Filme A-Z International Competition

30 Minutes on the Earth

written & directed by Evangelina Sarett (2007)
Evangelina Sarett

RU · 2021 · 3 min

Festival 2021

Why does John feel so sad when he looks at the beautiful nature of the Earth?

PLAYLIST 3 INT

A Boy

written & directed by Vitaly Akimov (1996)
Vitaly Akimov

RU · 2020 · 52 min

Festival 2021

Twenty-three-year-old Vitaly Akimov portrays his family in the shrinking Russian provincial town of Arsenyev. Ten-year-old Stepan, his brother’s stepson, acts as a guide to this grim environment.

PLAYLIST 6 INT

A Boy Has Disappeared (پسری که ناپدید )

written & directed by Aida Alimadadi (1995)
Aida Alimadadi

IR · 2020 · 16 min

Festival 2021

In the midst of all that is not going well, Danial decides to disappear; Just like his little rabbit.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

A Night in Davie's Brain

directed by Max Kozik (1999)
Max Kozik

US · 2020 · 5 min

Festival 2021

After forgetting a girl's number from last night's party, Davie has a chance to search his memory with the help of a scientist's strange invention.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Aliya

written & directed by Aruzhan Dossymkozha (1999)
Aruzhan Dossymkozha

KZ · 2021 · 18 min

Festival 2021

Young teacher Aliya goes to the village to work, provided by the university program. Suddenly she has to face the old Kazakh tradition “Qyz alyp qashu” - Bride kidnapping ...

PLAYLIST 4 INT

as if nothing happened

written & directed by JT Trinidad (2001)
JT Trinidad

PH · 2020 · 13 min

Festival 2021

A journey to someone's personal gallery and an unsent letter.

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Ashanti

written & directed by Priyanka Sarkar (1994)
Priyanka Sarkar

IN · 2020 · 11 min

Festival 2021

Visualizing the rebellious nature of the 70s’ in a fantasy-filled manner while focusing majorly on human emotions, feelings, thoughts, and experiences. The film is a portrayal of the struggle of the subconscious.

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Bad Bugs

written & directed by Bryn Wright (2011)
Bryn Wright

US · 2021 · 2 min

Festival 2021

10 year old Bryn made a claymation movie about the importance of using "natural solutions for your bug problems" - something she's passionate about.

PLAYLIST 5 INT

Basic Addiction

written & directed by Paula Szczyrba (2004)
Paula Szczyrba

GB · 2021 · 17 min

Festival 2021

The Game is simple; you choose a character and control their daily life. But what if that 'character' is actually a real person?

PLAYLIST 5 INT

Be Patient (Потерпи трошки)

written & directed by Liubov Honcharenko (1997)
Liubov Honcharenko

UA · 2020 · 17 min

Festival 2021

Arina is about to become an adult. Along the way, she will have to take the entrance exams and face the challenges of making the right choice. But all she can think about is the upcoming summer and ... Vit’ka ...

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Cold Wall

written & directed by Lilly Hu (1995)
Lilly Hu

US · 2021 · 19 min

Festival 2021

After a video of a miscarriage suffered by a student goes viral at her high school, a shocked 15-year-old Chinese girl, Katie, attempts to solve a personal crisis in unfamiliar territory.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 5 INT

Confusion

written & directed by Aashuka Aryal (2000)
Aashuka Aryal

NP · 2020 · 13 min

Festival 2021

After getting married to a stranger, a newlywed woman feels uncomfortable in her new home.

PLAYLIST 2 INT

Dancing Sun

written & directed by Lukas Ignaz Halder (1994)
Lukas Ignaz Halder

AT · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

A bored vampire wants to be as tanned as his idol: the young and good looking Arnold Schwarzenegger. So he jumps risky through a crack of sun light ...

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Danzamatta

written & directed by Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola (1994)
Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola

CH · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

The morning after a wild party, David and Oscar discover that their roommate Robin is still dancing. What the heck is going on?

PLAYLIST 2 INT

Divination Dave

written & directed by Georgia Madden (2001)
Georgia Madden

GB · 2021 · 7 min

Festival 2021

Savoury snack addict Dave must resort to extreme measures in order to satisfy his salty cravings

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Dogfood

written & directed by Vincent D'Alessandro (1997)
Vincent D'Alessandro

US · 2021 · 14 min

Festival 2021

The deteriorating friendship of two motel dwellers comes to a crashing halt on this ill-fated night.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Down to Earth (Blisko ziemi)

written & directed by Paulina Sikora (1994)
Paulina Sikora

PL · 2020 · 29 min

Festival 2021

The documentary movie "Down to earth" tells the story of co-dependent relationship of Małgorzata and Mariusz, directors' parents.

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Dreams adrift (Sueños al pairo)

written & directed by José Luis Aparicio Ferrera (1994), Fernando Fraguela Fosado
José Luis Aparicio Ferrera, Fernando Fraguela Fosado

CU · 2020 · 30 min

Festival 2021

Mike Porcel was one of the most important Cuban musicians of the 1970s. His decision to leave the country during 1980 Mariel boatlift caused him to be censored and ostracized by his peers and government officials.

PLAYLIST 5 INT

Eden (Adan (عه‌دن))

written by Saleh Kashefi | directed by Shaian Ebrahimi (1999)
Shaian Ebrahimi

IR · 2020 · 15 min

Festival 2021

Habil is a young boy in the Kurdish region of Iran that starts having some troubles with his parents after he wins some money prize at school. Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Eight o'clock

written by Alireza Taji, directed by Mostafa Gholami (1996)
Mostafa Gholami

IR · 2021 · 10 min

Festival 2021

The short film "Eight o'clock" tells a love story: the love of a young man named Hamed to a girl named Niloufar. But times have changed the story ...

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Fedya Takes Matters Into His Own Hands (Федя берёт дело в свои руки)

written & directed by David Pozdyrka (1998)
David Pozdyrka

RU · 2020 · 15 min

Festival 2021

Nerdy student Fedya is an internet star against his own will, because the security guard of his dormitory regularly makes videos where he bullies and mocks Fedya. How can timid Feyda impress the girl he likes?

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Half a Year (Halvår)

written & directed by Julius Lagoutte Larsen (1998), Kirstine Siegumfeldt (1999)
Julius Lagoutte Larsen, Kirstine Siegumfeldt

DK · 2020 · 15 min

Festival 2021

When Ida meets the older Katrine her world is turned upside down. They fall in love and start a polyamorous relationship. But soon frustration starts eating up Ida from the inside.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

Hello Frisco

written & directed by Ava Bounds (2005)
Ava Bounds

GB · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

Why was the baby abandoned in a Victorian drain? And how can the four maids on a mission save its life? This playful, surreal, road movie pits four teens against the elements in a race against time.

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Hey Guys It's Me Again God! (Hai Guys Balik lagi sama Gue, Tuhan!)

written by Antonius Willson, Winner Wijaya | directed by Winner Wijaya (1995)
Winner Wijaya

ID · 2020 · 5 min

Festival 2021

What if God has a vlog?

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Hopper's Day

written & directed by Jingqi Zhang (1996)
Jingqi Zhang

US · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

A cricket wants to achieve the dream in an abandoned quarry.

PLAYLIST 5 INT

In the Dark

written & directed by Tobias Vees (1996)
Tobias Vees

AT · 2021 · 13 min

Festival 2021

A young woman confronts her trauma while on a "Dating in the Dark"-format.

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Invited In

written & directed by Yuyu Kitamura (1997)
Yuyu Kitamura

HK · 2021 · 20 min

Festival 2021

"Invited In" centers around Annie, an anxious girl who finds herself mid pandemic living a life of loneliness without friends. Until she comes across a bright and genuine influencer, Emmy.

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Kino Out of Body

written & directed by Patrycja Loranc (1995)
Patrycja Loranc

GB · 2021 · 6 min

Festival 2021

An experimentation with animation, movement, rhythm, and the deleuzian state of enchantment, encouraging the viewer to be fully present in the momentum of the film.

PLAYLIST 2 INT

La Máquina de los Deseos

written & directed by Paula Espinoza (1995)
Paula Espinoza

ES · 2021 · 1 min

Festival 2021

A quick representation of the vicious cycle of consumerism and its impact on the environment, seen through the innocence of a young girl.

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Lets cook spaghetti

directed by Cole Payce (1998)
Cole Payce

GB · 2021 · 3 min

Festival 2021

Pecan the clown and his ghost husband go to the supermarket for spaghetti, but not all goes as planed.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Letter from Fukushima

written & directed by Yiran Wang (1996)
Yiran Wang

US · 2021 · 1 min

Festival 2021

A boy from Fukushima sending a letter to express his love of his home. After the Fukushima Nuclear Disater, many children can not go back to their home and are having health concerns.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Life's Meeting Room

written & directed by Becky-Lulu Dartnell (1999)
Becky-Lulu Dartnell

GB · 2021 · 4 min

Festival 2021

Life’s Meeting Room is a stop motion animated documentary exploring the question, ‘What is the meaning of life?'

PLAYLIST 2 INT

Marcello

written & directed by Francesco Di Giuseppe (1997)
Francesco Di Giuseppe

IT · 2021 · 14 min

Festival 2021

Marcello always stares at Andrea during biochemistry-class. 'Marcello' is a journey through the path of gender expression as well as personal growth.

PLAYLIST 2 INT

Maske

written & directed by Jacynta Scurfield (2003), May Chadwick (2005)
Jacynta Scurfield, May Chadwick

NZ · 2020 · 5 min

Festival 2021

Filled with fear in her own home, an innocent young girl, Grimhilda, escapes out into a world she hopes is better. But she sees monsters lurking everywhere. Will Grimhilda fight the monster inside herself or fall into the abyss?

PLAYLIST 5 INT

May the World Not Carry You (Oby ciebie nie nosiła ziemia)

written & directed by Rozalia Las (1993)
Rozalia Las

PL · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2021

Cel animation, each frame is painted by hand, using acrylic paint. Sad love story inspired by polish folk song.

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Mergen (Мерген)

written & directed by Raiymbek Alzhanov (1994)
Raiymbek Alzhanov

KZ · 2021 · 26 min

Festival 2021

On the strife-torn Central Asian steppe, the boy Mergen must defend his family in the place of his absent father. He will do so with courage, cunning, and above all, a mystical gift from his grandmother.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Muggy

written & directed by Phynley Joel (2000)
Phynley Joel

US · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

Newly moved to the US from New Zealand, 12 year old Muggy struggles to feel truly at home in a place so different from what she’s always known.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

Music For The End Of The World

written & directed by Emmanuel Li (2001)
Emmanuel Li

GB · 2020 · 6 min

Festival 2021

Would the apocalypse really be all that bad? Teenage Freddie certainly doesn't think so, as he boogies his troubles away on a gorgeous sunny hill.

PLAYLIST 1 INT

My Life - Presentation

written & directed by Esma Saric (1993)
Esma Saric

BA · 2021 · 7 min

Festival 2021

Translated for international purposes and used in time of need, I am showcasing all the injuries that had followed my character trough years. It is a tribute to me, our bodies and perfect animation projects that always made me smile.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Nesting (Haikara)

written by Petra Koivula | directed by Siiri Halko (1996)
Siiri Halko

FI · 2020 · 20 min

Festival 2021

Nesting is a story about Veikka (20), who is about to leave his work place - a construction site owned by Kari (50) - to start a new life in the big city. Veikka thinks the goodbyes will go smoothly, but ...

PLAYLIST 10 INT

O sole moje

written & directed by Jure Dostal (1995)
Jure Dostal

SI · 2021 · 6 min

Festival 2021

Long married couple lives in the old red Škoda on the top of the hill. They live happily till one day, a blue Škoda passes.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

On the quayside

written & directed by Daniel Olmos Ochoa (1994)
Daniel Olmos Ochoa

DK · 2021 · 14 min

Festival 2021

It's an ordinary day by the statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen: Julia, veteran tourist guide, gathers her tourists on the bus, but there is one missing in the headcount: an eight-year-old girl.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Otava

written & directed by Lana Bregar (1998)
Lana Bregar

SI · 2021 · 15 min

Festival 2021

An adolescent girl tries to remember her lost mother while having to be physically present in the surrounding farm with her grandmother.

PLAYLIST 2 INT

Overnight

directed by Chenglin Xie (1994)
Chenglin Xie

US · 2020 · 7 min

Festival 2021

An overworked and tired clerk begins to have hallucinations related to his death whenever he is in the office.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Pacing the Pool

written by Jay Jay Jegathesan, Radheya Jegatheva | directed by Radheya Jegatheva (1999)
Radheya Jegatheva

AU · 2021 · 8 min

Festival 2021

A tiny glimpse into the extraordinary life of Richard Pace. A different approach to life might have seen him crushed under the weight of the physical and mental stresses he has been through since he was a child, however, healing waters have helped him rise above it all!

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Painting By Numbers

written & directed by Radheya Jegatheva (1999)
Radheya Jegatheva

AU · 2021 · 4 min

Festival 2021

A child's encounter with classic masterpieces triggers a confronting epiphany.

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Pathei Mathos

written & directed by Vitória Vasconcellos (1998)
Vitória Vasconcellos

US · 2020 · 15 min

Festival 2021

Increasingly disturbing flashbacks haunt a grieving girl who struggles to navigate her own pain in a desperate attempt to free herself from the trauma that has taken over her life.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Peľe

written & directed by Shorsh Wekili (1996)
Shorsh Wekili

IR · 2020 · 13 min

Festival 2021

An ex-soldier working in a movie theater battles a blood-red stain that appears onscreen every time a war film plays. The more he fights the stain, the bigger it gets ...

PLAYLIST 8 INT

Pests (Nuisibles)

directed by Juliette Laboria (1996)
Juliette Laboria

FR · 2021 · 7 min

Festival 2021

In the heat of summer, children and wasps gather around the same meal, but sharing is not on the daily menu.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

Petite

written by Johannes Vikse Pedersen, Ishaan Gurung | directed by Johannes Vikse Pedersen (1999)
Johannes Vikse Pedersen

GB · 2021 · 15 min

Festival 2021

An elderly man has shut himself away from the world following the death of his wife. One day, help appears to him in the form of a small robot ...

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Pink Pleasure Doom

written & directed by Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen (2000), Mali Evjen
Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen

NO · 2021 · 3 min

Festival 2021

A edgy emo band, ready to play a concert. What could go wrong?

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Sad Truth

directed by Archa V (1996), Archana CS (1997), Arya Surendran (1998), Gautam K (1997), Maithilee Gupta (1998), Mayuri Dutta (1998)
Archa V, Archana CS, Arya Surendran, Gautam K, Maithilee Gupta, Mayuri Dutta

IN · 2021 · 3 min

Festival 2021

As a contribution to the reality of online education, we made a short stop motion animation based on a song composed and played by Isabelle Siaki. This entire animation resembles the anarchy of new online education mode which is questioned for its ceaselessness.

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Shoqan

written & directed by Kuka (1995)
Kuka

KZ · 2021 · 23 min

Festival 2021

In future, lessons in schools will be different from what they are now. To study history, students are immersed in the world of virtual reality. Until a student named Shoqan notices that virtual reality is quite real.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Sister

written & directed by Alina Dotsenko (1994)
Alina Dotsenko

RU · 2021 · 10 min

Festival 2021

Sisters are talking at night before dreaming ... or?!

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Sky Baby (Himmelbarnet)

written by Eva Miladinovic | directed by Tian Ci Zhang (2002)
Tian Ci Zhang

DK · 2020 · 13 min

Festival 2021

Denmark has enacted a one-child-policy due to the climate crisis and Sabrina is pregnant with her second child …

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Sleeping in another galaxy

written by Maitham Radhi | directed by Abhishek Singh (1994)
Abhishek Singh

IQ · 2020 · 5 min

Festival 2021

This poetry film is about the permanent struggle, an individual faces between following his dreams and the bitterness of reality.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Souvenir

written & directed by Farhad Shantiaei (1997)
Farhad Shantiaei

IR · 2021 · 23 min

Festival 2021

She shows me a full jar of blood and says : don't you wanna see your baby ? ....

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Stair

written & directed by Lee Ga-eun (1995)
Lee Ga-eun

KR · 2020 · 19 min

Festival 2021

Si-hyun, Eun-chae and Cho-won are founding members of the high school's space exploration club, "UttamTamTam." They go up to the rooftop to hear the sounds of outer space, the sounds of parallel universes. But than happens an accident ...

PLAYLIST 1 INT

Stone Wings

written & directed by Amen Sahraei (1995)
Amen Sahraei

IR · 2021 · 12 min

Festival 2021

A man is feeding his little girl to gain weight, because he wants her to get married with an Afghan man who has to pay as much money as his little daughter's weight.

PLAYLIST 5 INT

Strange

written & directed by Cameron Carr (1999)
Cameron Carr

GB · 2020 · 3 min

Festival 2021

"Strange" is an autobiographical story told in a visual journal style, a glimpse into an autistic author’s life exploring friendship, trails and the use of unique coping strategies.

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Suspension Prima

directed by Georgs Harijs Āva (1996)
Georgs Harijs Āva

LV · 2020 · 4 min

Festival 2021

A metallurgist made of tin with a compulsion to work constantly reproduces himself, until one day a mouse distracts him from his work ...

PLAYLIST 9 INT

Symphony of the Being (Sinfonía del Ser)

written & directed by Nitzan Levinson (1995), Sofía Petersen (1997)
Nitzan Levinson, Sofía Petersen

AR · 2020 · 15 min

Festival 2021

Sarah is an actress who has lost sense of reality, Ben is the victim of a worldwide scandal, and Ana is sentenced to prison for a crime of self-defense. Their worlds will intertwine as truths come to light, and they all sing the Symphony of the Being.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

System Error

written & directed by Piotr Kaźmierczak (2006)
Piotr Kaźmierczak

PL · 2020 · 5 min

Festival 2021

A standarized society lives in the standarized world. Everything works like a clockwork. Occasionally, there are mismatched units, "system errors", that quickly have to be eliminated ...

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Tabu

written & directed by Olga Kosanovic (1995)
Olga Kosanovic

AT · 2020 · 3 min

Festival 2021

A hot summer‘s day, a family, a game - what could possibly go wrong?

PLAYLIST 6 INT

Talisman

written & directed by Rustem (1997)
Rustem

KZ · 2020 · 7 min

Festival 2021

The story of two friends

PLAYLIST 2 INT

The flowers you tear out (Las flores que arrancas)

written & directed by Claudia Estrada (1997)
Claudia Estrada

ES · 2020 · 16 min

Festival 2021

Mexico, Day of the Dead, Yamil remembers her daughter Yuri, a victim of femicide, while Patricia, a young feminist, calls for justice at a manifestation. In Bachajón, María, an indigenous activist, makes known the rights of women.

PLAYLIST 3 INT

The Least I Can Do

written & directed by Seán Treacy (2004)
Seán Treacy

IE · 2021 · 19 min

Festival 2021

When naive teen David witnesses his best friend inappropriately engage with a girl at a party, he falls into a moralistic crisis …

PLAYLIST 4 INT

The Moon, Tomasico and my Grandmother (La Luna, Tomasico y mi abuela)

written & directed by Ángel Caparrós (1995)
Ángel Caparrós

ES · 2021 · 3 min

Festival 2021

A grandson is willing to do whatever it takes to fulfil his grandmother's last wish.

PLAYLIST 4 INT

The Other

written & directed by Saman Hosseinpuor (1993) and Ako Zandkarimi (1993)
Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi

IR · 2020 · 25 min

Festival 2021

After his Wifes death a religious and traditional man suspects her to have had a relationship with an other man.

PLAYLIST 2 INT

The Raging Dance of Casseus (La pieza de Casseus)

written & directed by Camilo Mejía (1997)
Camilo Mejía

DO · 2020 · 17 min

Festival 2021

Casseus (25) is a young Haitian man who decides to enroll in a ballet academy in order to accomplish his dream of being a dancer, but his job as a bodega delivery guy in the Dominican Republic gets between his goal.

PLAYLIST 8 INT

The root of one (a raiz de um)

written & directed by Pedro Henrique Lima (1998)
Pedro Henrique Lima

BR · 2021 · 6 min

Festival 2021

The search of someone for the coefficient of their own feelings while facing a deep lethargy brought by routine. School, bonds, relationships. Everything erodes.

PLAYLIST 10 INT

The Yak in The Dark (戒)

written & directed by Lobsang Gyatso (1999)
Lobsang Gyatso

CN · 2021 · 5 min

Festival 2021

The disordered and chaotic state between the original desire and the dogma.

PLAYLIST 9 INT

To Kill the Birds & the Bees

written & directed by Calleen Koh Yee Lin (1999)
Calleen Koh Yee Lin

SG · 2021 · 11 min

Festival 2021

To Kill the Birds & the Bees follows three separate stories of four average Singaporeans – a pair of young twins, a secondary school prefect, and a conservative housewife – who each encounter a sexual situation in the course of their day.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 3 INT

Ukde

written by Güven Beklen | directed by Hüsnegül Çelik (1996)
Hüsnegül Çelik

TR · 2019 · 20 min

Festival 2021

(Ukde: Unfulfilled Desire) Zeliha and Ahmet have lost their chance to become parents. One day, the nobleman of the village (Sami), knocks on their door ...

PLAYLIST 10 INT

Under the Bed (Nattero)

Katinka Thomsen
Katinka Thomsen

DK · 2020 · 4 min

Festival 2021

A tormented girl is trying to sleep but something is wrong: there is something under the bed …

PLAYLIST 8 INT

What's There (有什麼？)

written & directed by Pak Hou Chau (1996)
Pak Hou Chau

MO · 2021 · 4 min

Festival 2021

What’s There? is a poignant visual meditation that focuses on the relationship between opposing universal forces and why they are nothing without the other.

PLAYLIST 1 INT

White Liver (Biela pečeň)

written & directed by Richard Chudý (1995)
Richard Chudý

SK · 2020 · 19 min

Festival 2021

White Liver is a portrait of young, at first glance, superficial woman with high sexual appetite and decadent morals. The film looks inside her soul, and searching for determinants of her behavior.

recommended for ages 12 and up

PLAYLIST 7 INT

Zhenya is writing the script

written by Victor Kozhenkov, Alyona Yanushko (1997) | directed by Victor Kozhenkov (2000)
Victor Kozhenkov

RU · 2021 · 18 min

Festival 2021

The life of a musician is up and down. But after Zhenya had a stroke, he can only play with one hand. His wife comes up with the idea to make a TV series about music and dreams. So Zhenya is writing the script for his own life.

PLAYLIST 9 INT