Berl) | Israel | 24 |
| 20-22 | IMPRISONED
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Details:TrailerLength: 26' Screenwriter: Damián Vondrášek Director: Damián Vondrášek Producer: FAMU Animator: n/a DOP: Filip Marek Sound: Luka Šuto Editor: Jakub Podmanický Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Due to his insufficient qualifications, Jakub lost his job at an elementary school. One of the few job opportunities appears to be work at the out of town prison, also employing his father-in-law. Inspite of their mutual animosity, Jakub decides to take the job to support his family. An intimate drama of various forms of imprisonment. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 24 |
| 20-22 | THE PRINCIPAL
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Anna Brotkin Director: Paula Korva Producer: Ilona Tolmunen Animator: n/a DOP: Tuukka Ylönen Sound: Jani Nikander Editor: Ilja Rautsi Production Designer: Nanna Hirvonen Synopsis: It’s hard to run a school when you have no clue. Sari tries her best to be a good principal. Unfortunately she’s exceptionally bad at it. There is nothing standing in the way of her and popularity — except one broken mug. |
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture / ELO Film School Helsinki | Finland | 24 |
| 23 | INVENTION OF TRUST
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Details:TrailerLength: 29' Screenwriter: Dimitrij & Alex Schaad Director: Alex Schaad Producer: Richard Lamprecht Animator: n/a DOP: Ahmed El Nagar Sound: Georgios Champosogfou Editor: Franziska Koeppel Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The young teacher Michael Gewa receives a mysterious message - the personal rating service "b.good" has bought his online and mobile data to evaluate his professional skills and his personality in several categories. After neglecting the consequences, he finds himself in a moral fight for trust in the midst of students, colleagues and friends. |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 23 |
| 24 | NEST
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Rex Kane-Hart Director: Rex Kane-Hart Producer: Eve Gill Animator: Rex Kane-Hart DOP: Dean Lusk Sound: Rex Kane-Hart Editor: Rex Kane-Hart Production Designer: Tamlyn Teow Synopsis: In a final breath, a boy awakens. Alone and afraid, young Martin must navigate through a labyrinth of his uncertain future. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 22 |
| 25-26 | DARKEST MOON
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Details:TrailerLength: 29' Screenwriter: Kasper Skovsboel, Amalie Naesby Director: Kasper Skovsboel Producer: Claudia Saginario Animator: n/a DOP: Catherine Pattinama Coleman Sound: Sigrid DPAAa Jensen Editor: Lind Man Production Designer: Josefine Farsoe Synopsis: The villagers on the Island accuse Anna's daughter, a beautiful but mysterious girl, of being in pact with the devil. Anna must now decide if she want to protect her daughter, and risk being ostracized, or believe in the accusations and sentence her own child to death. |
National Film School of Denmark (DDF) | Denmark | 21 |
| 25-26 | INCURABLE
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Darren Parker Director: Darren Parker Producer: Kristie - Lynn Angus Animator: n/a DOP: Jasmine Coryndon-Baker Sound: Ivan Welker Editor: Karien van Biljon Production Designer: Tamsyn Hobbs Synopsis: When an impoverished white prostitute from the slums of Pretoria East discovers that her younger daughter, who is terminally ill, has only weeks left to live, she has to try every means at her disposal to make enough money to get her daughter the surgery she needs. However, making a living is tough for a woman in her position, and so she is eventually forced to consider sacrificing her older daughter’s innocence in order to save the younger one's life. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 21 |
| 27-30 | COCOON
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Details:TrailerLength: 26' Screenwriter: Xu Zhang, Mei Liying Director: Mei Liying Producer: Xu Zhang Animator: n/a DOP: Jon Keng Sound: Qianbaihui Yang Editor: Yifan Zhang Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Set in 1997 China, a little girl discovers her mom's affair with another woman, and she has to make a decision of whether keeping this secret or not. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 20 |
| 27-30 | HOME MADE
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Shira Meishar Director: Shira Meishar Producer: Lihi Sabag Animator: n/a DOP: Arik Kaufman Sound: Nati Taub Editor: Tamar Ben Baruch Production Designer: Ronen Ngel Synopsis: Ben dreams of publishing his comic book "The Dream Factory" but is rejected. His daughter Maya takes him into their fantasy world to The Dream Factory to fix his dream. There, Ben learns that his dreams come with a price. |
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) | Israel | 20 |
| 27-30 | MAYDAY RELAY
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Florian Tscharf Director: Florian Tscharf Producer: Florian Tscharf Animator: n/a DOP: Fabian Gamper Sound: Moritz Drath Editor: David Kuruc Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: When the sailor Max and his daughter receive a mayday call on the Mediterranean sea, they act immediately and change the course of their little sailing-boat. But soon they find out, that there are over hundred people on board. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 20 |
| 27-30 | THE FINE LINE
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Dana Lerer Director: Dana Lerer Producer: Dana Lerer, Noa Gottesman Animator: n/a DOP: Pablo Arcuschin Sound: Nati Taub Editor: Or Lee-tal Production Designer: Lihi Strugo, Hilla Daddon Synopsis: Maya, a young ambitious actress, is dealing with the shooting of a love scene. During filming the fine line between acting and reality is blurred and Maya's personal boundaries are being pushed to the limit. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 20 |
| 31-33 | DOBRY
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Orlin Milchev, Radoslav Petrov Director: Orlin Milchev Producer: NATFA „Kr.Sarafov”, Timeless Production Group and Dream Team Films Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Delchunkov Sound: n/a Editor: Dimitar Andreev Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Bulgarian shepherd stumbles upon a lost illegal refugee in the boundless Balkan mountains near the border. Their meeting is a connection between two worlds - different ethnic backgrounds, language and culture. Soon they will have to clash with the fear and aggression of the people from the local village. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 18 |
| 31-33 | GENERATION MARS
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Jørgen Færøy Flasnes Director: Alexander Turpin Producer: Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz Animator: n/a DOP: Mattias Pollak Sound: Bror Kristiansen Editor: Herman M. L. Paulsen Production Designer: Marius Winje Brustad Synopsis: Astrid is one of the winners of Generation Mars: A reality show sending the first humans to Mars, never to return. Everything is set for her to leave, except one thing: Astrid must say goodbye to everything she loves. |
The Norwegian Film School (NFS) | Norway | 18 |
| 31-33 | RESTLESS WANDERERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Kalina Alabrudzinska Director: Kalina Alabrudzinska Producer: Anna Malgorzata Kasinska Animator: n/a DOP: Bartosz Swiniarski Sound: Rafal Nowak Editor: Przemyslaw Chruscielews Production Designer: Paulina Korwin-Kochanowska Synopsis: Konstancja is 40, meaning, she should be married with kids and have a hunky lover. But she doesn't have any of those. Instead she has her own business, a soft spot for Turkish kebabs and a bunch of unbearably happy girlfriends. Once she decides to change her fate and shows up at doctor Kaludia's office at a sperm bank. When seemingly everything should fall into it's place - to her surprise she falls in love. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 18 |
| 34-36 | ABDUCTION
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Antonio Ayala Director: Antonio Ayala Producer: Pamela Torres Maldonado Animator: n/a DOP: Emiliano Mendoza Uribe Sound: Sofía Hernández Ortega Editor: Luis Arellano, Antonio Ayala Production Designer: Daniel Humberto Synopsis: Alex discovers that his mother has been abducted by aliens. Because of the evilness that he perceives in the world, Alex wants to be abducted too and follows the purple rabbit's trail. |
National School of Film Arts / National Autonomous University of Mexico (ENAC/UNAM) | Mexico | 17 |
| 34-36 | ETAGE X
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Francy Fabritz, Manuela Kay Director: Francy Fabritz Producer: DFFB - Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin Animator: n/a DOP: Sarah Vetter Sound: Frank Behnke Editor: Francy Fabritz Production Designer: Orli Baruch Synopsis: An accidental meeting in an elevator at a department store leads two older women to their limits and forces them to improvise by the time the elevator gets stuck. |
German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) | Germany | 17 |
| 34-36 | LES DAUPHINES
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Juliette Klinke Director: Juliette Klinke Producer: MEDIADIFFUSION Animator: n/a DOP: Jean Minetto Sound: Olivier Lambert, Antonin Schramme Editor: Lucas Fruitier Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Bea, jobless, sublets her flat to make ends meet. This weekend, she takes her daughters to a competition where the youngest one participates. Bea will then project through this competition her urge to succeed onto her girl. |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 17 |
| 37-38 | 212
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Boaz Frankel Director: Boaz Frankel Producer: Uri Smoly Animator: n/a DOP: Nayef Hammoud Sound: n/a Editor: Boaz Frankel Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Another nearly-ordinary winter day in the life of 64-year-old Doron, director of a municipal home for the aged: the rain is pouring, someone nabbed his reserved parking spot, and Bela Schorr, occupant of Room 212, passed away that morning. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 16 |
| 37-38 | THE SLEEPING SAINT
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Marco Borromei, Elisa Dondi, Laura Samani Director: Laura Samani Producer: CSC Production Animator: n/a DOP: Ilya Saphea Sound: Michelangelo Marchese Editor: Chiara Dainese Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Giacomina is twelve, chosen as guardian of Achillea Saint for the annual procession. It would be the most beautiful day but her best friend is founded in a state of a seeming death, her body is still warm. While the village is hailing it as a miracle walking in procession with the girl instead of the statue, Giacomina is the only one wondering whether everything is really lost. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 16 |
| 39 | CHEESEBURGER
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Director: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Producer: Luz Adriana Pérez-Morales, Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Animator: n/a DOP: Luis Fernando Loya Sound: Carlos Metta Editor: Patricio Marín Avelar Production Designer: Luisa Méndez Synopsis: Daniela and Jorge have decided to take their relationship to the next level by moving in together. Nevertheless, they get into the most absurd discussion, which makes them question their entire relationship. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 15 |
| 40-41 | THE FORTUNE COOKIE
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Frida Ulfsson Director: Frida Ulfsson Producer: Jessica Räisänen Animator: Emma Ylinen-Ceau DOP: Sara Forsius Sound: Hetta Mattsson, Kevin Holmström Editor: Sara Forsius Production Designer: Frida Ulfsson Synopsis: Helena is finishing up her dreary day at the tiny cafe where she works. Her husband is expecting her home for her 50th birthday celebrations, but the unexpected appearances of a lonely man and a neglected child cause her to change her plans for the evening. |
ARCADA University of Applied Sciences Department of Culture and Communication / Media Culture Finland | Finland | 14 |
| 40-41 | YIBRIL
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Daniel Granados Director: Daniel Granados Producer: Daniel Granados, Sarina Verdonschot Animator: n/a DOP: Silvian Hettich Sound: n/a Editor: Urzula Mieszkielo Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Gabriel, a Spanish street artist in Brussels, answers a ringing phone he finds in the garbage. On the other side of the line, Hala, a Syrian girl held captive by smugglers is crying for help. After realizing they are close enough, he rushes through the streets on her search. A touching story that unfolds in the heart of Europe showing us that people from different worlds can have much in common. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 14 |
| 42-44 | SHORT DROP
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Details:TrailerLength: 28' Screenwriter: Maya Cozier Director: Maya Cozier Producer: Danielle Dieffenthaller Animator: n/a DOP: Jackson Lewis Sound: Brian Perry Editor: Ronald Rigueros Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, becomes an impromptu taxi driver during rush hour. He is lead on a journey over the course of a night where he encounters a wide range of Trinidadian Characters. |
School of Visual Arts | United States | 13 |
| 42-44 | SYNCHRONOUS
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez Director: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez Producer: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez, Santiago Rodriguez Animator: n/a DOP: Juan Fernández Sound: Andrés Julián Valenzuela Editor: Ricardo Fernández Jiménez Production Designer: Santiago Rodriguez Synopsis: Hilbert's consciousness can be in two worlds at the same time. An amazing skill which allows him to help a gangster win fifty-fifty bets. But Hilbert wants out, and it could be the perfect opportunity when he meets Ana. |
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) | Colombia | 13 |
| 42-44 | TAXI BLUES
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: Qi Tianyang Director: Qi Tianyang Producer: GAO Mengqiong Animator: n/a DOP: Teng Fei Sound: Xu Haoli, Wang Weiyi Editor: Qi Tianyang Production Designer: Li Xuepeng, Li Xinran, Tian Yuan Synopsis: Taxi driver Xiangzi saved a barmaid named Xiaomei who was committing suicide, while offering consolation to her, he also seems to find the path that would solve his own problem. |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 13 |
| 45-46 | DIVA
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Clara Bastos, Felipe Santo Director: Clara Bastos Producer: Bruna Bertolino Animator: n/a DOP: Ana Laura Leardini, Gabriela Akashi Sound: Felipe Cadillac Editor: Bruna Bertolino Production Designer: Renan Ramiro Synopsis: Camilla approaches the drag queens who inhabit Bella's pension. |
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) | Brazil | 12 |
| 45-46 | LULLABY
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Details:TrailerLength: 10' Screenwriter: Stanley Xu Director: Stanley Xu Producer: Valerie Ong Animator: n/a DOP: Eric Ha Sound: Chee Yuan Jie Editor: Mavis Lai Production Designer: Muhammad Jayakhidhir Bin Mohd Edms Synopsis: In a typical Singaporean family of three, life is well and comfortable. Unbeknownst to them, the forgotten fourth member is feeling neglected and alone. The only comfort she finds in her impending passing, lies in her grandson. |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies | Singapore | 12 |
| 47-49 | INFIDELS
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Luke Marsden Director: Luke Marsden Producer: Jessica Giacco Animator: n/a DOP: Sian Bates Sound: Audrey Houssard Editor: Luke Marsden Production Designer: Rebecca Lacey Synopsis: Three men. An apartment at midnight. Things unspoken. |
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) | Australia | 11 |
| 47-49 | PARADISE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Boris Akopov Director: Boris Akopov Producer: Daria Kotelevich Animator: n/a DOP: Gleb Filatov Sound: Ivan Chepurin Editor: Boris Akopov Production Designer: Nikolay Kireev Synopsis: Alexander is going through a difficult time -his beloved wife left him! Sasha starts drinking, he touches social bottom where he is destined to meet Grisha-an unusual man who will become his true friend. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 11 |
| 47-49 | RUST
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Julián Spandrio Director: Victor Daniel López Producer: Kevin Perelman Animator: n/a DOP: Francisco Nishimoto Sound: Juan Gabriel Di Lucía Editor: Ximena Pires Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In a postapocalyptical world, RUST slowly paralyzes human body to death. Tadeo is a worker in a factory where he is laid off due to his ilness. |
National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) | Argentina | 11 |
| 50-52 | A MISUNDERSTANDING
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Louis Roux Director: Louis Roux Producer: Michel Coteret Animator: n/a DOP: Maxime Sabin, Matthias Eyer, Hans Fischer, Florine Bel, Olivier Patron Sound: Antoine Martin, Cedric Payet, Lucien Richardson Editor: Sophie Vincendeau Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Paris, in a few years. Apolline and Leo meet and fall in love. But their differences will undermine their relationship and love. |
ENS Louis-Lumière | France | 10 |
| 50-52 | BUSINESS
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Malena Vain Director: Malena Vain Producer: Universidad del Cine Animator: n/a DOP: Javier Arcaro Sound: Virginia Tognola Editor: Sofía Montes Production Designer: Laura Guinde Synopsis: A girl, alongside her guitar, reunites with her father in a hotel room. He's a business man on a visit to Argentina, the country he once called home. She's back from playing at a concert. Night falls between those four white walls, until the sun rises again. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 10 |
| 50-52 | COLOUR CAGE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Daniel Reascos Director: Daniel Reascos Producer: Camila Arroyo Animator: n/a DOP: Julio Esquivel Sound: Stefany Salazar Editor: Daniel Reascos Production Designer: Bolívar Berrú Synopsis: A man caged in a black and white world consumed by the necessity of producing money, suddenly discovers colors. He will try to escape from his monotonous way of living by using the colors, but it isn't what he expected. |
Advanced Institute of Film and Acting (INCINE) | Ecuador | 10 |
| 53-56 | AVE MARIA
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Kenneth Lee Director: Aron B. Castro Producer: Inez Ho Animator: n/a DOP: Eugene Lee Choon Sheng Sound: Faisal Jumani Editor: Peter Lim Production Designer: Lim Yen Synopsis: Emilio, a Filipino school teacher arrives in the industrial city of Singapore with one objective: to bring his domestic worker wife, Maria home. A typhoon has devastated his secluded village and despite numerous attempts at trying to contact Maria, Emilio has no choice but to meet her in person to tell her of the tragedy. Upon arrival however, Maria is nowhere to be found. |
Puttnam School of Film & Animation / LASALLE College of the Arts (LCA) | Singapore | 9 |
| 53-56 | LEFTOVERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Or Carny Director: Or Carny Producer: Adi Shaya Animator: n/a DOP: Gil Ramon Sound: Tzvi Forer Editor: May Inéz Cherie Ben-Ze'ev Production Designer: Anat Earon Synopsis: Under her despondent father's nose, 16-year-old bold Lea is having an affair with a Sudanese refugee; unexpected turn of events brings her to mentally transferring in to a world of deceiving illusions. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 9 |
| 53-56 | LOST IN HOPE
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Aline Hochscheid, Andreas Arnstedt Director: Aline Hochscheid Producer: Dennis Colquhoun Animator: n/a DOP: Kyrill Ahlvers Sound: Zoltan M. Geller Editor: Zoltan M. Geller Production Designer: Aline Hochscheid Synopsis: Lost in Hope is a poetic-lyrical film which tells the story of Rahel, an Israeli girl and Yasser, a Palestinian boy, whose fates are determined by the conflict existing in their country. Both are at a point where they want to break out of their respective lives, with all the history that weighs on them. One’s fate influences the fate of the other. |
ifs internationale filmschule köln | Germany | 9 |
| 53-56 | THE THIRD HALF
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Virgílio Pinto Director: Virgílio Pinto, Rodrigo Morais Producer: Andreia Silva Animator: Francisco Nascimento DOP: Guilherme Braz Sound: Cristovão Gonçalves Editor: André Barreto, Rita Duarte Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: On the hottest day of the year in the suburbs of Lisbon Mauro, on the brink of adulthood has a decision to make that will change his relationship with his best friend and mentor. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 9 |
| 57-59 | BOYS WILL BE
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Teryl Brouillette Director: Teryl Brouillette Producer: José Rosales Animator: n/a DOP: Aaron Hanek Sound: Teryl Brouillette, Daniel Lahn Editor: Will Ukoh Production Designer: Dialla Kawar Synopsis: Reeling from the death of his father, a rebellious 18-year-old struggles to find his place in the world. |
Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | 8 |
| 57-59 | FLYING RATS
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Emiel Sandtke Director: Emiel Sandtke Producer: Roxanne Sarkozi Animator: n/a DOP: Xavier Vandhuynslager Sound: Erik Verhijden Editor: Maarten Janssens Production Designer: Niels Kelchtermans Synopsis: On a sweltering summer day Kian and Nadir (11) see how Nadir's family is arrested by the immigration police. To prevent Nadir from being taken as well, the friends decide to run away. But flighting seems to be more difficult than they expected... |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 8 |
| 57-59 | IN DA HOME
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Yohei Yamazaki Director: Akira Yamamoto Producer: Masaru Sano, Zhang Tong Animator: n/a DOP: Li Ziyao Sound: Soma Orikasa Editor: Mayuko Niwa Production Designer: Wang Huiru, Tamako Kato, Chinatsu Hori Synopsis: Takeru, a worker at a nursing home, lives alone with his mother. He seems like a different person at work from at home. One day he finds that there is a huge gap between Takeru and his mother, and he does not know how to contact with her anymore. |
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media | Japan | 8 |
| 60-64 | CHRISTMAS STORY
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: n/a Director: Ratmir Lutfullin Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Oleg Ohotin Sound: Daniil Krukov Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: There is a place for a Christmas miracle in everyday life. But sometimes it doesn't bring the type of joy you'd expect. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 7 |
| 60-64 | HUSKY
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Pedro Takahashi Director: Yasmin Afifi Producer: Polly Rosier Animator: n/a DOP: Pedro Takahashi Sound: Tom Whitehead Editor: Sassan Salamian Production Designer: Rosi Stamp Synopsis: Marcus, a boy on the brink of childhood struggles to decide where his loyalties lie. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 60-64 | KALPVRIKSHA
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Director: Abhijeet Khuman Producer: Mr. Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII, Pune Animator: n/a DOP: Alpesh Nagar Sound: Kushal Sarda Editor: Shini JK Production Designer: Akhil RP Synopsis: A girl takes the journey to find ancient mythical tree called Kalpvriksha. The tree which can grant any wish or fulfill any desire. Her efforts to let go things and find peace. |
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) | India | 7 |
| 60-64 | LISTEN UP EMILY
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Milo Cremer Eindhoven Director: Milo Cremer Eindhoven Producer: Georgi Doig Animator: n/a DOP: Leon Pyszora Sound: Mark Harris Editor: Marina Ivanycheva, Jakob Paulik Production Designer: Becky Millward, Lottie Geliot Synopsis: Emily just fled her own wedding, an impulse she dearly regrets ignoring her gut feeling she attempts to return, but getting back is harder than it seems. Thrown into 50`s Paris, Emily finds herself at the center of a Hollywood musical. |
Bournemouth Film School (AUB) | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 60-64 | OCCUPATION: KILLER
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Wualid Ayoub Director: Wualid Ayoub Producer: ESAV Production Animator: n/a DOP: Rami Iskandar Aloui Sound: Othman Alaoui Editor: Wualid Ayoub Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In order to participate in a journalism contest, Sami, a dreamy young man, starts writing of a report on Abbas, an atypical killer he has known since childhood... |
Marrakech School of Visual Arts (ESAVM) | Morocco | 7 |
| 65-67 | CHESTER
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Dalton Price Director: Shaun Swift Producer: Matthew Kenney Animator: n/a DOP: S'alfrico Watson-Gran Sound: Dalton Price Editor: Dalton Price Production Designer: Connor Sullivan Synopsis: When a furry guy named Chester offers comfort to a lonely girl, he either makes the worst move of his life, or the best one. |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) | United States | 6 |
| 65-67 | DRESSING ROOM
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Miguel Barbosa Director: Ângela Ramos Producer: Bruno de Freitas Leal Animator: n/a DOP: Raquel Teixeira Sound: Miguel Coelho Editor: Laura Martins Production Designer: David Vicente Synopsis: In a night show, a drag queen (Edgar) is faced with the surprise arrival of his son. Before the child's look to this reality, Edgar seeks for acceptance. |
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) | Portugal | 6 |
| 65-67 | JUHA THE WHALE
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Karam Masri Director: Karam Masri Producer: Paul Lee Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Valle Sound: Michelle Irving Editor: Radojka Vrabac Production Designer: Samira Darbandsari Synopsis: An Arab mother and her young daughter desperately attempt to claim refugee status in Toronto, Canada. They spend their days in cramped refugee housing, experiencing intense isolation while awaiting a verdict that will determine whether they can remain in Canada or be deported back to war-torn Syria. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 6 |
| 68-71 | AFTER SUNRISE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Erica Yip Director: Theresa Mak Producer: Ken Tsui Animator: n/a DOP: Felix Leong Sound: Matthew Lam Editor: Yuen Ting Yung Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Mei-ling likes reading and writing poems. She meets Sam, a substitute teacher of poetry writing at the community centre. Their common interest in poetry brings them closer. As their relationship gets more intimate, Sam publishes her poem under his name… |
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) | Hong Kong | 5 |
| 68-71 | FRAGMENTS
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Nischay Madhavan Director: Daniel Saunders Producer: Nischay Madhavan Animator: n/a DOP: Eddie Adamson Sound: Adam Scarlett Editor: Eddie Adamson Production Designer: Amy Herring, Dewi Pitman, Owen Douglas Meadows, Kellie Webb Synopsis: Set in present day Manchester, this neo-noir crime thriller follows Tyler Bradley, a young police trainee recovering from a major car accident. After being diagnosed with amnesia, Tyler is forced to abandon his treatment to go on the run from an unrelenting local gangster, hungry for revenge for something Tyler has no knowledge of doing. Roaming the streets of urban Manchester, Tyler seeks help from chief of police and former mentor Trevor Beckley, who provides Tyler with important information, whilst aiding him in his quest to put together the pieces in his fragmented mind. |
University of South Wales | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 68-71 | MY FRIEND THE GERMAN
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Bilai Bahadir, Dolunay Gördüm Director: Bilal Bahadir Producer: Claus Reichel Animator: n/a DOP: Christian Mario Löhr Sound: Ingo Baier Editor: Bilal Bahadir Production Designer: Petra Klimek Synopsis: 1963 in West Berlin. The Turkish guest worker MAHMUT GUZEL wants to leave Germany, but the German government doesn't let him go. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 5 |
| 68-71 | SURIYAN
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Bastien Milheau Director: Jonathan Bouillot Producer: ESEC Animator: n/a DOP: Samuel Telot Sound: Michaël Theus, Marine Bernadou Editor: Astrid Fontant Production Designer: Samuel Telot Synopsis: Haunted by the death of his daughter, Jean-Marc comes face to face with a migrant despondently searching for his family. But is their meeting only a coincidence? |
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) | France | 5 |
| 72-76 | 13+
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Nikica Zdunić Director: Nikica Zdunić Producer: Tajana Bakota Animator: n/a DOP: Mario Pućić Sound: Ivan Zelić Editor: Denis Golenja Production Designer: Hana Grebenar, Iva Maria Jurić Synopsis: Janka is on the verge of puberty. She practices dancing with her friend Zorana. While Zorana is preoccupied with topics such as kissing, new clothes, and parties, Janka is trying to retain her childish innocence for as long as possible. But she can't escape the inevitable changes every girl has to undergo. |
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) | Croatia | 4 |
| 72-76 | BLANK GIRL
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Alain Tjiong Director: Alain Tjiong Producer: Alain Tjiong Animator: n/a DOP: Lennert De Taeye Sound: Maurits Heemskerk Editor: Alain Tjiong, Lennert De Taeye Production Designer: Ingrid Visser Synopsis: Blank Girl Only a face of a woman The face of cinema Only a surface Shimmers in the dark Shadows of the night We are calling to you Come, and haunt us |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 4 |
| 72-76 | EMPATHY IS THE DEVIL
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Carey Ryan Director: Carey Ryan Producer: Carey Ryan Animator: n/a DOP: Scott Kimber Sound: Luke Goldfinch Editor: Carey Ryan Production Designer: Georgina Greenhill Synopsis: An overly generous man with an addiction to giving, finds that charity is not always a two-way street. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 4 |
| 72-76 | PUP
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Daniel Toledo Saura Director: Jesús Rivera Soriano Producer: Sara de la Fuente Monedero Animator: n/a DOP: Jorge Sirvent Cámara Sound: Kyrl Acton, Hao Xu, Anqi He Editor: Juanjo Rodríguez Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: From the age of two cubs forced to leave the pride by lionesses. Only the strong turn into adults. |
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) | Spain | 4 |
| 72-76 | THE SKY IS BLUE EVERYWHERE
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Gina Wenzel Director: Gina Wenzel Producer: Gina Wenzel Animator: n/a DOP: Leander Ott Sound: Arno Augustin, Florian Högerle, Fabian Livrée, Michael Nguyen Editor: Gina Wenzel Production Designer: Stephanie Becker Synopsis: Marc has recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Devastated, he doesn’t know whether and how to girlfriend Sophie about it. |
Fachhochschule Dortmund (FHD) | Germany | 4 |
| 77-83 | A FANTASTIC WRECK
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Kelsey Duvauchelle Director: Kelsey Duvauchelle Producer: Charli Knight, Taryn Alisna, Kelsey Duvauchelle Animator: n/a DOP: Akane Kashiwazaki Sound: Charli Knight Editor: Alana Bombino Production Designer: Vera Zambonelli Synopsis: A sassy, self-destructive teen looks for love in all the wrong places. |
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media | United States | 3 |
| 77-83 | DABARA
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Nabil Meizongo Director: Nabil Meizongo Producer: NAFTI Animator: n/a DOP: Stephaine Ibrahim Sound: Emmanuel Arkafie Editor: Jonathan Lanquaye Production Designer: Eric Nyarko Synopsis: Dabar lives with her grandmother in the village, as a result of the death of her parents. As custom demands in the village, every female child, who is a native of the village is circumcised. Dabara, who was not born in the village and has never visited her roots, is being pressured now by the chief priest and elders to be circumcised. Having witnessed a child die as a result of post-circumcision excessive bleeding, she resolved so abscond from this obnoxious practice. |
National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) | Ghana | 3 |
| 77-83 | EVERYBODY HATES ULF
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Details:TrailerLength: 23' Screenwriter: Tuomo Ala-Kojola Director: Juulia Kalavainen, Ilona Hiltunen Producer: Ilona Hiltunen Animator: Veera Hyytiä DOP: Patrik Sundberg, Ville Karasjoki, Juuso Koivisto, Senja Ruohonen Sound: Jonne Lydén Editor: Ville Karasjoki, Juuso Koivisto, Senja Ruohonen Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Self-centered Ulf, 71, gets upset when his only friend, Mauri, announces at his deathbed that Ulf is a complete dick. Mauri leaves his fortune to Ulf in one condition. Ulf has to throw a party with at least one guest who will voluntarily stay for at least two hours. Can Ulf find the guest? |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 3 |
| 77-83 | GARRY
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Nolwenn Marty Director: Lily Papamiltiades Producer: Stéphane Pierrat Animator: n/a DOP: Thomas le Fourn Sound: Diego Martinez, Clément Blaisot Editor: Clémence Lucas, Manon Chevalaria Production Designer: David Huet Synopsis: Claire, 16 years old, is bullied by some girls from her football team. One day, she meets Garry, an older boy who seems like her. |
International Institute of Image and Sound (3IS) | France | 3 |
| 77-83 | THE EMPTY HOUSE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Kim Wonpyo Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Kim Wonpyo Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A woman visits a strange new town to find a cheap apartment. The woman finds her favorite apartment but hesitates and waits for her husband to come. Because the husband is too late, the couple eventually misses the contract. However, with the help of the apartment salesman, the couple watch the empty house in the middle of the night and decide the contract. The couple will stay overnight in a new town motel for a contract the next morning. But she is unable to sleep in anxious minds, roams an empty city, finally finds herself standing in an empty house. |
Dankook University | South Korea | 3 |
| 77-83 | THE INCOMPETENT
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: n/a Director: Roxanne Gaucherand Producer: INSAS, ATELIER DE REALISATION Animator: n/a DOP: Raimon Gaffier Sound: Lancelot Herve Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Gaspard must reach “other town” to win Agathe`s heart back. Lacking confidence, he asks his sister Constance to drive him there. She accepts on one condition. |
Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) | Belgium | 3 |
| 77-83 | THE TALE OF ANTONIA
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Jorge Cadena, Li Aparicio Candama Director: Jorge Cadena Producer: Jean Perret Animator: n/a DOP: Juan Camilo Olmos Sound: Alejandro Castillo Villavieja Editor: Romain Waterlot Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Battered by incessant winds, this community welcomes Antonia with a ritual of stripping bare the stories she embodies. Being recalcitrant to established orders and endowed with a beauty that defies the widespread poverty, she is the protagonist of a visionary tale for today's Colombia. |
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) | Switzerland | 3 |
| 84-90 | A GOOD SOLDIER
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: J.J. Murphy Director: Francesco Basti Producer: Maura Mazurowski Animator: n/a DOP: Grey Walters Sound: Francesco Basti Editor: Colin Earner Production Designer: Kyle Brady Synopsis: After making a crucial mistake, a soldier in the Iraq war must face the dilemma of what to do next. |
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | United States | 2 |
| 84-90 | ARNBJORN THE GENEALOGIST
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Eyþór Jóvinsson Director: Eyþór Jóvinsson Producer: Eyþór Jóvinsson, Halla Mía Ólafsdóttir Animator: n/a DOP: Karl Óskarsson Sound: Eyþór Örn Magnússon Editor: Eyþór Jóvinsson, Magnús Ingvar Bjarnason Production Designer: Eyþór Jóvinsson Synopsis: Despite having more knowledge of all the country´s families than anyone else, Arnbjörn, the genealogist, has never had a family of his own. |
Icelandic Film School (IFS) | Iceland | 2 |
| 84-90 | CLOSET
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Leutrim Abdullahi Director: Leutrim Abdullahi Producer: Eol Çashku Animator: n/a DOP: Aermael Domi Sound: n/a Editor: Leutrim Abdullahi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Beni a beggar on the streets of the city, does a double job, when he is confronted to Nita, a drug addict girl. Beni decides to abandon his illegal activities, but the underground criminal gang makes sure everything gets paid. |
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) | Albania | 2 |
| 84-90 | LESSONS OF BALANCE
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Paolo Cenzato, Giulia Olivieri Director: Giulia Olivieri Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Andrea Cordaro Sound: Andrea Brambilla, Francesca Marcianò Editor: Andrea Brambilla, Francesca Marcianò Production Designer: Cecilia Zambello Synopsis: Paolo is working as a nursing home assistant, but he makes up his wages with a shady second job. When one of the patients dies he begins to date his daughter Arianna, and fall in love with her. Will he be able to keep the balance for a long time? |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 2 |
| 84-90 | MAGIC MOMENTS
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Martina Buchelová, Marína MIkvá Director: Martina Buchelová Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty in Bratislava Animator: n/a DOP: Radka Šišuláková Sound: Ivan Ďurkech Editor: Dušan Varmed'a Production Designer: Karolína Kamenská Synopsis: Parents struggle to earn money, so sisters basically take care of each other alone. -Why we walk on the grass? -So that we step into shit and are lucky. Thanks to the bond they have, they might have already won over life's shit. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 2 |
| 84-90 | MOONSHOT
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Details:TrailerLength: 22' Screenwriter: Mathew Lucas Director: Mathew Lucas Producer: Mathew Lucas Animator: SPFX JC Tecklenburg DOP: Wesley Hunt Sound: Ted Hogeman Editor: Matthew Lucas Production Designer: Yildiz Yilmaz Synopsis: A world-weary homeless woman is given an opportunity to leave her violent life behind when a roguish mechanic devises a risky plan to send her to a colony on the Moon. |
American University | United States | 2 |
| 84-90 | THE WASTELAND KINGS
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Frederico Klumb, Luiz Felipe Godinho, Clara Navega Director: Luiz Felipe Godinho Producer: Beatriz Flor Animator: n/a DOP: Lucas Andrade Sound: Lui Maia, Henrique Maciel Editor: João Lima Production Designer: Beatriz Flor Synopsis: Downtown, Rio de Janeiro, 2016. Two popular singers from the northeast of Brazil tell a story that happened in 1926. It was the meeting of two of the region's greatest legends: Lampião, the head of a local militia, and Father Cícero, a popular and beloved religious leader. |
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) | Brazil | 2 |
| 91-96 | A LONG SHOT
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Andrew Jordan Director: Andrew Jordan Producer: Bobby Byrne Animator: n/a DOP: Matthew Rogan Sound: Neil Horner Editor: Conor Maguire Production Designer: Sami Finucane, Conor Neville Synopsis: A couple struggling to pay the rent are tested when Larry bets on Ireland to win a football match against the world champions with Sarah's hard-earned rent money. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 1 |
| 91-96 | PHUONG HOANG
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Timothy Smith Director: Timothy Smith Producer: Riley Muscat, Zara Sengstock Animator: n/a DOP: Brendan Cherry Sound: Niels Gabriels, Troy Mauri Editor: Sean Birchall Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A first generation Vietnamese-Australian’s desire for belonging is tested after he falls in with a youth gang complicit in a crime beyond his comprehension. |
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | Australia | 1 |
| 91-96 | SHOW HOME
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Mark Kirkby Director: Francesco Puppini Producer: Eryk Sawicki Animator: n/a DOP: Tomás Sena da Silva Sound: Niall Nelson Editor: Sid Cejrowski Production Designer: Sunbeam Stott-Howard Synopsis: Driving through a surreal nightscape, a mysterious young couple is seemingly looking for a place to stay. They knock at a stranger’s door and their true obsessive nature is soon revealed... |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 91-96 | THE BEAN MERCHANT`S DAUGHTER
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Raymond Aftimos Director: Raymond Aftimos Producer: IESAV, Wadih Aftimos, Josette Aftimos Animator: n/a DOP: Zaher Jureidini Sound: Élias Chikhani Editor: Raymond Aftimos, Thérézia Chalouhi Production Designer: Nader Moussally Synopsis: Prince Hussam keeps on teasing Zeinah, one of the three daughters of Rasheed, the bean merchant. But Zeinah fights back. This leads to a series of reactions and counter-reactions with mutual hate (or seduction?) growing increasingly. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 1 |
| 91-96 | THE CAMEL
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Laurynas Bareisa Director: Laurynas Bareisa Producer: Klementina Remeikaite Animator: n/a DOP: Vytautas Katkus, Martynas Norvaisas Sound: Iveta Maceviciute Editor: Laurynas Bareisa Production Designer: Dravis Kavaliauskas Synopsis: A camel dies in the local zoo. Paulius and Indre - two caretakers discover it and try to dispose of the dead animal. But it turns out to be a much harder task than they imagined. |
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) | Lithuania | 1 |
| 91-96 | THREAD OF LOVE
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Priyanka Gill Director: Priyanka Gill Producer: Whistling Woods International Animator: n/a DOP: Pratik Parmar Sound: Dhruv Parekh Editor: Sidhanth Seth Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Siblings who got eventually separated while growing and meet to sell their house after few years. And while their meeting we come to know about their differences and how their life has changed. |
Whistling Woods International (WWI) | India | 1 |
| 97-115 | A PLACE CALLED HAVANA
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Freddie Frantos Director: Freddie Frantos Producer: Andrew Webster Animator: n/a DOP: Sam Bebbington Sound: Ryan Holmes Editor: Freddie Frantos Production Designer: Andrew Webster Synopsis: ‘A Place Called Havana’ is a coming-of-age short film that explores conflicts between immigrants and nationalists in the UK. This drama follows Sam, a 16-year-old British boy trapped between the decision to follow his older brother – the leader of a nationalist cult – or his black friend, Abel. |
University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | 0 |
| 97-115 | AS IF WAITING FOR GODOT
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Halil Ağirkan Director: Sezer Aggez Producer: Gem Deniz Arslan Animator: n/a DOP: Ibrahim Esmer Sound: Mert Sever Editor: Oguzhan Erdogan Production Designer: Meltem Konca Synopsis: Kadim is a person who lives last days of his youth and has a constant, humdrum life between home and work. This whole thing feels very heavy to him. But he continues to wait for a miraculous solution. One day an unexpected event will happen, this will push him through an extraordinary result. |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 0 |
| 97-115 | BEHIND ME
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Tobias Grønvold Director: Tobias Grønvold Producer: Synne Reinback Krumins Animator: n/a DOP: Monica Tormassy Sound: Håkon Solsvik, Alexis Ruiz Editor: Tord Frafjord Tungesvik Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Emma tries to escape a painful moment from the past by isolating herself. After being forced to live on the street, she seeks refuge with a mother and her daughter. The meeting creates a desire to belong to a family, while the past becomes more difficult to hide. |
Westerdals Department of Film and Media School of Arts, Design and Media, Kristiania University College | Norway | 0 |
| 97-115 | BREACHED
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Wong Jiong Yu Director: Wong Jiong Yu Producer: Ooi Sen Ree Animator: Chua Soon Jie, Wong Jiong Yu DOP: Raqiib Jusri Sound: Hilmi Halim, Lucas Lim, Raqiib Jusri Editor: Raqiib Jusri, Elias Hassan Production Designer: Lucas Lim Synopsis: A group of rebel hackers invade a controversial company in hopes of exposing the ugly truth hidden from the public. |
Nanyang Polytechnic / School of Design and Media (SDM) | Singapore | 0 |
| 97-115 | CITY
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Marko Marković Director: Maša Šarović Producer: FDA- Višnja Nikitin, StudAVP Nikola Savićević, Lana Radošević Animator: n/a DOP: Đorđe Stojiljković Sound: Luka Barajević Editor: Ana Žugić Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Dunja and her boyfriend arrive in Belgrade. He leaves her alone for a second, when a too friendly local guy appears and refuses to leave her alone. |
Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) | Serbia | 0 |
| 97-115 | CONNECTED TO EMPTINESS
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Details:TrailerLength: 7' Screenwriter: Juan Salvatore Director: Juan Salvatore Producer: Sofia Coello Animator: n/a DOP: Luciano Daneri Sound: Lucia Panasci Editor: Lucia Panasci Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A ten-year-old, facing the emptiness of a careless family arguing constantly, is seduced by the Tv monster to escape to another reality. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 0 |
| 97-115 | DADDY I`M HERE
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Abdallah Mahamat Kadjouck Director: Abdallah Mahamat Kadjouck Producer: Institut Superieur des Metiers de I'Audiovisuel (ISMA) BENIN Animator: n/a DOP: Honvo Lariaus Sound: Guedou Didier Editor: Akissohe Eric Production Designer: Kouadinou Rebecca Synopsis: Donne remembers the day when he could not save his wife seriously ill, after giving birth to his daughter in whom he sees a ray of hope and gives him the joy of his live. |
Higher Institute of Audiovisual Training (ISMA) | Benin | 0 |
| 97-115 | DEHYDRATION
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Miroslava Konečná Director: Miroslava Konečná Producer: Ondřej Solčány, Kateřina Buzková (TBU in Zlin) Animator: n/a DOP: Radka Filipská Sound: Radek Kuboš Editor: Tereza Vágnerová Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Dehydration is about the inner doubt and confusion concerning life and death. It captures a young boy's struggle to deal with the loss of a close person. The film doesn't offer explicit meaning and its interpretation depends on the viewer's attention and will to listen. |
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) | Czech Republic | 0 |
| 97-115 | EVE
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Vanishia Kisten Director: Marian de Pontes, Nobuhle Ngwane, Vanishia Kisten Producer: University of the Witwatersrand Film & TV, Marian de Pontes, Nobuhle Ngwane, Vanishia Kisten Animator: n/a DOP: Marian de Pontes Sound: Nobuhle Ngwane Editor: Nobuhle Ngwane Production Designer: Marian de Pontes, Nobuhle Ngwane, Vanishia Kisten Synopsis: After a global water crisis causes life as we know it to end, Eve, a young woman sets out to find life in a barren and unknown South African landscape. On her journey she comes across two individuals bound by their need to survive what remains of the world. |
Wits School of Arts / Division of Film & Television (WSOA) | South Africa | 0 |
| 97-115 | FEDOR
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Hugo Radi Director: Hugo Radi Producer: ECAL Animator: n/a DOP: Augustin Losserand Sound: Timothée Zurbüchen Editor: Louis Richard Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Two young boys have stolen some expensive scarves and are being pursued. To get out of town, they hijack a young girl’s vehicle. She ends up following them as they flee. |
Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) | Switzerland | 0 |
| 97-115 | FREAK FLAG
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Sarah Conley Director: Sarah Conley Producer: Diego Sardi Animator: n/a DOP: Korey VanHuis Sound: Maggie McCoy Editor: Dana Coen Production Designer: Emily Railsback Synopsis: Spunky 8 – year – old Abeline is stifled by societal norms. She is not “girly” enough for the girls or ‘boyish’ enough for the boys. Refusing her mother`s and shchoolteacher`s pressures to fit the mold, she chooses an unconventional path in which she finds and embraces herself. |
Columbia College Chicago (CCC) | United States | 0 |
| 97-115 | MAESTRO
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Nemanja Mladenovic Director: Nemanja Mladenovic Producer: Dusan Djokovic Animator: Aleksa Mirosavljevic DOP: Boris Nestorovic Sound: Filip Colic Editor: Nikola Tosic Production Designer: Nadja Antic, Mia Medenica Synopsis: Film about loneliness of an aged forgotten pianist. |
Akademija Umetnosti | Serbia | 0 |
| 97-115 | RECOVER CONNECTION
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Details:Length: 27'Screenwriter: Johan Kudu Director: Tõnis Pill Producer: Mona Mi Mikkin Animator: n/a DOP: Peter Kollanyi Sound: Aleksandra Koel Editor: Emeri Abel Production Designer: Kaia Tungal Synopsis: A young policeman Siim goes undercover to capture the regions biggest drug-trade boss. During the operation, Siim finds himself facing a familiar face of a man he hasn’t seen for over twenty years, giving the undercover operation a much more complex result. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 0 |
| 97-115 | ROBBED SOUL
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: August Adrian Braatz Director: August Adrian Braatz Producer: UL AGRFT Animator: n/a DOP: Klemen Kraševec Sound: Peter Žerovnik Editor: Špela Bajc Production Designer: Peter Perunović Synopsis: Max is a lonely robber which meets a victim of his doing, Mich, from whom he stole a bike. |
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) | Slovenia | 0 |
| 97-115 | SHADOW
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Krystel Abou Karam Director: Krystel Abou Karam Producer: Gaston Abou Karam Animator: n/a DOP: Pauline Maroun Sound: Johnny Farah Editor: Krystel Abou Karam Production Designer: Omar Sfeir Synopsis: Rita lives silently in the shadows of the three men in her life: her husband and her two sons. A simple image will change her routine. |
Lebanese Academy for Fine Arts / School of Cinema / University of Balamand (ALBA) | Lebanon | 0 |
| 97-115 | THE LAST DROPLET OF SUNSHINE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Tran Thanh Tuyen Director: Tran Thanh Tuyen Producer: Nguyen Thanh Animator: n/a DOP: Duy Hop Sound: Luong Huy, Linh HK Editor: Quang Dan Production Designer: Hoang Dung, Tran Kien Synopsis: "The last droplet of sunshine" tells about a mother and her son. She lives alone in countryside while her son is working in the city. One day, she comes to visit him. Arriving in the city, she cannot contact him and gets accident. She has no choice but comes back to her hometown on her own. |
Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema | Vietnam | 0 |
| 97-115 | WALLA
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Auspicious Maluleke Director: Kgopolelo Blok Producer: Neo Lebelo Animator: n/a DOP: Tshepo Movundlela Sound: Rose Seknati Editor: Tshepo Movundlela Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A young woman`s past comes back to haunt her. |
Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | 0 |
| 97-115 | WHITE DRESS
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Ngimi Mpossoua Manuela Director: Ngimi Mpossoua Manuela Producer: IFCPA/ CRTV Animator: n/a DOP: Ekoto Yves, Mvogo Valère Sound: Foematio Boris, Ela Mvele Iris Editor: Djoa Boyan Valérie, Tibe Ansène Gatien Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: After returning from her court marriage, a bride discovers that her wedding gown has disappeared. She accuses the owner of the inn where she spent the night. A fight breaks out to the point they all find themselves at the police station and revelations on the real thief are made. |
Institute for the Preservation of National Audio Visual Heritage (IFCA/CRTV) | Cameroon | 0 |
| 97-115 | WHY
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Hon Priscilla Degun Director: Juliet Okosun Producer: Bakson Nanle Joshua Animator: n/a DOP: Nicholas Aboki Sound: Wilfred Mahuel James Editor: Bakson Nanle Joshua Production Designer: Dorkat James, dr. Comfort Ukwela Synopsis: This production is a pantomime that dramatizes societal ills prevailing in our days such as cultism, kidnapping, insurgents, robbery, etc and is seen from the point of view of an aged man who laments for the return of the 'good old days'. |
NTA Television College (NTA) | Nigeria | 0 |
Documentary
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | THE ORIGIN OF TROUBLE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Tessa Pope Producer: Emeline Bakker, Julia Notenboom Animator: n/a DOP: Gijs Wilbers Sound: Laszlo Brinkhoff Editor: Fatih Tura Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: What causes a father to be absent and what are the consequences of his absence? Director Tessa Pope confronts her past and deals with the complex relationship with her father. Archive material and interviews with the whole family bring all the pieces of the puzzle together. A story about love, hope, betrayal and losses. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 56 |
| 2 | THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Maya Sarfaty Director: Maya Sarfaty Producer: Nir Sa'ar Animator: n/a DOP: Ziv Berkovich Sound: n/a Editor: Maya Klar Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A tragic love story between Helena a young Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and the SS officer Franz Wunsch. The forbidden relationship resolved in Franz saving Helena's sister out from the gas chambers, back into the living, but the sister's two children are left there to die. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 43 |
| 3-4 | AURELIA AND PEDRO
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Omar Robles, José Permar Director: Omar Robles, José Permar Producer: Gabriela Ruvalcaba Renteria Animator: n/a DOP: José Permar Sound: Omar Robles, José Permar Editor: Omar Robles Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Fog rolls roll across the green highlands of Mexico. Young Pedro lives here with his mother Aurelia, isolated from the rest of the world. A documentary portrait of the symbiotic relationship between a small Indigenous family and their remote homeland. |
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department | Mexico | 23 |
| 3-4 | TARFALA
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Johannes Östergård Director: Johannes Östergård Producer: Underlandet Films Animator: n/a DOP: Johannes Östergård Sound: Emil Soininen Editor: Kenneth Klaile Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Far north of the Arctic Circle, right next to Sweden's highest mountain, one old man has chosen to spend his life as a caretaker of a lonely hiking hut. Retreating to the cold arctic winter storms from obligations and everyday routines, he's set on finding peace of mind with the life he has lived. What does a journey to find happiness look like, when life is not shared with friends and loved ones? |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 23 |
| 5 | ANGELIKA
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Leopold Legrand Producer: INSAS Animator: n/a DOP: Jean-François Pauly Sound: Lancelot Herve Editor: Agathe Zimmer Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Angelika has probably seen too much for a seven-year-old. However, she never complains and carries on with determination. Between the home where she now lives and the dog shelter where she visits her dog, she keep walking, head high with a heavy heart. |
INSAS | Belgium | 22 |
| 6-7 | BACKSTAGE
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Dominik Truhlář, Martin Mach Director: Martin Mach Producer: Ondřej Solčány, Kateřina Buzková (TBU in Zlín) Animator: n/a DOP: Dominik Truhlář Sound: Jan Pololáník Editor: Ondřej Repatý Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A short documentary film about a cremator Ivos Placek and his everydayness between life and death. |
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) | Czech Republic | 19 |
| 6-7 | THE LAKE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Daria Blohina Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Daria Blohina Sound: Anatolii Gudkovskii Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In this film I showed the life of Filippov family, who live at the Russian north, far away from the civilization. I wanted to show how work, nature and creation save human soul from death, give him forces to live. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 19 |
| 8-9 | LUPULO`S HOUSE
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Paula Hopf Director: Paula Hopf Producer: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C Animator: n/a DOP: Bruno Santamaria Sound: Arturo Salazar Editor: Sandra Reynoso Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An emotional journey that takes us into one father - daughter relationship, through their struggles and difficulties, ending in the house by the sea where they were happy together. |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 16 |
| 8-9 | THE FIFTH SEASON
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Shadi Habib Allah Director: Shadi Habib Allah Producer: Shadi Habib Allah Animator: n/a DOP: Tal Becher, Dana Decktor, Rizeq Nakhash Sound: Omri Cohen Editor: Miky Wajnerman, Shadi Habib Allah Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Ziad Khadash, a graduate of the refugee camp Jalazone, is a Palestinian writer who teaches creative writing at an elementary school in Ramallah. He teaches his pupils about freedom, to rebel against their education system and to defy the rules of the school. More than anything- he wants to bring them to this sea, the big sea. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 16 |
| 10-11 | A RAY OF LIGHT
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Lihi Sabag, Arik Kaufman Director: Lihi Sabag Producer: Lihi Sabag Animator: n/a DOP: Lihi Sabag Sound: Idan Rawet Editor: Arik Kaufman Production Designer : Ronen Nagel Synopsis: Michal has been a single parent to her baby daughter, Keren Or, since she was seventeen. Against the depressing background of the housing projects of Afula and Jerusalem, and caught in the day-to-day battle to survive, Michal shows extraordinary resilience in her aspiration to be a caring and responsible mother. |
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) | Israel | 15 |
| 10-11 | TAKE DRILLS SINCE CHILDHOOD
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: He Xueying Director: He Xueying Producer: He Xueying Animator: n/a DOP: Song Xinyue Sound: He Xueying Editor: He Xueying, Liu Jia, Song Xinyue Production Designer : He Xueying Synopsis: This is a true story about three little girls who devoted to gymnastic in Bengbu, China‘s Anhui province. It completely shows their puzzles during growing up and life choices—whether to continue their professional training path. |
Communication University of China (CUC) | China | 15 |
| 12-15 | DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Dennis Stauffer, Norbert Kottmann Director: Dennis Stauffer, Norbert Kottmann Producer: Filippo Bonacci Animator: n/a DOP: Dennis Stauffer Sound: Dennis Stauffer Editor: Norbert Kottmann Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A group of seniors is trying to adapt to the speed of the computerization in order to find their place in the digital age. |
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) | Switzerland | 14 |
| 12-15 | LITTLE BUCHAREST
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Sam Geyskens Director: Sam Geyskens Producer: RITCS Animator: n/a DOP: Kris Van Den Bulck Sound: Sam Geyskens Editor: Laurens Foley Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Every day, numerous Eastern European truck drivers fill the highways of Western Europe. By working abroad for months on end, they hope to provide a better future for their families back home. 'Little Bucharest' is one of the many rest stops where these drivers gather to spend their time off at weekends in an attempt to make their homesickness more bearable. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 14 |
| 12-15 | MARKKU AND ME
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Lauri Danska Producer: Lauri Danska Animator: n/a DOP: Lauri Danska Sound: Eleanor Nicholls Editor: Sian Clarke Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Markku has schizophrenia and has lived in various mental care facilities over the last ten years. He feels abandoned by his older brother Lauri, who he partly blames for his illness. Lauri returns to Finland in the hope of gaining a better understanding of his brother's condition and to try and rebuild their relationship. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 12-15 | OPEN EYES
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Olivia Chamby-Rus Director: Olivia Chamby-Rus Producer: Caroline Eybye Animator: n/a DOP: Jasper J. Spanning Sound: Hans Christian Arnt Torp Editor: Sofie Marie Kristensen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: It begins in the dark, and ends in the dark, but in between there is a voice. The voice reads to us: The moment I opened my eyes and realized I had forgotten all about who I was. The film shows everyday life of schoolchildren at the School for Blinds. They study like other children in the reality which is acceptable for them as they are happily satisfied with what they have, special skills and perceptions through which they feel tastes of life differently than “normal” people. |
National Film School of Denmark (DDF) | Denmark | 14 |
| 16-17 | STORY OF FATAT
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Ibrahim Harb Director: Ibrahim Harb Producer: Ibrahim Harb, IESAV Animator: n/a DOP: Jeremy Boudjok Sound: Shadi Abi Shakra Editor: Joe Hajj Production Designer : Salah Reslan Synopsis: After loosing a lot in her life, Um Imad decides to go through a new journey with her 6 years old son despite the risk of losing all what is left. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 13 |
| 16-17 | TWO WHITE ROSES
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Emily Preston Director: Emily Preston Producer: Caitlin Russell Animator: n/a DOP: Nick Tiringer Sound: Amanda Ann-Min Wong Editor: Marek Tupy Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A documentary examining the resilience of the Bartel family as they recount living in the German Democratic Republic under Stasi surveillance. |
Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | 13 |
| 18-19 | CREATING A MONSTER
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Gena Lida Riess Director: Gena Lida Riess Producer: CJ Welsh Animator: n/a DOP: Elle Marsh Sound: n/a Editor: Gena Lida Riess Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: 'Creating a Monster' is an exploration on how reality television is constructed and consumed and the psychological impact it has on its contestants. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 11 |
| 18-19 | WOLFE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Claire Randall Producer: Claire Randall, Shannen Tunnicliffe Animator: Lachlan James Morton DOP: Lachlan James Morton Sound: Damon Sheridan, Michael Laverty Editor: Claire Randall, Liam Keogh Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: When he was a child, Nick was never told that he wasn`t supposed to actually hear his imaginary friend. Nick retrospectively confesses his life story, the role the friends played in his mental health and where he went after he hit rock bottom. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 11 |
| 20-22 | BODYCAM
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Stéphane Myczkowski, Derek Rawson, Martin Lecointe Director: Stéphane Myczkowski Producer: Stéphane Myczkowski Animator: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: Gégoire Chauvot, Lucas Domejean Editor: Stéphane Myczkowski Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Since the early 2010s, many American cities have started to equip their police officers with body cameras, small recording devices worn on the officer's chest. Officers wearing a camera have the duty to turn them on at the beginning of each of their intervention. |
La Fémis | France | 9 |
| 20-22 | THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Hanna Fischer, Sofiia Melnyk, Nina Prange Producer: Juliane Walther Animator: Sofiia Melnyk, Nina Prange, Alice Reily de Souza, Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez, Juliane Walther, Hanna Fischer DOP: Benjamin Manderbach Sound: Claudio Demel Editor: Frank Carsten Walter Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: “The World We Live In” is a partly animated feature portraying Eastern European migrant workers that are subject to labor exploitation, unemployment, and homelessness. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 9 |
| 20-22 | [:"IF WE DIE TOMORROW":] - SARA, EMMA AND IMAGES OF GROWING UP
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Lena Kušnieriková Director: Lena Kušnieriková Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty in Bratislava Animator: n/a DOP: Sára, Emma, Lena Kušnieriková Sound: Michal Kevin Paluga Editor: Marína Horváthová Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Film about seventeen year’s old sisters - twins. Sara and Emma are searching for the meaning of life and are facing new life situations for the first time. For adult it may seems banal, but for girls Is each experience essential. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 9 |
| 23-24 | ONE LAGOON: WAVES OF CHANGE
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Vanina Harel Director: Vanina Harel Producer: Vanina Harel, Zara Currimjee Animator: n/a DOP: Azim Moollan Sound: Eric Tritoj, Vit Polak Editor: Jon Rabaud Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The film follows Georgie, a professional fisherman, his family and others as they relate the deterioration of the lagoons showing us the current state of the reefs and solutions found on neighboring Rodrigues hoping to inspire others to take simple actions at the individual level to make a difference. |
American University | United States | 8 |
| 23-24 | THE SWAN
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Daniel Chavez Ontiveros Producer: Daniel Chavez Ontiveros Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Chavez Ontiveros Sound: Dan Olmsted Editor: Daniel Chavez Ontiveros Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Sthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the United States after experiencing gender discrimination in her hometown Mixquiahuala, Hidalgo. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany decides to prepare for an imminent trip to Mexico and confront her family about her gender. |
Stanford University | United States | 8 |
| 25-27 | A LIFE TOGETHER
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Simon Direen Producer: Melinda Brown, Simon Direen Animator: n/a DOP: Matthew Cribb, Adam Jolev Sound: Nick Batterham Editor: Simon Direen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: 'A Life Together' is a short documentary about the enduring love Davo and Daughter have for each other. |
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | Australia | 7 |
| 25-27 | I`M FREE
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Edvard Karijord, Bendik Mondal Producer: Edvard Karijord, Bendik Mondal Animator: n/a DOP: Christian Karlsen Sound: Mats Støten Editor: Edvard Karijord, Bendik Mondal Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: On the 8th of October 2013, Geir Karijord goes missing in Romsdal Valley, Norway. «I’m Free» tells the story of the day he disappeared and the life that led him there. It is an intimate documentary about loss, hope and living with unanswered questions. |
Westerdals Department of Film and Media School of Arts, Design and Media, Kristiania University College | Norway | 7 |
| 25-27 | THE JUNGLE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Juanita Onzaga Director: Juanita Onzaga Producer: RANA Films, LUCA School of Arts & El Cajon, Kraey Animator: n/a DOP: Juanita Onzaga Sound: Jeremy Bocquet Editor: Mira Matthew Production Designer : Juanita Onzaga Synopsis: Colombia is a land of ghosts and Pablo decided to search for one of them; the spirit of his father, in his quest, he leaves Bogota and goes deep into the jungle. Here, he will find some answers and attract unexpected company. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 7 |
| 28-31 | BATS
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Mariano Acosta, Felipe Ramirez Vilches, Joaquin Mallea Gil Director: Felipe Ramirez Vilches Producer: Francisco Corteggiano, Valeria Pampin Animator: n/a DOP: Paulina Gramon Vidal Sound: Joaquin Mallea Gil Editor: Mariano Acosta Production Designer : Brenda Baumkoler, Paulina Gramon Vidal Synopsis: Murciélagos (Bats) tells the story behind the National Squad of Blind Football in Argentina. These football players are known for standing against their difficulties and scoring in life with courage and bravery. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 6 |
| 28-31 | BY LANE SAGA
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Ranjit Nair Director: Ranjit Nair Producer: Mr. Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII, Pune Animator: n/a DOP: Shaz Mohamm Sound: Moinak Bose Editor: Kunal Walve Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: By Lane Saga is an attempt to observe the working class community negotiating with their common identity in the departures of their prescribed social design leading to dream like portraits of their vulnerabilities and repressed fantasies operating from the dark alleys and by lanes of the mainstream society. |
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) | India | 6 |
| 28-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Désirée Marianini Torta Director: Désirée Marianini Torta Producer: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella Animator: n/a DOP: Laura Cesarini Sound: n/a Editor: Michal Shanny Production Designer : Emanuele Vernillo Synopsis: Outside, the Chinese dream is becoming a reality. Inside, pieces of life in a semi-abandoned building, the fragmentation of an ideal and of a relationship. |
ZeLIG - School for Documentary, Television and New Media | Italy | 6 |
| 28-31 | I AM THE WOLF
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Tanner Sawatzky, Alexandre Gougeon Director: Alexandre Gougeon Producer: Patrick Holmes, Nicole Siddles Animator: n/a DOP: Dan Pearce Sound: Jay Wang Editor: Kayla Salt, Eilish McBrearty Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: I Am The Wolf is a character-driven short documentary about 20 year old amateur boxer Arthur Biyarslanov. The film follows the strength and determination of Arthur's journey to once again represent Canada (2015 Pan Am Gold Medalist) and qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. His violent past, his focused present and hopeful future shape Arthur's one dream: to become the champion he was born to be. |
Sheridan College | Canada | 6 |
| 32-41 | BRYAN ILIE
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Sebastian Condurache Director: Sebastian Condurache Producer: UNATC “I.L.Caragiale” Animator: n/a DOP: Paul Tatcu Sound: Loredana Perianu Editor: Loredana Perianu Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An Irishman from Galbinasi is returning home. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 5 |
| 32-41 | EXTRAS. CLOSE-UP.
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Alexander Zubovlenko Director: Alexander Zubovlenko Producer: VGIK Film Studio Animator: n/a DOP: Maria Golub Sound: Aleksey Bobreshov Editor: Alexander Zubovlenko Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A story about ambitions people dreaming to become stars, be recognized on the street, be interviewed, and have their faces on the covers of tabloids. In everyday life, they are working on the usual boring work, but in their spare time they follow their dreams and go to work extras. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 5 |
| 32-41 | LIFE UNDER THE VOLCANO
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Director: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Producer: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Animator: n/a DOP: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Sound: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Editor: Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Production Designer : Vigdís Eva Steinþórsdóttir Synopsis: Katla volcano lies beneath Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The residents close to her wait for her to wake up after nearly a century´s hibernation. |
Icelandic Film School (IFS) | Iceland | 5 |
| 32-41 | LOVE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Dušan Zorić Director: Dušan Zorić Producer: FDA- Višnja Nikitin, StudAVP Čarna Vučinić Animator: n/a DOP: Milan Petković Sound: Milan Antić Editor: Olga Košarić Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Teenage porn actor searching for success, acceptance and love. |
Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) | Serbia | 5 |
| 32-41 | ONIÜGNIP
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Director: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Producer: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy, UIA Animator: Andrés & Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy DOP: Luis Fernando Loya Sound: Darío Celestinos Editor: Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Production Designer : Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy Synopsis: Mariana, a young bourgeois shares her experience after establishing a relationship with a southern migrant, Oniügnip, giving us a social, cultural, and political context of the harshness that these migrants endure. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 5 |
| 32-41 | SEARCHING FOR WIVES
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Zuki Juno Tobgye Producer: Vigneswari Nagaraj Animator: n/a DOP: Jason Lau Sound: n/a Editor: Peter Lim Production Designer : Edwin Choy Synopsis: Through the use of a single photograph, Partha, a foreign worker from South India embarks on a mission to find a wife before his 32nd birthday. With the help from a photo studio and his parents, Searching for Wives documents the proceedings of an arranged marriage that many men and women are accustomed to like Partha, and finds the romance that lies within. |
Puttnam School of Film & Animation / LASALLE College of the Arts (LCA) | Singapore | 5 |
| 32-41 | TABLE DANCE MEMORIES
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Silvana Lázaro Director: Silvana Lázaro Producer: Diana Mata, Chantal Rodríguez Animator: n/a DOP: Santiago Bonilla, Silvana Lázaro Sound: Isabel Barajas Editor: Silvana Lázaro, Isabel Barajas Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Through the testimonies of three ex table dance dancers, a discourse about role genders and society is generated. |
National School of Film Arts / National Autonomous University of Mexico (ENAC/UNAM) | Mexico | 5 |
| 32-41 | TASTE OF THE NIGHT
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Cao Trung Thao Director: Cao Trung Thao Producer: ATELIERS VARAN / FRANCE AND VARAN VIETNAM Animator: n/a DOP: Cao Trung Thao Sound: the other students Editor: Aurélie Ricard Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The long-standing 24-hour café uses an unfamiliar sock method to steep and filter coffee along an alleyway. Not just a family-run business that has gone through generations, this is place where old time memories come together and where everyone can put a pause amidst the hustle and bustle of the city. Like Saigon, it embraces everybody. |
Ateliers Varan | France | 5 |
| 32-41 | THE ARCTIC CIRCUS
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Connor Johnstone Producer: Connor Johnstone, Jack Welsman Animator: n/a DOP: Daria Savic Sound: Aaron Carter Editor: Connor Johnstone Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Exploring the controversial tourism industry of Churchill, Manitoba. Billed as the “polar bear capital of the world”, Churchill has become a veritable media frenzy caught between the economy and environmentalism. The film follows various figures within the community as they navigate the politics and dangers of the yearly bear migration. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 5 |
| 32-41 | TURN OVER THE STONES
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Nir Dvortchin Director: Nir Dvortchin Producer: Hila Amir Animator: n/a DOP: Anatoliy Radchenko Sound: Tzvi Forer Editor: Niv Samban Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Long after he was locked in jail, isolated from society, Sami won his freedom, but he still had a hard time forgiving himself. Sami lives his life in a small container in the middle of the desert, while the big house he build for his wife Kohava, stands empty. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 5 |
| 42-48 | 24 PRASKA STREET
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Patrycja Polkowska Director: Patrycja Polkowska Producer: Marcin Malatynski Animator: n/a DOP: Milosz Kasiura Sound: Ewa Bogusz Editor: Alan Zejer Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Lucyna and Krzysztof run a scrap yard on Praska Street. Everyday they come across different people, who for various reasons found themselves on the margin of society. When they lean in to the small checkout window, where Lucyna sits, they find something more than payment for the scrap they brought. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 4 |
| 42-48 | A GIRL LIKE YOU
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Eliel Kilkki Director: Eliel Kilkki Producer: Julia Elomäki Animator: n/a DOP: Joel Grandell Sound: Jani Nikander Editor: Anna Nuuros Production Designer : Anna Haajasalmi Synopsis: Sampo used to work as a chatmoderator, but it wasn’t an ordinary chat. |
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture / ELO Film School Helsinki | Finland | 4 |
| 42-48 | ADRIAN
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Yenni Lee Director: Yenni Lee Producer: Yenni Lee Animator: n/a DOP: Yenni Lee Sound: Yenni Lee Editor: Yenni Lee Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The one second that is You. |
HDK-Valand | Sweden | 4 |
| 42-48 | BENEATH THE BUD
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Mainak Guha Producer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India Animator: n/a DOP: Karan Daz Paul Sound: Arkadeep Karmakar Editor: Eshan Sil Production Designer : Abhay Praveen Gupta Synopsis: Dooars & Darjeeling in India are one of the largest tea producing zones in the world, yet the living condition of the workers is a matter of great concern. This film explores the indefinite struggle of the tea workers in securing their rights & livelihood, dwelling in complete uncertainty. The women & men ‘beneath the bud’. |
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) | India | 4 |
| 42-48 | PATRIOTIC LESSON
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Details:Length: 20'Screenwriter: Filip Jacobson Director: Filip Jacobson Producer: Filip Jacobson Animator: n/a DOP: Filip Jacobson, Lukasz Ostalki Sound: n/a Editor: Tomasz Polsakiewicz Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Patriotic Lesson tells the story of a Polish primary school singing contest, in which children perform patriotic songs, full of heroism, bravery, blood, sweat and tears. Through a clear presentation of the performers and the audience, and the tension that builds up between parents and teachers and finally during the jury's deliberations, it opens up questions around the meaning of patriotism and its institutional reaffirmation to the next generation. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 4 |
| 42-48 | RAP GAME
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Bernardo Izecksohn Director: Bernardo Izecksohn Producer: Juliana Rosa Animator: n/a DOP: Maria Chafir Sound: Bernardo Izecksohn Editor: Carolina Castro, Thiago Rebello, Bernardo Izecksohn Production Designer : Bernardo Izecksohn Synopsis: Independent MCs from the Rio de Janeiro underground rap scene trying to live their dream of achieving success with the self composed lyrics and beats they create in a homestudio they built themselves. |
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) | Brazil | 4 |
| 42-48 | THE SOUND OF WINTER
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Details:Length: 27'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Tizian Büchi Producer: MEDIADIFFUSION Animator: n/a DOP: Camille Sultan Sound: Antoine Moons Editor: Baptiste Guiard Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Max is a farmer from the Jura Mountains. He lives in an isolated farm in a village called La Cote-aux-Fees, literally "The Hill of Fairies". It's winter, time stretches out and opens a window on imagination. |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 4 |
| 49-57 | A SHOT IN THE DARK
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Winne Lee Jia Ying Director: Winne Lee Jia Ying Producer: Rachel Ong Wen Huei Animator: n/a DOP: Tan Shi Wei Jocelyn Sound: Ng Yu Wen Editor: Ng Yu Wen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The stereotype that the blind are unable to do anything by themselves is prevalent in society. Soundball Singapore is here to change that, featuring visually impaired athletes playing blind tennis with a fervor and passion that oppose their disabilities. “A Shot in the Dark” explores the world of Soundball from their points of view. |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies | Singapore | 3 |
| 49-57 | CRICKLAND
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Rebecca Richards Producer: Hannah Boyd Animator: n/a DOP: Rebecca Richards Sound: n/a Editor: Lydia Brown Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Crickland is an observational documentary about the community values and dying traditions of the oldest pub in Bournemouth. Through the weird and wonderful characters we explore the topics of friendship, life &death and the importance of support and human connection throughout. |
Bournemouth Film School (AUB) | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 49-57 | GARDENERS OF THE FOREST
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan-Webber Director: Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan-Webber Producer: Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan-Webber Animator: Hansjeet Duggal, Sami Armiger DOP: Alberto De Coste Calla, Aaron Seller Sound: Michael Cullen Editor: Ceylan Carhoglu Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: For generations, Laos was known as the Land of a Million Elephants but, as of 2016, there are fewer than 600 elephants left in the wild. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 3 |
| 49-57 | JUICED
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Adam Marseille Director: Adam Marseille Producer: Adam Marseille Animator: n/a DOP: Fraser Heanue Sound: David Foster Editor: Adam Marseille, Fraser Heanue Production Designer : Edvin Puzinkevich Synopsis: A human story about steroid use and the psychological scares inflicted upon their abusers. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 49-57 | JUNCTION
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs Director: Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs Producer: Koen Bleuzé Animator: n/a DOP: Anne Reijniers Sound: Aïda Merghoub Editor: Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In the streets of the metropolis of Kinshasa, young Congolese imagine their version of the colonial past. Around an empty pedestal that once carried a Belgian monument emerges an imaginary city where archival footage, artistic performances and present-day Kinshasa interact. |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 3 |
| 49-57 | OWN
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Philippa Fort Director: Philippa Fort Producer: Philippa Fort Animator: n/a DOP: Larry Tyler Sound: Charlotte Comte Editor: Miwa Sakulrat Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Through archival and present footage, filmmaker Philippa Fort journey back to her childhood home in Scotland to confront her past. Using documentary format and stop-motion, she explores the nature of her memories. |
School of Visual Arts | United States | 3 |
| 49-57 | SHELTER
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Matthew Hardin Producer: Matthew Hardin Animator: n/a DOP: Matthew Hardin Sound: Nicolas Jaar Editor: Myra Rivera Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Shelter is a short documentary which explores the homes of the homeless in Chicago. Intimate moments in these shelters is accompanied by a moving interview with Lorraine, a homeless man living in downtown Chicago. Original music composed by Nicolas Jaar complements the penetrating images of cherished personal artifacts in an eerie manner. |
Columbia College Chicago (CCC) | United States | 3 |
| 49-57 | STORY OF THE HUA DANG FAMILY
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Dang Linh Director: Dang Linh Producer: Nguyen Kiem Animator: n/a DOP: Nguyen Thanh Binh Sound: Nguyen Trung Hieu, Le Phu Hau Editor: Duyen Vu Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: ”Story of the Hua Dang Family" is a documentary recounting the life of Hua Dang's family, a family of Cham ethnicity working as shepherds in the desert of Ninh Thuan, Vietnam. As they don`t have a house, the family live by the sheep stable. |
Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema | Vietnam | 3 |
| 49-57 | WASTELAND. THE SPIRIT OF A PLACE
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Clotilde Coeurdeuil, Alexandra Eon, Benjamin Philippot Director: Clotilde Coeurdeuil, Alexandra Eon, Benjamin Philippot Producer: Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière, France Animator: n/a DOP: Clotilde Coeurdeuil, Alexandra Eon, Benjamin Philippot Sound: Thomas Brzustowski Editor: Clotilde Coeurdeuil, Alexandra Eon, Benjamin Philippot Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: What is a wasteland? An abandoned place, in a transitory state, as if suspended between two different worlds. The film is about this timeless wait between past and future, and the momentum of life that sometimes springs on the singular field that the wasteland is. |
ENS Louis-Lumière | France | 3 |
| 58-66 | ANTONIO AND CATARINA
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Christina Hanes Director: Christina Hanes Producer: DocNomads EMMC Animator: n/a DOP: Christina Hanes Sound: Tiago Matos Editor: Christina Hanes, Susana Barriga Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A 70-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman share a candid and twisted relationship with a deadline. Trapped in one room at night, Antonio and Catarina are negotiating the terms of their relationship. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 2 |
| 58-66 | BIRTHPLACE
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Tressa Hoppe Producer: Tressa Hoppe Animator: n/a DOP: Tressa Hoppe Sound: n/a Editor: Tressa Hoppe Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Mākaha is a small town on Oahu. A small, tight-knit community, full of character, charm, and Love. 'Āina Hānau explores the complexity and beauty of this community through the lens of a Hawaiian poetical saying. With an experimental style, and deeply personal touch, it's a love letter to home. |
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media | United States | 2 |
| 58-66 | BLESSINGS
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Lisa Myllymäki Director: Lisa Myllymäki Producer: Eveliina Solja Animator: Santtu Koivisto DOP: Lisa Myllymäki Sound: Sandra Tervonen Editor: Santtu Koivisto Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A peek into life of a sixteen-year-old girl to whom friends are important and social media is part of the everyday life. |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 2 |
| 58-66 | CATTLE MARKET
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Sean Parnell Producer: Sean Parnell Animator: n/a DOP: Greg Probert, Connor Adam Sound: Hana Ishikawa Editor: Dira Mutiara Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An observational and sensory documentary experience that explores the market floor operations at the Ashford Livestock market. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 58-66 | GENESIS
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Lucien Monot Director: Lucien Monot Producer: Jean Perret Animator: n/a DOP: Davide Prudente Sound: Lucien Monot Editor: Lucien Monot Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: To escape his rather monotonous daily routine, Daniel, 63 years old, has found an activity that gives him a sense of existence: working as an extra. |
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) | Switzerland | 2 |
| 58-66 | IDENTITY
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Carine Elvire Mbaluve Director: Carine Elvire Mbaluve Producer: IFCPA/ CRTV Animator: n/a DOP: Ngouegue Passo Berossa, Moussa Sodo, Djaoussou Sound: Foematio Boris, Ela Mvele Iris Editor: Issoukou Eitel, Foe Isidore Roger Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: ONANA is the unfortunate victim of cultural alienation. When he spends holidays in his village, he falls victim of a bad joke that made him to receive a memorable slap. This movie is the review of the need of introducing dialects in the Cameroonian Education system. |
Institute for the Preservation of National Audio Visual Heritage (IFCA/CRTV) | Cameroon | 2 |
| 58-66 | PRIMADONNA
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Daniele Gangemi, Clelia Scimone, Ludovico Serra, Veronica Vescio Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Daniele Gangemi, Clelia Scimone, Ludovico Serra, Veronica Vescio Sound: Daniele Gangemi, Clelia Scimone, Ludovico Serra, Veronica Vescio Editor: Daniele Gangemi, Clelia Scimone, Ludovico Serra, Veronica Vescio Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Marco, performer from Savona, takes us by the hand and leads us , like a modern Virgilio, through the Drag Queen world with his clear and sincere gaze into three different stories with a common thread: disguise. |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 2 |
| 58-66 | WALLS
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Fatmir Dolci Director: Maik Schuster, Max Paschke, Fatmir Dolci Producer: I AM HERE & Naemi Mühl Animator: n/a DOP: Maik Schuster Sound: Phillip Hallay Editor: Max Paschke Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The film deals with the existence of walls in today’s world. People create inside and outside spaces through building walls. The urge for freedom and fulfillment is just as human as the urge to build walls for protection. |
Fachhochschule Dortmund (FHD) | Germany | 2 |
| 58-66 | WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Nikica Zdunić Director: Nikica Zdunić Producer: Tajana Bakota Animator: n/a DOP: Nikica Zdunić Sound: Ivan Zeiić Editor: Denis Golenja Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Three generations of women in separate hair salons have conversations with their hairdressers completely relaxed as if they are not aware of the lens that is observing their every word, gesture and movement. Throughout their conversations we get a glimpse into the world of pampering, topics women talk about during their „beauty sessions" and the somewhat curious question „ how intimate can dialogues be between the hairdressers and their clients. |
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) | Croatia | 2 |
| 67-78 | #SCHOOLTRIP
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Details:Length: 28'Screenwriter: WoIf Maximilian Liebich Director: WoIf Maximilian Liebich Producer: Florian Bruening, Thomas Herberth Animator: n/a DOP: Marie-Thérèse Zumtobel Sound: n/a Editor: Sebastian Schreiner Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A graduating class takes a school excursion to the Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps: Hollywood cinema teaching history in the bus, a walk through the musealized traces of crime, debriefing in the youth hostel. For all of the concept's simplicity, the ambivalent moments that accompany the process of coming to terms with the past become glaringly apparent. |
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) | Austria | 1 |
| 67-78 | EKO
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Eleonora Gasparotto Nascimben Director: Eleonora Gasparotto Nascimben Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Abruzzo Animator: n/a DOP: Eleonora Gasparotto Nascimben Sound: Eleonora Gasparotto Nascimben Editor: Eleonora Gasparotto Nascimben Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Nigeria, summer 2016. A daughter searches her father in Lagos, because the man left his business affair in Italy to broaden his horizon in Africa, a modern land where the people come and go. "Eko" is a personal fragment of life, a rush of emotions, thoughts and absences that induce the girl to re-establish a communication with her father. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 1 |
| 67-78 | HIDDEN
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Josephine Aikins Director: Josephine Aikins Producer: NAFTI Animator: n/a DOP: Emmanuel Senayah Sound: Emmanuel Arkaife Editor: Samuel Adu Production Designer : Eric Nyarko Synopsis: Hidden beneath a Shroud of Fear explores the psychological form of abuse on women. It is about a community of battered women whose dreams and aspirations have been shattered in their relationships. The highest form of achievement for these women is giving birth. |
NAFTI | Ghana | 1 |
| 67-78 | IMMERSION
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Lukino Ramelli Director: Lukino Ramelli Producer: CISA Animator: n/a DOP: Andrea Mezzalira, Mattia Beraldi Sound: Alessandro Formato Editor: Lukino Ramelli, Andrea Mezzalira, Mattia Beraldi, Alessandro Formato Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Thomas, Cynthia and Manuele, tell their filmic experience. Accompanied by the flow of the water you are immersed in their mind to understand feelings and points of view. A reflection on the impression that cinema has on the human mind and how this stimulate the senses and lead us beyond the visual images. |
Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive (CISA) | Switzerland | 1 |
| 67-78 | ROCKY AND FOODY
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Abigail Nash Director: Nickolas Tobias Aboki, Tsafa Daniel Producer: Nickolas Tobias Aboki Animator: n/a DOP: Obika Chika Donald, Adewusi Billy Sound: Nanwal Samuel, Winner Joseph Editor: Adie Betiang Jude, Obika Chika Donald Production Designer : Dr. Comfort Ukwela Synopsis: The production exposes the rich natural resources in Plateau State, Nigeria especially the unique food crops that exist there as well as their inherent health benefits. For example, the documentary is an exposition of one such food known as hungry rice but locally called 'Acha' which possesses anti-aging properties, remedy for diabetics, weight control, etc. |
NTA Television College (NTA) | Nigeria | 1 |
| 67-78 | THE FIVE BREAKFASTS OF MR. PODGORETSKY
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Carl Rowlinson Producer: Ahmed Al-Omari Animator: n/a DOP: Felicity Flashman Sound: Claire Stevens Editor: Hannah Hawke Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Mr. Podgoretsky is in his seventies, an American by birth, he has lived in the UK since the 1970’s. UK immigration however view him as an illegal immigrant and their letter instructing him to leave arrives the day Britain votes on its place in Europe and sovereignty of its borders. |
Falmouth University | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 67-78 | THE MAN FROM SAMARIA
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Maria Aua Director: Maria Aua Producer: Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School Animator: n/a DOP: Maria Aua Sound: Ekke Västrik Editor: Maria Aua Production Designer : Maria Aua Synopsis: A documentary about former prisoners, as well as men crushed by life in other ways, all finding shelter in a Christian center called Samaria. In past, the parson offering his fatherly care to the men, has been to prison, too, but then he found his way out of deep inner crisis through faith. Now his wish is that the men he's working with everyday could also find their inner freedom. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 1 |
| 67-78 | TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Valeria Fernández Director: Valeria Fernández Producer: Universidad del Cine Animator: n/a DOP: Valeria Fernández Sound: Mercedes Gaviria Editor: Valeria Fernández Production Designer : Valeria Fernández Synopsis: A tale of a specific instant, a letter addressed to whomever wants to read it "A quien corresponda" ("To whom it may concern") narrates the moment the director's mother died. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 1 |
| 67-78 | TRACES, FRAGMENTS, ROOTS
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Květa Přibylová Director: Květa Přibylová Producer: Ondřej Šejnoha, FAMU Studio Animator: n/a DOP: Květa Přibylová Sound: Jan Richtr Editor: Květa Přibylová Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A personal film poem about blending of the past and the present. Traces are the imprints of the past in the present. Fragments are the result of a sudden change of state, breaking of the continuity between the past and the present. Roots are the connection to the past. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 1 |
| 67-78 | WE SING AND THAT`S IT
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Susan Kutaifan Director: Susan Kutaifan Producer: NATFA „Kr.Sarafov” Animator: n/a DOP: Yoanna Hadjiivancheva Sound: n/a Editor: Tsvetoslava Ivanova Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a small, quiet town, where nothing ever seems to happen, we found a place that daily celebrates life. At at 6 o’clock pm, a couple of old aged man gather to share their love about music and apparently, everything else. Тhrough their stories they show us the real meaning of being truly vital and passionate about living. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 1 |
| 67-78 | WHO DID I RAISE
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Melissa Nayimuli Director: Gift Mokoena Producer: Maliisane Ntosane Animator: n/a DOP: Aphendule Pakade Sound: Lungani Bashe Editor: LeeRoy Moyo Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Who Did I Raise? Is documentary about domestic violence, focusing specifically on parent abuse. Ethel, a single mother of three will be sharing her story about how she is being abused physically, emotionally and financially by her twenty-year-old son. He is a drug addict and has recently been released from prison after serving time for assaulting his mother. We will be speaking to the victim of the abuse, Ethel, her daughter who is suffering from depression and her abusive son. The purpose of this documentary is to raise awareness on this under reported issue in South Africa, and help families who are affected to speak out and get help. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 1 |
| 67-78 | WRESTLING DREAMS
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Eveliina Pasanen Director: Eveliina Pasanen Producer: Markus Hatakka, Pauliina Kuikka, Eveliina Pasanen Animator: n/a DOP: Pia Vainio, Anna Pärnänen Sound: Janne Helenius Editor: Anna Vepsäläinen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Eveliina's father Jorma, 69 years, is participating in the Championships of Veteran Wrestling for the last time. Eveliina decides to grab the bull by the horns and get to know his father's wrestling world. Will their efforts be paid off in the final competition or will the journey cause a total rift between them two? |
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Arts Academy / Degree Programme in Film and Media | Finland | 1 |
| 79-94 | BACK TO THE MEMORIES
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Neli Maraž Director: Neli Maraž Producer: UL AGRFT Animator: n/a DOP: Rok Kajzer Nagode Sound: Jure Strajnar Editor: Žan Žvižej Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: At the end, we tend to return to our childhood, our roots, but the only things that will remain are stumps from once blossoming cherries, and photographs that soon won't make sense anymore. After the stroke, Štefka couldn't even remember her name. But one night, a memory from her early childhood vividly returned; when she was only three, her grandmother showed her a photograph of her children. |
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) | Slovenia | 0 |
| 79-94 | BEYOND THE FINISH LINE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Lena Goh Producer: Liu Tong Animator: n/a DOP: Matthew Lee Sound: Grace Wong Editor: Lena Goh, Liu Tong Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In Singapore, there is strong demand for high academic performance from students every step of the way, so many talented, dedicated athletes’ careers don’t last. Nevertheless, some national athletes spend their prime years struggling with their professional sports careers simultaneously alongside their studies to become the faces of the country. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 0 |
| 79-94 | EMPTY CHAIRS
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Kagiso Mokgale Producer: Leandra Enslin Animator: n/a DOP: Thato Maluleke Sound: Audenia Sentso Editor: Thato Maluleke Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A documentary exploring the current state of African theatre in South Africa. |
Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | 0 |
| 79-94 | I LOOK FORWARD
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Carolina Beguiristain, Iliana Ipes Producer: Carolina Beguiristain, Iliana Ipes Animator: n/a DOP: Carolina Beguiristain, Iliana Ipes Sound: Nicole Pacheco Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Mirtha and Ana both immigrated to the United States of America in hopes of establishing a better future for themselves and their children. Though they came from different countries and are in vastly different stages of acclimation, their stories intertwine and become a conversation. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 0 |
| 79-94 | JOAN
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Živilė Mičiulytė Director: Živilė Mičiulytė Producer: Giedrė Žickytė, Dagnė Puodžiūnaitė Animator: n/a DOP: Narvydas Naujalis Sound: Paulius Ivanauskas Editor: Živilė Mičiulytė Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Joan is 25 years old. She finished actors' studies in Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and was about to start acting in Russian Drama Theatre. But a war started in Ukraine and she decided to go there. Joan collects and transports materials for the soldiers to the battlefield in Ukraine. |
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) | Lithuania | 0 |
| 79-94 | MANMADE WATERS
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Dustin Elm Producer: Alexander Polunin, Erik Alskog Animator: Alicja Jasina DOP: Frederik Skov Sound: Alan Niku, Eric Han Editor: Elisa Oh, Mary Gerretsen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In response to declining fish populations, the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute pioneered an experimental aquaculture program to “restock the ocean” with California White Sea Bass. MANMADE WATERS follows the son of a fisherman as he explores the program alongside his father, a loyal supporter of Hubbs with personal ties to its management. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 0 |
| 79-94 | OUT OF THE SHALLOW END
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Laurie Russman Producer: Laurie Russman Animator: n/a DOP: Karina Silva Sound: Jeremy Grody, Trevor Jolly Editor: Laurie Russman, Nora Gruber Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A sport like water polo can be taxing even for the most experienced swimmers. Now consider how challenging it might be if you haven't yet learned to swim. OUT OF THE SHALLOW END profiles the "Lady Falcons" girls' water polo team at Santa Ana Valley High School, where students are overcoming great odds to compete in the pool. |
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 0 |
| 79-94 | RED AND WHITE
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Maisa Safadi Director: Maisa Safadi Producer: Maisa Safadi Animator: n/a DOP: Maisa Safadi Sound: n/a Editor: Maisa Safadi Production Designer : Maisa Safadi Synopsis: The place, where the time has vaporized, is silent, quiet, swarming with potential noise and gelatinous monotony that suffocates the echo. And in here, happens that a mighty hustle nestles in you every time you feed it pain and memories. A hustle that won`t live except between two hearts, full and silent at once. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 0 |
| 79-94 | SCHOOL 202
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Irakli Beria Director: Irakli Beria Producer: Otar Litanishvili Animator: n/a DOP: Sandro Kutidze Sound: Irakli Putkarasze Editor: Irakli Beria Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The film shows everyday life of schoolchildren at the School for Blinds. They study like other children in the reality which is acceptable for them as they are happily satisfied with what they have, special skills and perceptions through which they feel tastes of life differently than “normal” people. |
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) | Georgia | 0 |
| 79-94 | SECOND SKIN
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Details:Length: 16'Screenwriter: Orsol Qafmolla Director: Orsol Qafmolla Producer: Eol Çashku Animator: n/a DOP: Leutrim Voka Sound: n/a Editor: Orsol Qafmolla Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Different people unveil something from their life from the angle of tattoos, how important are tattoos for them and how the society interacts with people who have tattoos. |
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) | Albania | 0 |
| 79-94 | TA`RÎZ; THE COLORFUL KIDS OF THE GREY CITY
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Elif Karakoc Director: Sezer Aggez Producer: Furkan Kose Animator: n/a DOP: M. Sercan Karatas, Ibrahim Esmer, Sezer Aggez Sound: Oguzhan Erdogan Editor: Oguzhan Erdogan Production Designer : Halil Agirkan Synopsis: Historically, graffiti came out as a type of "signature"; a way of leaving a trace. Especially in recent years, with social media gaining more and more importance in our daily lives, the meaning of graffiti has grown further and further away from its origins. This documentary aims to document the lives and actions of those artists who uphold the roots of graffiti, and thus, tell the story of an art, which has different meanings for people today. |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 0 |
| 79-94 | THE DIFFERENT LIVES
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman, Marilyn Teng, Wong Guan Jie Director: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman Director: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman Producer: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman, Wong Guan Jie Animator: n/a DOP: Wong Guan Jie Sound: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman, Marilyn Teng Editor: Siti Nur Khalisah Binte Osman, Marilyn Teng Production Designer : Marilyn Teng, Wong Guan Jie Synopsis: We aimed to show the lifestyle of the locals at Pulau Ubin. Also, how they are so attached to their kampungs (house) that they cannot bear to leave due to the sentimental values. |
Nanyang Polytechnic / School of Design and Media (SDM) | Singapore | 0 |
| 79-94 | THE DISEASE OF SHAME
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Giovannia Atodjinou-Zinsou Director: Giovannia Atodjinou-Zinsou Producer: Institut Superieur des Metiers de I'Audiovisuel (ISMA) BENIN Animator: n/a DOP: Alain Nounagnon Sound: Alain Nounagnon Editor: Felix Avagbo, Olivier Kpossa Production Designer : Doriane Zannou Synopsis: This documentary film is reconted by Therese herself as close as possible to her thoughts. Her life story was destroyed by obstetric fistula, an illness due to childbirth labour that was not carefully attended to by skilled personnel. This sickness of shame is a journey into the universe ravaged by the illness of the protagonist whose remarks will be enriched by the explanations of the obstetric-gynecologist, Dieudonne Zaongo. The documentary sequences were filmed with a camera in accordance with the techniques of direct cinema by creating the real. |
Higher Institute of Audiovisual Training (ISMA) | Benin | 0 |
| 79-94 | THE EXPLOSIVE INFANCY
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Pablo Cisneros Director: Pablo Cisneros, Etienne Courtial-Spiroux Producer: ESEC Animator: n/a DOP: Pablo Cisneros, Etienne Courtial-Spiroux Sound: Cyrille Gottin Editor: Pablo Cisneros, Etienne Courtial-Spiroux Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: This documentary deals with the experimental school of Bonneuil in France. This school offers a human and psychoanalytical approach of psychological disability with psychotic children. |
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) | France | 0 |
| 79-94 | THE PEARL
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Jesus Alberto Guevara Sanchez Director: Jesus Alberto Guevara Sanchez Producer: Jonnathan Jair Restrepo Hernandez Animator: John Agudelo Suarez DOP: Andrés Carrillo, John Agudelo Sound: Diego Pinzón García, Rafael Castaño Marín, José Daniel Gutiérres Editor: Jesús Alberto Guevara Sanchez, Javier Ballesteros Production Designer : Jonnathan Jair Restrepo Hernandez Synopsis: LA PERLA is a documentary film that takes place in the town of Tumaco, in Colombia's pacific coast. It accounts the cultural and social relevance of soccer in the region, especially between 1960 and 1980, the golden era of local soccer. |
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) | Colombia | 0 |
| 79-94 | THROUGH
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Tracy Bedran Director: Tracy Bedran Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Tracy Bedran Sound: n/a Editor: Tracy Bedran Production Designer : Tracy Bedran Synopsis: An essay, a meditation about the link between the image of self and the image generated by the camera… |
Lebanese Academy for Fine Arts / School of Cinema / University of Balamand (ALBA) | Lebanon | 0 |
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| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1-2 | A LOVE STORY
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Elena Ruscombe-King Director: Anushka Naanayakkara Producer: Khaled Gad Animation: Anushka Naanayakkara DOP: Adeyinka Edwards, Alvilde Nater Sound: Marcin Szumilas Editor: Joseph Comar Production Designer : Solrun Osk Synopsis: A powerful tale of love faced with depression. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 52 |
| 1-2 | ONCE UPON A LINE
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Alicja Jasina Director: Alicja Jasina Producer: Alicja Jasina Animation: Alicja Jasina DOP: n/a Sound: Katie Gately Editor: Alicja Jasina Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A man leads a monotone, humdrum existence until he suddenly falls in love. What follows is a short portrait of a difficult relationship marked by a struggle for control and identity. The ending gives hope for a new beginning and a change of perspective. |
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) | United States | 52 |
| 3 | PUSSY
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Renata Gasiorowska Director: Renata Gasiorowska Producer: Marcin Malatynski Animation: Renata Gasiorowska DOP: n/a Sound: Ewa Bogusz Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 47 |
| 4 | MERLOT
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Marta Gennari, Giulia Martinelli Director: Marta Gennari, Giulia Martinelli Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Dept. Animation Piemonte Animation: Marta Gennari, Giulia Martinelli DOP: n/a Sound: Giulia Martinelli Editor: Marta Gennari, Giulia Martinelli Production Designer : Marta Gennari, Giulia Martinelli Synopsis: Sn a fairy-tale forest, a grumpy old lady loses a bottle of wine. This is the start for a chain of events where all the characters - an old lady, a naughty little girl, a cowardly mushroom seeker, a stupid wolf, a flock of birds - play their role, in a funny repartee between the film frames, leading to an unexpected development. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 42 |
| 5 | CHILD
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Iring Freytag, Viktor Stickel, Linus Stetter Director: Iring Freytag, Viktor Stickel, Linus Stetter Producer: Viktor Stickel, Iring Freytag, Paul Maresch Animation: Iring Freytag, Viktor Stickel DOP: Adrian Langenbach Sound: Simon Peter Editor: Robert Stuprich Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A child has to leave its hut to collect wood for the fire that went out. The search for suitable wood becomes a life's work. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 38 |
| 6 | BAOZHA!
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Director: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Producer: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Animation: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn DOP: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Sound: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Editor: Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Production Designer : Jasper Liu Yingxian, Bryan Goo Wai Kiat, Jolene Cheng Joo Lynn Synopsis: BAOZHA: A young guardian angel must overcome her gaming distractions to protect her mortal, a hapless old grandmother, from untimely death. Hand-drawn animation (traditionally done on paper). No dialogue, color. |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 31 |
| 7 | JYTTE - A DANISH HERO
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Nikolaj Feifer Director: Morten Zazhariassen Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph Animation: Rasmus Nyhus DOP: Carl August Jansson Sound: Stefan Garfield Holm Editor: Mads Olsen Production Designer : Elias Lewinsky Synopsis: Jytte lives in the small community garden Dannevang with her two neighbours; the naive Jacob and the paranoid Mr. Schlect. Everything is peaceful and idyllic until the day where Jytte receives the refugee Claus by the mail. Jytte is torn between Jacob, who believes Claus easily can live in Jytte’s tool shed, and Mr. Schlect who thinks Claus is a suicide bomber. Jytte begins to suspect Claus and she decides to seek help from unexpected place their turns everything upside down in Dannevang. |
National Film School of Denmark (DDF) | Denmark | 27 |
| 8 | FLYING PUTZI
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Ido Behar Director: Ido Behar Producer: Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design Animation: Ido Behar DOP: n/a Sound: Daniel Shemer, Oliver Friedl Editor: Ido Behar Production Designer : Ido Behar Synopsis: Putzi is a kid suffering from mental retardation. To rise above his handicap he wants to fly up to the sky with his only friend Pepi, a turkey hen. His situation gets worse when the neighborhood boys convince him to fly from the top of the school building. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 26 |
| 9 | ANTARCTICA
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Jeroen Ceulebrouck Director: Jeroen Ceulebrouck Producer: Kask Animation: Jeroen Ceulebrouck DOP: n/a Sound: Jeroen Ceulebrouck Editor: Jeroen Ceulebrouck Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: When a group of antarctic explorers get their boat stuck in the ice, they are forced to find rescue. The journey is difficult and not without obstacles as we follow these explorers while their bodies and minds struggle to survive. |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) | Belgium | 25 |
| 10 | SCENT OF GERANIUM
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Naghmeh Farzaneh Director: Naghmeh Farzaneh Producer: n/a Animation: Naghmeh Farzaneh DOP: n/a Sound: Lucas Gonzalez, Alex Montoya Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Immigration is a new chapter in one's life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one's life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director's experience with immigration. |
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | 24 |
| 11 | MY SECOND EYE
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Ahmad Saleh Director: Ahmad Saleh Producer: Stefan Gieren Animation: Frank Pingel DOP: Lionel Poutiaire Somé Sound: David Black Editor: Ahmad Saleh Production Designer : Jessica Neubauer, Saed Saleh, Saleh Saleh Synopsis: Two young boys run away from their mother's protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 20 |
| 12 | FEATHERS
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Hands On Deck Producer: Sheridan College Animation: Hands On Deck DOP: Hands On Deck Sound: Steve Roberts Editor: Hands On Deck Production Designer : Hands On Deck Synopsis: Mother and daughter learn to cope with an unusual change. |
Sheridan College | Canada | 18 |
| 13-14 | KASTAARS
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Jasmine Elsen Director: Jasmine Elsen Producer: RITCS Animation: Jasmine Elsen DOP: n/a Sound: Vahe Grigorjan Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The residents of a flat building are living very secluded and don't have any contact with each other. They don't notice the chicken who is fluttering around. The chicken has made a nest on the roof where she hatches her eggs. One day the eggs are stolen... |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 13 |
| 13-14 | OCEAN
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Felipe Santo, Renato Duque Director: Renato Duque Producer: Mariana Vieira Animation: Laura Cintra, Lívia Santos, Maria Clara Santos, Monica Chan, Piera Portasio, Renato Duque DOP: Vanessa Negrini Sound: Mariana Vieira Editor: Felipe Santo Production Designer : Iris Libanio Synopsis: Luna sees someone drowning at the ocean, and starts to question herself: should she use her powers and become a super hero? |
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) | Brazil | 13 |
| 15 | INNER LIGHT
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Marina Dadichenko Director: Andrew Katsuba Producer: n/a Animation: Andrew Katsuba DOP: n/a Sound: Daria Kiseleva Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a world of light the child seems to have no place, because for him this light means suffering and pain. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 9 |
| 16 | FIVE EASY STEPS HOW TO FIND A SOULMATE
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Hana Stehlíková Nováková Director: Hana Stehlíková Nováková Producer: FAMU Animation: Hana Stehlíková Nováková DOP: Hana Stehlíková Nováková Sound: Matěj Chrudina Editor: Roman Tesáček, Matěj Pspíšil Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Guide to a social labyrinth, which shouldn't be taken too literally. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 8 |
| 17-18 | CHILLI
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Martina Mikušová Director: Martina Mikušová Producer: Academy of Performing Arts - Film and Television Faculty in Bratislava Animation: Martina Mikušová DOP: n/a Sound: Adam Kuchta Editor: Martina Mikušová Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Film about agressivity, passion and misunderstanding in a relationship. Animation and visuals are inspired by naive art, deep dreams and unconscious mind. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 7 |
| 17-18 | ROACH
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Jonathan Hashiloni Director: Jonathan Hashiloni Producer: Jonathan Hashiloni Animation: Jonathan Hashiloni DOP: Jonathan Hashiloni Sound: Dror H. Shieman Editor: Jonathan Hashiloni Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A horror-love story that takes place in Tel-Aviv which is under threat of a nuclear war, between Penny and her neighbor Izzy, and a troublesome cockroach. |
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College | Israel | 7 |
| 19-22 | I AM DYSLEXIC
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman Director: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman Producer: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman Animation: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman, Ben Langham, Calum Meyer, Philip Banko, Joseph Chalmers, Aaron Donlon, Juraj Tomori, Holly Herbert, Jo DOP: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman Sound: Thomas Bottolfsen, Eivind Hajem, Asmund Rost Wien Editor: Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman, Sophie Rippington Production Designer : Mads Ogaard, Katie Wyman, Rebekah Truscott Synopsis: I AM DYSLEXIC expresses what it feels like to have a learning difference in school. The film uses metaphors as we journey with a little boy climbing a mountain in a world of books. The film has also now been turned into a book for children in Norway. |
Falmouth University | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 19-22 | I COME FROM PRAIRIE
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Arisbek Nuhan Director: Arisbek Nuhan Producer: Xiang Wang Animation: Arisbek Nuhan DOP: n/a Sound: Bahdat Sansizbay Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: This is a story between a 10-year-old boy named Aybar and the prairie wolves. One evening, it was quiet as usual. Suddenly,Aybar's sheep were attacked by wolves. Aybar's mother was panicked and didn't know what to do. In this emergency moment , Aybar ignored his mother's dissuasion,he quickly rode a horse and rushed to his sheep.When he arrived, he was surrounded by the hungry wolves. But he was too young to control his horse, he was thrown by the horse and had to confronted the wolves all by himself. At this critical moment, his father arrived, fought back the wolves and rescued Aybar. After that, Aybar's father took him to the mountain slope. They watched the sunset, Aybar finally understood something… |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 6 |
| 19-22 | JOINING DOTS
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Fiona Ryan Director: Fiona Ryan Producer: n/a Animation: Fiona Ryan & Team DOP: n/a Sound: Luke Hennessy Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Luna traces constellations which come alive in the night sky. She tries to show her dad, who struggles to understand her imaginary world. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 6 |
| 19-22 | NUBUKE
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Bismark Aryee Adamafio Director: Bismark Aryee Adamafio Producer: NAFTI Animation: Bismark Aryee Adamafio DOP: Bismark Aryee Adamafio Sound: Charles McCarthy Editor: Bismark Aryee Adamafio Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Nubuke follows the life of a cured leper, Mr. John Ampao, from his training as a fine artist to his turmoil as a leper and his eventual triumph over the disease. John Ampao’s childhood dream of getting a published work as an artist is shuttered when he is struck down by leprosy after he had built an art gallery in his name and had everything working for him. He looses everything he had ever acquired. His dream however is achieved in the rarest of circumstances when by a stroke of fortune, his painting gets to the president of the country and his dream of getting a published work became a reality. |
National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) | Ghana | 6 |
| 23-26 | HEDGE HERO
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Lauren Hammond Director: Lauren Hammond Producer: Elangie Pereda Animation: Lauren Hammond DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: Lauren Hammond Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: When the meek hedgehog Ned finds his friend is about to become dinner for a dastardly serpent chef, it just might be his chance to become the brave, bold superhero he’s always been inside – if he can just keep from curling into a cowardly ball every time he gets scared. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 5 |
| 23-26 | I THINK YOU`RE A LITTLE CONFUSED
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Iku OGAWA Director: Iku OGAWA Producer: Yuichi ITO Animation: Iku OGAWA DOP: Iku OGAWA Sound: Sayako KUROISHI Editor: Iku OGAWA Production Designer : Iku OGAWA Synopsis: One day a letter takes a blood-sausage to his friend, liver-sausage. So, he went... |
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media | Japan | 5 |
| 23-26 | KING FEARS
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Mikhail Medvedev Director: Mikhail Medvedev Producer: Vladimir Malyshev, Fedor Popov Animation: Boris Korshunov, Peter Beketov, Mikhail Medvedev, Lyubov Hara-Murza, Alexandr Pryakhin, Alena Nebroeva, Anna Shtykhina DOP: n/a Sound: Liza Habchuk Editor: Mikhail Medvedev Production Designer : Mikhail Medvedev, Anastasiya Bulavkina Synopsis: This is a film about a king who was afraid of everything, but at the crucial moment was able to overcome his fear. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 5 |
| 23-26 | THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Wendy Sing Director: Wendy Sing Producer: Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore Animation: Wendy Sing, Eugenia Cheok, Amanda Chee, Lim Xiao Tian DOP: n/a Sound: Eugenia Cheok Editor: Wendy Sing Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Based on the original “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Anderson. Qing Dynasty period. A poor girl v/as selling matchsticks. She remembers her past and runs away upon remembering her cruel father. Alone, she blows the matchsticks and started imagining things, before finally reuniting with her grandmother in Heaven. |
Nanyang Polytechnic / School of Design and Media (SDM) | Singapore | 5 |
| 27 | SPLASH!
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Gavin Lankford Director: Gavin Lankford Producer: Noelle Aleman Animation: Gavin Lankford, Alek Kosinski DOP: n/a Sound: Caitlin Fleming, Greg Livengood Editor: Gavin Lankford Production Designer : Zing Grem Synopsis: Adventures at bath time! Bath toys band together to save themselves after being left behind by the boy. |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) | United States | 4 |
| 28-35 | AMANDA
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Neil Burns Director: Neil Burns Producer: Neil Burns Animation: Neil Burns DOP: Alec Bell Sound: Adam Raley Editor: Erik Anderson Production Designer : Neil Burns Synopsis: A young girl, lost in a dark and frightening swamp must outwit a fearsome troll in order to find her way home. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 3 |
| 28-35 | BERTIE THE ELEPHANT
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Zak Boxall, Chris Turner Director: Zak Boxall, Chris Turner Producer: University of Hertfordshire Animation: James Saunders, James Richardson, Josh Thornhill, Amélie Talarmain, Owen Fern, Federica Darsié DOP: Alex Thorn Sound: Chris Ryde Editor: Zak Boxall, Chris Turner Production Designer : Zak Boxall, Chris Turner, Max Johnson Synopsis: A short magical tale about one young elephant’s quest to put things right. |
University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 28-35 | BURNED OUT
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Huei Li Yap Director: Huei Li Yap Producer: LUCA School Of Arts, Huei Li Yap Animation: Huei Li Yap DOP: n/a Sound: Huei Li Yap, Vincent Pergoot Editor: Huei Li Yap Production Designer : Huei Li Yap Synopsis: Apollo lives for his job. Everyday he follows the same routine, but every day the pressure becomes higher. His job is his motivation and passion to continue living. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 3 |
| 28-35 | OFF
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Martin Ivo Nábělek, Michal Chrastina Director: Martin Ivo Nábělek Producer: TBU in Zlín Animation: Martin Ivo Nábělek DOP: Martin Ivo Nábělek Sound: Martin Ivo Nábělek Editor: Martin Ivo Nábělek Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The story takes place on unknown planet, where an astronaut appears in the beam of strong light from the skies. He is then abandoned on the ground, left in the rain, the light beam disappears. Next morning, he starts to move and regain consciousness. What will happen next? |
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) | Czech Republic | 3 |
| 28-35 | TERROR - ERROR
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Details:Length: 13'Screenwriter: Alexander Nachev Director: Alexander Nachev Producer: NATFA „Kr.Sarafov” Animation: Alexander Nachev DOP: Alexander Nachev Sound: Alexander Nachev, Michael Todorov, Kevin MacLeod Editor: Alexander Nachev Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Suffering of a series of systematic bullying at school and at home, the main character who is introverted kid and excellent student, has running away from the harsh reality immersed in his hobby which translates into taxidermy insects and small animals. However, when the only friend of the boy, his dog is taken away, it loses everything good which somehow managed to save in himself and his hobby became a sick vendetta. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 3 |
| 28-35 | TESSERACT
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Fadi El-Samra Director: Fadi El-Samra Producer: IESAV Animation: Fadi El-Samra, Georges Ayek, lara Mae Khamis DOP: Fadi El-Samra Sound: Scarlett Saad Editor: Fadi El-Samra Production Designer : Fadi El-Samra Synopsis: In a dehumanized world of dystopia lives a girl with her parents who are trapped in a world of papers. They are subjected to government manipulations of a totalitarian governor, who imposes a structure based on machinery and recommends the codification of all the citizens. The girl rebels against this system. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 3 |
| 28-35 | THE SHADOW
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Carmen Mutti Director: Carmen Mutti Producer: n/a Animation: Carmen Mutti DOP: n/a Sound: Alessandro Papaianni Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A young and promising model is a victim of a car accident. The story of her transformation while she fights for a new life. |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 3 |
| 28-35 | THE TOLL
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Lachlan Pendragon Director: Lachlan Pendragon Producer: Lachlan Pendragon Animation: Lachlan Pendragon DOP: Lachlan Pendragon Sound: Yasemin Boz Editor: Lachlan Pendragon Production Designer : Anissa Roberts Synopsis: A lonely tollbooth operator longs for company as he does the night shift in the middle of nowhere. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 3 |
| 36-39 | AEON
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Derek O'Dell Director: Derek O'Dell Producer: Derek O'Dell Animation: Derek O'Dell DOP: Derek O'Dell Sound: Derek O'Dell Editor: Derek O'Dell Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: AEON is an abstract immersive audio-visual experience. A study on the behavior of energy over a period of time. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 2 |
| 36-39 | HUSSE MET LANG ORE
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Alme Swart Director: Alme Swart Producer: Gretchen Pirzl Animation: n/a DOP: n/a Sound: Petronella Van Der Berg Editor: Damian Maher Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: “In a society where animals live as humans, the animals of Woudedorp live a safe and happy life in a village in the forest. Melanie, a hus with long ears grew up with her family of owls but because of the stereotype that husse are evil she has to hide her true identity. When criminal acts are increasing in Woudedorp, Melanie gets labelled a thief and has to run away from home to protect herself and her family. Alas, her parents get arrested and it is up to Melanie and her new found friends to save them. Just as they thought things could not get worse the town floods and it is up to Melanie and the 'husse' to come to Woudedorp's rescue. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 2 |
| 36-39 | VIRION
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Glynn Urquhart Director: Glynn Urquhart Producer: n/a Animation: Glynn Urquhart DOP: n/a Sound: Glynn Urquhart Editor: Glynn Urquhart Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In the same way a virus infects its host, an infectious romantic relationship between two men develops. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 2 |
| 36-39 | WHAT TO DO WHEN THE DEAD COME BACK
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Joseph Dias Director: Joseph Dias Producer: Joseph Dias, Mark Holmes Animation: Joseph Dias DOP: Joseph Dias Sound: Mark Holmes Editor: Joseph Dias Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In a world ruled by the dead, people fight and struggle to survive. One man chooses to be human, rather than a survivor. Venturing off outside of safety, where the only remains of life are the echoing recordings of the rules to survive. All to get his wife a gift. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 40-44 | AQUARIUM
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: Diego Yañez Director: Diego Yañez Producer: Universidad del Cine Animation: Diego Yañez DOP: Tomás Almuna Sound: Ana Mandelbaum Editor: Diego Yañez Production Designer : Diego Yañez Synopsis: A short film that shows the sea-life ecosystem and how it survives the different human interventions and the damaging ecological impact that it generates. It aims to develop a critical approach for children audience», showing the contamination problems and some of the more common industrial disasters, such as oil spills, over fishing and eutrophcation, problems that are treated in a tragic-comic way through the adventures of a very special orange fish. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 1 |
| 40-44 | MONSTER
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Montana Hall Director: Montana Hall Producer: n/a Animation: Montana Hall DOP: n/a Sound: Feargus Magill Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A girl walks home and has to come face-to-face with the dangers looking in the darkness. |
School of Visual Arts | United States | 1 |
| 40-44 | ROBOTERRA
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Simon Grabowski Director: Simon Grabowski Producer: Simon Grabowski Animation: Simon Grabowski DOP: n/a Sound: Max Rex Editor: Simon Grabowski Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Roboterra is a fictional story and represents an order of society, which has been maintained and automated through the commitment of 5 different robot types. |
Fachhochschule Dortmund (FHD) | Germany | 1 |
| 40-44 | SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Cristian Radu Director: Cristian Radu Producer: UNATC “I.L.Caragiale” Animation: Cristian Radu DOP: Cristian Radu Sound: Razvan Ionescu Editor: Cristian Radu Production Designer : Cristian Radu Synopsis: A one-take film following the chase of a police car and a skateboard, questioning the fragile balance of law and justice, looking into how far is the law willing to go to hinder a small wrong and if they are capable of going far enough to be causing a greater wrong in the process. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 1 |
| 40-44 | VERNISSAGE
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Heta Okkonen, Heikki Takala, Janne Suni Director: Heta Okkonen, Heikki Takala, Janne Suni Producer: Eija Saarinen Animation: Heta Okkonen, Heikki Takala, Janne Suni DOP: Heta Okkonen, Heikki Takala, Janne Suni Sound: Frans Rinne Editor: Heta Okkonen, Heikki Takala Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: …It's opening day. All is well and ready, or is it?... |
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Arts Academy / Degree Programme in Film and Media | Finland | 1 |
| 45-54 | ANAMOSH
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Julián Cristiano, Javier Ducca, Bàrbara Méndez Director: Julián Cristiano Producer: Julián Cristiano Animation: Julián Cristiano DOP: Javier Ducca Sound: Bárbara Méndez Editor: Javier Ducca Production Designer : Bárbare Méndez Synopsis: Anamosh is under the regime of Captain Bakst. Colin returns to restore the defenses of the city and recover the freedom of the people. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 0 |
| 45-54 | AVA
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Director: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Producer: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Animation: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana DOP: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Sound: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Editor: Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Production Designer : Grace Ho Wan Ting, Jeremiah Hosana Synopsis: The titular character (Ava) lives in a room without doors and windows, and is contented with tending to her looping and cycling toys and gizmos. One day, a mysterious door appears in the wall, and what lies beyond threatens her comfortable little world. |
Puttnam School of Film & Animation / LASALLE College of the Arts (LCA) | Singapore | 0 |
| 45-54 | CHAMBI
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Gonçalo Encarnação, João Machado, Nuno Coelho, Yue Wang Producer: University Lusófona de Humanidades е Tecnologias Animation: Gonçalo Encarnação, João Machado, Nuno Coelho, Yue Wang DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The story of a child stirred by the discovery of his surroundings, immersed in a journey of self growth. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 0 |
| 45-54 | GECKO
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Jasmi Ritola, Mikko Siivinen, Maikki Leppaaho, Jere Hotti Director: n/a Producer: n/a Animation: Maikki Leppaaho, Karoliina Soini, Jasmi Ritola, Veera Leno, Taika Suomela, Mikko Siivinen, Jere Hotti DOP: n/a Sound: Teemu Hammaren Editor: Maikki Leppaaho, Karoliina Soini, Jasmi Ritola, Veera Leno, Taika Suomela Production Designer : Maikki Leppaaho, Karoliina Soini, Jasmi Ritola, Veera Leno, Taika Suomela, Mikko Siivinen, Jere Hotti Synopsis: Luna is a young woman leading a solitary life, but she is starting to crave for some company. She is keen on keeping her personal space, and so settles for a pet gecko. However, Luna and Ernie have a very different idea on how affectionate a pet reptile should be... |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 0 |
| 45-54 | RED GIANT
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: n/a Director: n/a Producer: Thom Arends Animation: 2D visual effects artist: Roel Meijering, Tom Selbeck; 3D visual effects artist: Sjoerd de Greef, Becanti Wijnbergh, Jeffrey van DOP: n/a Sound: Hanza van der Veer Editor: Stefan Hickert Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A visual spectacle on the final stage of an evolutionary process. In Red Giant we follow the Earth to the center of our galaxy. Guided by the laws of nature we are on our way to the ultimate confrontation. |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 0 |
| 45-54 | THE BUS
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Hunter Hughes Director: Hunter Hughes Producer: Hunter Hughes Animation: Hunter Hughes DOP: Hunter Hughes Sound: Hunter Hughes Editor: Hunter Hughes Production Designer : Hunter Hughes Synopsis: A couple of friends go on an adventure to fix a 1970 Volkswagen bus that has broken down in the middle of nowhere. The two must experiment with a variety of tools to fix their prized automobile, and keep the bus alive. |
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media | United States | 0 |
| 45-54 | THE MYSTICAL MISFORTUNE OF PROFESSOR NICANOR
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Carlos Velásquez Director: Carlos Velásquez Producer: Angélica Ortega, Vivian Melo, Carlos Velásquez Animation: Angélica Ortega, Vivian Melo, Carlos Velásquez DOP: Carlos Velásquez Sound: Carlos Triana Editor: Carlos Velásquez Production Designer : Carlos Velásquez Synopsis: Nicanor is an old phony psychic who has fallen in disgrace. Now as a beggar and resigned to his misery, he will have a mysterious encounter with the supernatural in which he might regain his power and with it, regain his old fame and glory. Will he achieve it? |
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) | Colombia | 0 |
| 45-54 | THIS YEAR`S ANGEL
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Bethany Spreadborough Director: Bethany Spreadborough Producer: Bethany Spreadborough Animation: n/a DOP: Bethany Spreadborough Sound: Megan Duncan, Logan Romjue Editor: Bethany Spreadborough Production Designer : Bethany Spreadborough Synopsis: It's Christmas time and Matthias finds himself all alone, that is, until a beautiful angel appears atop the Christmas tree. |
Emerson College | United States | 0 |
| 45-54 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
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Details:Length: 4'Screenwriter: April Voytas Director: April Voytas Producer: April Voytas Animation: April Voytas, Christopher Osterland, Tyler Ryan Schlossman, Carl Forhan, Gabby Louchart, Caleigh Rose, Natalie Baldwin, Alex Pic DOP: n/a Sound: Kyle O'Connor Editor: April Voytas Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A French mime falls in love at first sight with a photographer and follows him around the streets of Paris, trying to get him to notice her. |
Columbia College Chicago (CCC) | United States | 0 |
| 45-54 | YOKU
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Details:Length: 2'Screenwriter: Dipesh Khadka Director: Dipesh Khadka Producer: MEDIADIFFUSION Animation: Dipesh Khadka DOP: n/a Sound: Maxime Leroy, Emmanuel Botteriaux Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: When one is old, how far can we go to get back some youth? |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 0 |
