International Competition 1


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Wed 6.9. • 18:30 - 20:30
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Thu 7.9. • 14:15 - 16:00
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Fri 8.9. • 20:45 - 22:30
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Sat 9.9. • 12:15 - 14:00
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16+ 67'
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Selection Team

  • Ivana Kvesić (CH)
  • Frederic Siegel (CH)
  • Niels Putman (BE)
  • Anaïs Voirol (CH)

Jury


Films

© A Room, Haruka Teramoto, JP 2022
A Room
In this photogrammetry video, a voice describes a room and the life in it, delineating it in an incomplete arrangement. Direction Haruka Teramoto Duration 3' Language no dialogue Country Japan Year 2022
Animation Haruka Teramoto Sound design Haruka Teramoto Camera Camera Rental Catalog Camera

© Our Uniform, Yegane Moghaddam, IR 2023
Our Uniform
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories through the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform and explores the roots of traditional gender roles. Direction Yegane Moghaddam Duration 7' Language Persian/en Country Iran Year 2023
Animation Yegane Moghaddam Screenplay Yegane Moghaddam' Music Maryann Tedstone, Michael Tedstone, H. Ramzy, Mark, Mark Johns Sound design S. Moghaddam Production Jalil Moghaddam

© Our Pain, Shunsaku Hayashi, JP 2022
Our Pain

Our shared pain, although experienced individually and uniquely, connects us. The ambiguity and variety of our existence allow us to imagine an infinity of variables; some of these alternatives may be malignant, and some benign.

Direction Shunsaku Hayashi Duration 16' Language no dialogue Country Japan Year 2022
Animation Shusaku Hayashi Screenplay Shunsaku Hayashi' Music Makoto Itabashi Sound design Makoto Itabashi Cut Shunsaku Hayashi Production Shunsaku Hayashi

© Crab Day, Ross Stringer, GB 2023
Crab Day
On a tiny island in the middle of the sea, a boy must kill a crab in order to become a man like his father. But after he refuses to perform the cruel ritual, he befriends the little crustacean and shatters the biased worldview of the island’s community. Direction Ross Stringer Duration 11' Language English Country United Kingdom Year 2023
Animation Ross Stringer Screenplay Aleksandra Sykulak' Music Matteo Tronchin Sound design Simon Panayi Cut Donya Maguire Production Bartosz Stanislawek Rental Catalog National Film and Television School Distributor United Kingdom All Rights

© Hidden Desires , Guido Depaoli, AR 2022
Hidden Desires
Stories of men who, in their search for other men, fall into traps, which are reflections of their own loneliness. Direction Guido Depaoli Duration 9' Language no dialogue Country Argentina Year 2022
Animation Guido Depaoli Screenplay Guido Depaoli' Music Marte Sound design Guido Depaoli Production Guido Depaoli

© fur, Zhen Li, US 2022
fur
When feelings towards a crush are held on to for too long, they turn wet and furry. Unrequited love turns mouldy in this experimental film that mixes several techniques. Direction Zhen Li Duration 7' Language English Country United States Year 2022
Animation Zhen Li Screenplay Zhen Li' Music Marc Riordan Sound design Zhen Li Production Zhen Li

© Drijf, Levi Stoops, BE 2023
Drijf
Jeremy and Aurora are lost at sea. They are cooped up together on a small tree trunk in the ocean’s vast openness. As they fail to understand each other’s desires and boundaries, the fight for their survival and the survival of their relationship becomes a bloody mess. Direction Levi Stoops Duration 15' Language NL/en Country Belgium Year 2023
Animation Levi Stoops Screenplay Levi Stoops' Music Mick Lemaire Sound design Paulo Rietjens Cut Levi Stoops Production Annemie Degryse Rental Catalog Miyu Distribution