International Competition

Kneeling Sheep

written & directed by Hai Rihan

US · 2019 · 14 min

Festival 2019

A Mongolian single mother fights to save her son who is about to be executed, only to discover that the absence of justice is crushing her life.
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2050

directed by Alexandra Lupashko written by Kulik Eugenii

RU · 2018 · 3 min

Festival 2019

The future has come and it seems cold-callers are not just a thing of the past and

they are just as unwelcome.

A Count on 4

written & directed by Bebis Colossus

CL · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2019

Autobiographical animated documentary about the experience of a person who suffered obsessive compulsive disorder during his adolescence.

A Fish on my Bed

written, directed & animated by Pei-Yi Lin

TW · 2019 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Even if menstruation is normal physiological phenomenon we are always reluctant to face this fatality that cannot be avoided. In this film we have inserted many hints and images of menstrual concealment and draw a variety of associations.

A Mind Sang (A Mãe de Sangue)

directed & animated by Vier Nev

PT · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

A pregnant scientist becomes a mother, a gay couple draws and a cat observes butterflies. Their stories merge to form a dreamlike celebration of rebirth and transformation.

Afaf

written & directed by Layan Adham Ismail

EG · 2019 · 10 min

Festival 2019

Afaf has to grapple with the repercussions of a law that will undoubtedly end both her academic career and her relationship with her family. And by the end of it, hyperbolic fiction turns into a dark portrayal of a certain future.

Animals

written & directed by Tue Sanggaard

DK · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

What seems to be a normal day quickly takes a strange turn, when the metro doors refuse to open ...

Baby, you are a rich girl

written & directed by Reuben Van Hoeve

US · 2019 · 16 min

Festival 2019

A homeless sex worker struggles to find her own version of the American dream.

Bacha

written & directed by Atana Agrba

RU · 2019 · 23 min

Festival 2019

One remote god-forsaken village has seen no rain for years. The superstitious villagers who live in the world of myths and fairy-tales believe that the drought is the fault of Maya who inflicts by her mere presence.

Bad Faith (La mala fe)

written & directed by Elena & Eva & Marina Pauné

ES · 2019 · 19 min

Festival 2019

A family spending their holiday at the Costa Brava. The older brother’s belief system will be disrupted when an act of kindness results in a little tragedy. This will immerse him into a routine where refusing to make decisions could lead to greater tragedies.

Being of Neglected

written & directed by Jakkrapan Sriwichai

TH · 2018 · 8 min

Festival 2019

Gentle man, lady and ghost story on a lonely road.

Boxed

directed & animated by Rasita Kartarahardja

US · 2019 · 1 min

Festival 2019

Boxed is a short film about an introvert. Through isolation, he leaves hisself to wander in his subconscious, dealing with his inner duality and exploring his self.

Bubblehead

written & directed by Vigga Wagner

DK · 2018 · 14 min

Festival 2019

Sometimes life is a bubble ...

Bube Maises (בובה מייסס)

written, directed & animated by Or Levy

IL · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Yaffa is a 80 years old woman who lives in a nursing home and has dementia. Since childhood she gets postcards from her dad, who was a businessman and was travelling all over the world ...

Cancel

written & directed by Sebastian Johansson Micci

SE · 2018 · 9 min

Festival 2019

A theater ensemble prepares for their performance of the evening when they find out that one of the main actresses is ill. They are divided on how to solve this. The show must go on ... or? Hierarchies and rankings become clear when the director commits to call the boss ...

catecholamine

directed & animated by Ulrica Luo

CN · 2019 · 1 min

Festival 2019

A lot of things in our mind are messy, maybe our mind is always messy, it’s us who built so many rules for thinking. My mom said this video is erotic and violent. Yeah, kind of. But what’s the fault just to face our true mind and embrace it?

Colorless

written & directed by Abdul Hamid Mandgar

AF · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Narges is a girl, who has a passion for dancing. But whenever she dances, her brother appears and ...

Comfortable Position

directed by a group of children

UZ · 2019 · 4 min

Festival 2019

When a person falls asleep, she immerses in another reality, where anything can happen to her. She can fly above the ground in red slippers. Or she can be eaten by a green bear. What do you feel when you are asleep?

Delinquents

directed by Peder Carlsen, Solveig Storholm and Morten Lilløygarden

NO · 2019 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Three teenagers appear in a small claims court and have to explain what really happened when they thrashed the offices of a local insurance company ...

Dog Days of Summer (Mi smo videli leto)

directed by Nikola Stojanovic written by Nadja Petrovic

RS · 2019 · 19 min

Festival 2019

A teenage girl, bursting with lust for life, is moving to California, leaving behind everything she ever loved. In a dying, working class hometown in Serbia, she spends her last day with two childhood friends.

Don’t Draw the Curtain (Nu Trage Perdeaua)

written & directed by Andrei Florescu

RO · 2019 · 20 min

Festival 2019

The Romanian Revolution of 1989 is fast approaching and Teodor, a 10-year-old boy, must face his overprotective family to learn more about the regime change.

Dots

directed & animated by Micky Wozny

UK · 2018 · 0 min

Festival 2019

'Dots' is a playful experiment to see if limited detail can liberate the imagintation.

Duo

written, directed & animated by Simona Mehandzhieva

UK · 2019 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Inspired by the works of Film Noir and German Expressionism (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari), my most recent work exhibits the split personality of the character trough abstract visual work.

Fade Away (Že ugaša)

written & directed by Simon Moe

SI · 2018 · 13 min

Festival 2019

A show like you haven't seen before! Socially anxious Nastja (Anuša Strle) joins a local theatre group. Will that be enough to face her past?

film d’auteur

written & directed by Tobias Vees

AT · 2019 · 14 min

Festival 2019

"film d´auteur" thematizes the struggle of young actresses in a male dominated film business and sees the chance of change in cinema itself. Different narrative layers invite the viewer into a world of hopes and dreams as you only see the eyes of the two characters for almost the entire runtime ...

Friends Online

written & directed by Samantha White

UK · 2019 · 5 min

Festival 2019

'Stacey' an anxiety ridden, lonely, keyboard-warrior recluse hopelessly tries to convince his favourite young friend Ellie, that he too is a teenage girl, with the desperate hope that she’ll send him the pictures he craves.

Have you Seen Buster?

written & directed by Emmanuel Li

UK · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Spirited, determined 12-year-old Jacob embarks on a search for missing dog Buster, encountering the various wacky townsfolk of Walthamstow Village.

Hello

written, directed & animated by Hon Shing Cheung

HK · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2019

Technology makes communication easier, but at the same time, it makes people's connections more far away. Over-reliance on instant messaging software leaving you in the virtual world for a long time.

Hello Stranger

written & directed by Chia Shan Fan

TW · 2018 · 24 min

Festival 2019

One late night, Turtle, who tends to neglect the past, encounters Jing, who secludes herself from the world. They decide to take a walk together. Dawn is approaching quietly, as they go through some incidents with each other. The stories carry on, while there is no pause option in life, but to keep on going.

Her (Ajo)

written & directed by More Raca

XK · 2018 · 12 min

Festival 2019

To escape an early marriage arranged by her father, Zana has to make a courageous decision.

Her Name Was (Haar naam was)

written & directed by director Helena Dalemans

BE · 2018 · 18 min

Festival 2019

“Her name was” is an ode to my grandmother. The films tells the story of Ida, an old lady who wastes away in a retirement home. Her weakened muscles have forced her into a wheelchair, her blather fails to warn her in time, her free will slips through her trembling hands as the caretakers make the decisions for her.

Then one day she meets a new resident: Jef.

I love you (Je t’aime)

directed by Gabriel Maz & Dorine Pujol written by Gabriel Maz

FR · 2019 · 16 min

Festival 2019

A young lady comes home meeting her boyfriend after one hard working day.

Invisible Women (Las mujeres invisibles)

written & directed by Pablo Cruz Villalba

MX · 2018 · 16 min

Festival 2019

Hipolita works at Samuel's house. After he invaded her privacy, Hipolita takes the reins of her job and her life.

iRony

written & directed by Radheya Jegatheva

AU · 2018 · 7 min

Festival 2019

A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone.

Kneeling Sheep

written & directed by Hai Rihan

US · 2019 · 14 min

Festival 2019

A Mongolian single mother fights to save her son who is about to be executed, only to discover that the absence of justice is crushing her life.

Kresala

written & directed by June Laka

BE · 2019 · 14 min

Festival 2019

Txiki, an 11 years old boy, lives in a fisherman's town. Fascinated by the mysterious stories that his grandfather tells, Txiki decides to head for adventure and discover the secrets of the sea by himself.

Life of Death

written & directed by Jason Kiantoro & Bryan Arfiandy

ID · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Death, while struggling to balance his work and family life, talks about his existence, his job, and his opinions on human beings in an interview for the documentary ‘Life of Death'.

Lines

written & directed by Joe Stringer

UK · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Playing out in real time, Lines sees 19 year old Charlie confront the hurt of past love while waiting for the result of a pregnancy test.

Maids (Amo a las criadas por irreales)

written & directed by Sofia Castro

AR · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Inspired by “Las Criadas de Monterroso” (Monterroso’s Maids), this short film combines fiction and screendance. On a theatrical setting and in one circular travelling shot, objectivity becomes biased as the body struggles to expose all that is incorporeal, and the question arises as to where the limits between mind and expression are.

Mama Mania

written & directed by Vincent Sparreboom

NL · 2019 · 13 min

Festival 2019

While on the verge of a manic episode, the mother of the director gets involved in a suspicious internet relationship. When the director finds out this is a dating scam, he takes on the role of protective parent over his mother, revealing the reversed roles that have developed over the years...

Marketa in the Desert

written & directed by Maddie Gwinn

US · 2019 · 14 min

Festival 2019

Two sisters reconnect on a road trip across the California desert to visit their estranged mother, set in the backdrop of the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Match

written, directed & animated by Urszula Taraszka

PL · 2018 · 2 min

Festival 2019

The film is about searching for a place in society and considering whether you need to adapt to the schemes.

Mice, a small story

directed & animated by Jade Baillargeault, Nazli Doale, Dimitri James, Quang Daniel La, Morgane Lau, Mélanie Pango and Manon Pringault

FR · 2018 · 4 min

Festival 2019

In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice finds a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them.

Mishko

written & directed by Hanis Bagashov

MK · 2018 · 16 min

Festival 2019

Angel, shy and introvert boy, goes to pick apples for sale with his friend Mishko. But as the day goes by, Angel faces more and more the cruelty of Mishko and his own parents.

Modern Love (Ahava Modernit)

written & directed by Itamar Gross

IL · 2019 · 12 min

Festival 2019

Three years after he stopped using Facebook, Chaim gives the social network a second chance. When he becomes much more popular than he has ever expected, he must choose between his socila network persona and his true character.

MOM (MOR)

directed by Maria Cordsen & Magnus Porsmose written by Maria Cordsen

DK · 2019 · 15 min

Festival 2019

A young single mother is struggling to raise her 6-year-old son and decides to take him on a trip to the amusement park, despite being financially challenged.

Mouse Hole (Миша дупка)

written & directed by Georgi Georgiev

BU · 2019 · 24 min

Festival 2019

A modern times version of Plato's allegory of the cave. After many years of isolation a weird man interacts with another human being again.

Mr. Hugo (M. Hugo)

directed by François Le Guen written by Julien Jouve

FR · 2018 · 17 min

Festival 2019

Mr. Hugo is a daydreamer and original museum supervisor. Who could have suspected, that behind this nonchalant appearance hid a mysterious artist who exhibits his works without asking permission from anyone?

My Franciszek (Mój Franciszek)

written, directed & animated by Katarzyna Pieróg

PL · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

"My Franciszek" is a movie dedicated to the memory of my grandpa - Francieszk Zalweski. The film mixes biographical elements with poetic images of diligence and straightforwardness, that figure of him symbolizes to me. The significant part of narration is a hobby of Franciszek, beekeeping.

Oyster’s Disgression (La Parenthèse des Huîtres)

written & directed by Camille Farnier

FR · 2018 · 15 min

Festival 2019

Rose is a transsexual and singer. After her last concert, she must take a train to start a more stable life. Unable to reach the station due to strike, her fate falls in the hands of Paul, a local fisherman ...

Pink and Blue

directed & animated by Charlotte Firmin

UK · 2019 · 2 min

Festival 2019

Short animated documentary, with a very expressive and experimental style. Pink and Blue highlights the life of a Transgender man, his experiences of growing up and his story of coming out.

Plastic (Пластик)

directed by Kateryna Sazonova written by Olexander Zhmudskyj

UA · 2018 · 10 min

Festival 2019

Imagine how our world would look like if there was nothing left in it but plastic. The film tells the story of how plastic conquers the planet from the time it was first created in the beginning of the XXth century up to our days, and predicts the sad and lifeless future of our planet if we don't start actions against plastic now.

Pomme de Terre

written & directed by Sebastian Doringer

AT · 2018 · 1 min

Festival 2019

The story of an impatient potato in a waiting line.

Present

directed by Yasmin None

LB · 2019 · 9 min

Festival 2019

In a room in a house a 19-years-old girl is fighting lung cancer; In relation with time everything in her room is related to her and the people around her.

Pulse

directed & animated by Sarah Forest, Cécile Floucat, Pauline Javelot, Juliette Gales, Thibaut Wambre and Kevin De Garidel written by Sarah Forest

FR · 2018 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Jonas, a sensitive young man who comes from a fishermen's family, discovers a huge dead whale on the beach, harpooned from every side. His guts are shaken in the face of this slaughter, he feels the pain it has been through and is then torn between his traditions and his empathy for Nature.

Quiet Land Good People (Stilles Land Gutes Land)

directed by Johannes Bachmann written by Lea Pasinetti

CH · 2018 · 25 min

Festival 2019

Sybille, eine Schulleiterin und Politikerin, steckt mitten im Wahlkampf für das Amt als Gemeinderatspräsidentin ihres Schweizer Dorfes, als ihr Sohn von einer Mitschülerin beschuldigt wird, diese misshandelt zu haben. Sybille muss sich zwischen Moral und Karriere entscheiden. So oder so steht ihr Ansehen in der Gemeinde auf dem Spiel!

Recharge

directed by Michal Hytroś written by Adam Pluciński

PL · 2019 · 17 min

Festival 2019

She (name unknown) sinks into this unbearable silence, far away from the external world, locked in her unconquered house-fortress. We do not know who she is, do not know why she made the decisions, that got her to the current place - a place that is surrounded by emptiness.

Rimborso Spese

directed by Michelangelo di Pierro written by Michele Di Vito

IT · 2018 · 8 min

Festival 2019

After another unpaid job a precarious actor decides to rob the first person he meets. But the fate gives him a surprise.

Ruddy, the Scarecrow (Strašiak Rudko)

directed & animated by Monika Chomová, Martin Valentko, Paulína Tessa Mrvová, Sofia Kocková, Barbora Valentková, Michal Kocka, Natália Ella Mrvová, Ema Kissová

SK · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

A story about a Scarecraw who was afraid to scare.

Saint Platain (San Patacón)

written & directed by Rodolfo Franco Ricardo

CO · 2018 · 13 min

Festival 2019

“San Patacón” is the story of Doña Tere, a 60-year-old woman who lives with her 30-year-old son Jacinto, full of debts and needs, until one day a “miracle” happens ...

Saturn in Leo (Saturn u Lavu)

written, directed & animated by Anna Šagadin

HR · 2018 · 4 min

Festival 2019

In outer space with no common physical laws on each planet lives but one creature. This Creatures are faced with heaviness of free time ...

Slowdance (Skoldiscot)

written & directed by Christian Zetterberg

SE · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

A shy boy at a middle-school dance tackles the new concepts of identity, sexuality and love.

Sound

directed & animated by Laureline Paul-Constant, Hugo Caby, Aurélien Issadi and Paco Dutoit written by Laureline Paul-Constant

FR · 2018 · 4 min

Festival 2019

Record of a normal day. All work and no play at the heart of a city with its shinny lights and multiple sounds. Surrounded by a crowd of strangers.

Spark

directed by Sean Treacy

IE · 2019 · 2 min

Festival 2019

The simple body of a camera brings a young boys dream to life.

Straight Outta Compton, Berkshire

written & directed by Billy Morton

UK · 2019 · 12 min

Festival 2019

Bertie Pinkerton-Smythe, alias "Whiskey Stone", struggles to make it as a grime rapper in the rural countryside.

Sudden Growth (VokseVærk)

written, directed & animated by Sine Juhl

DK · 2018 · 5 min

Festival 2019

It all starts out in an idyllic childhood. Then bodies start changing, limps grow rapidly and hairs turn up in the most unexpected places. For some it happens early, while others are left behind. This stop-motion animated short tells the story of going through puberty in a humoristic and honest way.

Surprise me

written & directed by Simon Mück

AT · 2018 · 14 min

Festival 2019

Member 0815 is now 78 years old. Since his birth 4040 weeks ago, all his actions are strictly dictated by a book. Member 0815 doesn’t know any better. Living alone in an old city apartment, he is trapped in his own life. His day begins routinely as usual. But today is a special day ...

Synti, Synti (the flayed island) (Synti, synti (L'île écorchée))

written & directed by Marion Jhöaner

FR · 2018 · 30 min

Festival 2019

Through the sadly famous story of Guðlaugur Friðþorsson, a miracle fisherman who survived a shipwreck in the winter of 1984, we discover the daily life of fishermen today and the relationship between the inhabitants of the Westman islands and the haunting and dangerous nature.

Target Earth

directed & animated by Kamil Janko

PL · 2018 · 11 min

Festival 2019

Short LEGO sci-fi stop-motion animation about alien invasion on planet Earth.

Tell Me You Still Love Me

written, directed & animated by Rui Ting Ji

CA · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2019

Tell Me You Still Love Me is an evocative five-parts exposition, chronicling a deeply intimate portrayal of relationship tension. It begs the question: what is not being said that should have been said?

Terror (Pigua)

written & directed by Yonatan Shehoah

IL · 2018 · 16 min

Festival 2019

Dan, who suffers from PTSD after being wounded in a terrorist attack, finds himself thrown together with his Arab co-workers when multiple terror attacks hit Jerusalem again.

The Dead West

written & directed by students MMI App & Licence Pro MDN

FR · 2019 · 17 min

Festival 2019

United States, 1879. The West is devastated by a chemical disaster that contaminated the water. Emma Brown, a young woman immune to this poison, is trying to survive. When she arrives in Silvertown, she meets a disillusioned sheriff who tries to help her.

The Great Hold-Up

written & directed by Santtu Koivisto

FI · 2019 · 6 min

Festival 2019

The Great Hold-Up is an ode to my love for improv and American folk music. I wanted to make a western in a setting with no mountains, horses or smoking guns and make it feel as real as possible.

The Loophole

written & directed by Scott Arous

FR · 2019 · 26 min

Festival 2019

Since his family left Bristol, Charlie can only rely on Granny, his grandmother, recently widowed. Disillusioned by their lifestyle, they have to face their loneliness.

The Man Who Travelled Nowhere in Time

directed by Vincent René Lortie written & choreographed by Kyra Jean Green

CA · 2019 · 5 min

Festival 2019

Through the eyes of Eytan, a man who only exists in the dreams and unconscious minds of others, we question what is “real”, what isn't, and how we each perceive time differently.

The Notebook

written & directed by Esabella Strickland

CA · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2019

An urban legend of a note book that takes the soul of children.

The Shepherd (Gjeteren)

directed by Brwa Vahabpour written by Simen A. Borgenes

NO · 2018 · 17 min

Festival 2019

While driving to a wedding, a Kurdish family hits a wild animal. The father, Aram, is forced to decide whether he should kill the animal or attempt to rescue it. Later it becomes clear how Aram struggles to find a place both in his new country as well as within his own family.

The Squid

written, directed & animated by George Hampshire

UK · 2019 · 3 min

Festival 2019

Set in Japan, a Squid must escape from a Sushi Restaurant before becoming part of the menu.

The Stained Club

directed & animated by Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang and Béatrice Viguier written by Mélanie Lopez

FR · 2018 · 6 min

Festival 2019

Finn has stains on his skin. One day, he meets a group of cool kids with different stains on their bodies. One day, he understands that these stains aren't just pretty.

The Truth of my Life

written & directed by Bardia Hashemi

IR · 2019 · 4 min

Festival 2019

The story about a boy, who is in trouble, because the teacher has an eye on him ...

There was a Country (Welatek Hebû)

written & directed by Hebun Polat

TR · 2018 · 3 min

Festival 2019

It is the story of an elderly woman and her grandson, who were left alone in a village after the Syrian war. The war caused a deep wound and emptiness in the woman and she is looking for traces of her past life to fill this void.

Till the End of the World (Tot het Eine van de Wereld))

directed by Florence Bouvy written by Jessie Tiemeijer

NL · 2018 · 26 min

Festival 2019

Marie is eight years old and loves her dad. In a world where playful dreams can suddenly

turn into empty eyes that don't seem to see her, she tries to stand her own. A story about the strength of a child fighting for the unconditional love of her father.

Unlearn

written & directed by Oriane Rondeau

NL · 2019 · 2 min

Festival 2019

In a series of interviews, women reveal their experiences about consent. Combined with images of pop culture, these interviews reveal how we have culturally constructed stereotypes around gender that actively blur the definition of consent.

Unsupervised Fleeing Oldtimers

written & directed by Cheery Ng

UK · 2019 · 12 min

Festival 2019

An alien with an inconveniently malfunctioning human disguise and a grumpy old man with weak knees set out on a wacky mission to break out of the nursing home they are trapped in.

A sweet tale about old age, alienation, rooting for the underdog and kicking butt.

We jump and prixt (we disappear) (Jauzi bat eta prixt)

written & directed by Maitane Eyheramonho

UK · 2018 · 7 min

Festival 2019

This personal, experimental short by Basque filmmaker Maitane Eyheramonho explores questions of heritage, culture, feminism and family through the mediums of dance and film.

When I Met God

written & directed by Ben Molina

IL · 2019 · 1 min

Festival 2019

A conversation between god and man.

White – To The Far Hills

written & directed by Noemi Forte

IT · 2018 · 24 min

Festival 2019

"White - To The Far Hills" is a love story and a reflection about what happens when the mechanism doesn't work anymore. The idea comes from the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda and their bond despite all the pain.

Tea

Shokir Kholikov

UZ · 2018 · 16 min

Festival 2019

It seems that a human being lives only for own benefits, but there are other goods for living. However, the hero of the film struggles for his needs with difficulty and can not reach his goal at the end. But he won.