
El Triángulo Imperfecto
(THE IMPERFECT TRIANGLE)
(2008 / Betacam SP / 00:09:00 / color)
Cut-outs
Jorge Bompart · Argentina
In a quiet village, where locals come to spend time tied to customs, beliefs or perhaps innocent superstitions ,a girl experiences the pain of sudden growth from her encounter with a strange lady, discovering the reality of the adult world.
Les escargots de Joseph
(JOSEPH’S SNAILS)
(2009 / 35mm / 11:48:00 / color)
Stop motion
Sophie Roze · France
Joseph is a shy, introverted little boy who collects snails. One day he gets swallowed up by his own tummy-button and discovers the disturbing world of the “navel-gazers”, people who, by only communicating with their navel, curl in on themselves and turn into snails.
Sparni un Airi
(WINGS AND OARS)
(2009 / 35mm / 05:38:00 / color)
Watercolours on paper, 2D
Vladimir Leschiov · Latvia
A former pilot looks back over his life - The Earth, the Sky, the Woman - everything that took place on the journey from an air strip to an abandoned boat house.
Pimpin’ planet Mars
(PIMPIN’ PLANET MARS)
(2009 / DVD / 00:06:00 / color)
Drawings
Rune Eriksson · Norway
NASA can only watch when Martians take control of the Rovers.
Chytte ho!
(CATCH HIM!)
(2008 / 35mm / 00:18:00 / color)
Relief figurine + 2D
Boris Sima · Slovakia
All that can happen during an ordinary school visit to a museum.
Never drive a car when you are dead
(NEVER DRIVE A CAR WHEN YOU ARE DEAD)
(2009 / 35mm / 00:09:55 / color)
Drawings
Gregor Dashuber · Germany
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) "Konrad Wolf"
The awkward hero stumbles over a long forgotten piano. Music leads him from his run down existence out into the city life. There he plays a last funeral march to all the deadbeat figures on the sidewalk.
Wujek
(UNCLE)
(2008 / DVD / 00:08:00 / color)
3D with hand-drawn textures
Maciej Sznabel · Poland
A story about change, devotion and what happens when you cross the thin line between friends.
Bendito Machine III
(2009 / HD / 00:06:33 / color)
2D
Jossie Malis · Spain
Obey its commandments.
The Astronomer’s Dream
(THE ASTRONOMER’S DREAM)
(2009 / DVD / 00:11:30 / color)
2D
Malcolm Sutherland · Canada
When a hungry astronomer falls asleep while working on a problem he finds no solution not in outer space, but in the surreal food-chain of his subconscious mind.
Today Only
(2009 / Betacam / 00:09:00 / color)
2D
Toby Jackman · England
National Film and TV School
A cat may have nine lives but how many different lives can a cat live today?
Get the picture
(2009 / DVD / 00:05:29 / color)
2D
Avi Ofer · Israel
A curious and adventuress girl finds an abandoned object which gives her a new and different angle of her surroundings.
Toire
(2008 / MiniDV / 00:09:20 / color)
Stop Motion
Nico Di Mattia · Argentina
Dpto. de Cine y TV, Escuela de Artes, UNC
When Nakamura closes the bathroom door, his routine activity will be dramatically affected by what least expects.
Magic Show
(2009 / HD / 00:11:00 / color)
Cut-outs
Milan Hulsing · The Netherlands
An illusionist and his assistant perform a series of incredible acts and afterwards reveal to the audience how their tricks work. However, this explanation is even more astonishing than the tricks, which enhances the illusion. Gradually, the illusions become more and more amazing until they appear not to be a trick, but real. From that moment on, reality and illusion can no longer be separated.
La Competitiva
(THE COMPETITIVE ONE)
(2009 / Betacam / 00:20:00 / color)
Mixed techniques
Hernan Cieza, Adriana Delfino · Spain
Two peculiar employees from a run-down factory of caganers squeeze their creativity fully to impress the waitress who serves them lunch daily. The exuberant competition in which they get involved will end in leaving aside the playful character from the beginning to step into darker feelings.
Birth
(2009 / Digital / 00:12:00 / color)
Drawings
Signe Baumane · USA - Italy
Amina is 17 and pregnant. Afraid to give birth she looks for older women for comfort and advice, but their stories scare her even more.
S11
(2009 / DVD / 00:06:13 / color)
3D, 2D
Edwin Gómez Viñales · Chile
In a dying mysterious city, suffocated by foul gases and corroded by abandonment and moisture , secret agent John "Ugly Face" Jones carries on his dark purposes: To promote the raising of the Officers-Machines against the government. Ugly Face receives orders from his beloved Martha, from a distant empire. The double agent Pidog is unable to stop the conspiracy and the bombing starts.
Passeio de Domingo
(SUNDAY DRIVE)
(2009 / 35mm / 00:15:00 / color)
Stop Motion
José Miguel Ribeiro · Portugal
Can you keep a secret? This Sunday will be different. We will not get into the car. Mom and dad will not argue and we will play in a garden of gigantic cabbages.
Mi vida en tus manos
(MY LIFE IN YOUR HANDS)
(2009 / 35mm / 00:07:00 / color)
Paint on glass
Nuno Beato · Portugal - Spain
A very well known Portuguese bullfighter arrives in Spain. The Matador will execute a long awaited “faena”. His son, Pedrito, accompanies him in this trip. He dreams of one day becoming just like his father. However, just before the bullfight starts, within the hustle and bustleof the backstage, Pedrito meets the Bull that will be fought by his father. This moment will forever change the fate of all our three characters.
The Werepig
(2008 / 35mm / 00:16:40 / color)
Stop Motion
Sam Orti Marti · Spain
Junk food and fast food are not good for health. In Spain, this is well known even by the little kids. But our protagonists, two Yankee tourists are about to find it out.
O Ponozkach a laske
(ABOUT SOCKS AND LOVE)
(2008 / 35mm / 00:06:35 / color)
Drawings
Michaela Copikova · Slovakia
A typical man and woman relationship.
Codswallop
(2008 / Digibeta / 00:03:48 / color)
Drawings
The Brothers McLeod · United Kingdom
‘Codswallop’ is a subconscious drift through despair, frustration, joy and redemption. Beware of hats!
Colchique
(2008 / 35mm / 00:10:00 / color)
Stop Motion
Jean-Luc Greco, Catherine Buffat · France
A poetic and melancholic evocation of some volatile moments in the life of Ferdinand, a little boy who lives with his mother Josette, his aunt Louise and a feisty dog, Colchique.
Inukshuk
(2008 / 35mm / 00:08:45 / color)
Ink on paper, paint on film
Camillelvis Thery · France
On the last polar day, up on the howling ice, a little Inuk man and a mischievous bear see their white world metamorphosed into a huge whale ocean of darkness.
Bill's Visitors
(2008 / Betacam / 00:08:10 / color)
2D, 3D
Simon Deshon · United Kingdom
National Film and Television School
Bill has an agreement with the teenagers in the neighborhood: He buys them beer. However, when Cowan takes his friend Jim for the first time with him, something about Jim drives Bill to reveal more about him than he had ever imagined.
Le Thé de l'Oubli
(THE TEA OF FORGETFULNESS)
(2008 / HDCAM / 00:13:00 / color)
2D
Sandra Desmazières · France
Night is falling on town. A young lady is finishing her cup of tea before going out. Rain is falling. The young lady is walking slowly, lost among other passers by. On her way to a market place she meets a very strange procession. And suddenly she falls into an unknown world. She is irresistibly drawn towards a dark universe: the universe of hell.
Le Dilemme du Beurre
(THE BUTTER DILEMMA)
(2008 / 35mm / 00:06:00 / color)
2D
Fabrice Fouquet · France
A recipe for brioche, disguised as a love story (or vice versa).
Klotz & Klumpen
(CHUMP & CLUMP)
(2008 / 35mm / 00:10:51 / color)
3D
Stephan Sacher · Germany
HFF "Konrad Wolf" Babelsberg
Chump & Clump meet at a bus station. While waiting for the bus, which passes by only once a week, a bizarre and wonderful friendship develops, that still prevails when all odds turn against our heroes.
Catharsis
(2008 / 35mm / 00:07:42 / color)
2D
Anders Michael · Denmark
The National Filmschool of Denmark
In a world between life and death a little girl embarks on a fateful journey to find her mother.
La Ollera
(THE POT MAKER)
(2009 / Digital / 00:13:30 / color)
Stop Motion
Juan Manuel Costa · Argentina
Dpto. de Cine y TV, Escuela de Artes, UNC
A pot maker discovers the secret of the most beautiful pots in town.
Staty verdym
(TO BECOME FIRM)
(2009 / Betacam / 00:16:28 / color)
Stop Motion
Stepan Koval · Ukraine
This is what can happen to a man who fails to be what he actually is.
C'est toujours la même histoire
(IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME STORY)
(2007 / Betacam / 00:05:00 / color)
2D
Joris Clerté & Anne Morin · France
Jean-Luc tells us how going to see a special film with his father made them both change one towards the other.
Sylfidden
(THE SYLPH)
(2008 / DVD / 00:07:35 / color)
Dibujos
Dorte Bengtson · Denmark
The National Film School of Denmark
A quirky family fable, where dreams are shattered because everything must fit in with the social norms or behaviors.
Unbelievable 4
(2008 / DVD / 00:04:30 / color)
3D
Sukwon Shin, Inpyo Hong · USA
A desperate search for salvation takes place as hundreds of evil spaceships are approaching earth. Finally the "Unbelievable 4" get the call.
French Roast
(2008 / 35mm / 00:08:15 / color)
2D
Fabrice O. Joubert · France
In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman is about to pay the check when he finds out that he has lost his wallet. To save time he decides to order more coffee.
My father is a Washerman
(2008 / Betacam / 00:08:18 / color)
2D
Srinivas Bhakta · Singapore
A washerman struggles with an evil scarecrow who tries to snatch a kite from his kid.
TXT Island
(2009 / DVD / 00:03:30 / color)
Stop Motion
Chris Gavin · United Kingdom
A small band of 'text men' land on a remote tropical island and establish a base camp. The next day reinforcements arrive. With ruthless efficiency, the men plunder the island's natural resources and begin converting the island into a new kind of paradise.
Wursel & Wurmel
(2009 / DVD / 00:04:50 / color)
Stop Motion
Gastón Luque, Gaspar Perea Muñoz · Argentina
Dpto. de Cine y TV, Escuela de Artes, UNC
A pair of worms live together inside a World made up of dice.
「我說啊,」我說。
(THE SOLILOQUIST)
(2008 / DVD / 00:06:05 / color)
Dibujos
Kuang-Pei MA · Taiwan
For many lonely days, a heart broken man has been receiving letters and packages with the wrong addressee. Unable to return them, he begins to read them. As the letters piled up, he would be falling into a fictional love story with an imaginary character.
El Empleo
(THE EMPLOYMENT)
(2008 / Digital / 00:06:19 / color)
Drawings
Santiago 'Bou' Grasso · Argentina
A man on his usual way to work submerged into a World where the use of people as objects is something quite common.
Unpredictable Behaviour
(2008 / DVD / 00:05:15 / color)
3D
Ernst Weber, Pasha Shapiro · Germany
Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson reflect on the human condition based on Jack the Ripper's crimes. An absolutely unexpected plot twist reveals what Doyle never explained about his famous detective.
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
(THE RÊ BORDOSA FILES)
(2008 / 35mm / 00:16:00 / color)
Stop Motion
César Cabral · Brazil
Envy? Ego issues? Malice? In 1987, Angeli, one of the most important cartoonists in Brazil, coldly murdered one of his most famous creations, the underground diva Rê Bordosa.
The Not-So-Great Eugene Green
(2009 / Digital / 00:13:09 / color)
Dibujos
Michael Hill · Australia
Eugene Green is a strange elderly man with a simple dream: to entertain his world through the art of vocal sound effects. Unfortunately he has an annoyingly small repertoire.
Yulia
(2009 / 35mm / 00:05:45 / bn)
Drawings
Antoine Arditti · France
Yulia suddenly vanishes out of her kitchen. She finds herself in a closed room with five levers fixed to the wall. By setting them in motion, she starts off a series of absurd events that will lead her to finding a soul mate.
Fard
(2009 / 35mm / 00:12:55 / color)
Drawings, rotoscope
David Alapont, Luis Briceno · France
In a near future, the world seems to work in an effective and controlled way.
Casting (somos Música)
(CASTING (WE ARE MUSIC))
(2009 / DVD / 00:03:04 / color)
Stop Motion
Patricia Gualpa · Argentina
Depto. de Cine y TV, Escuela de Artes, UNC
How would you introduce yourself if you go to a casting and you are an actor? What if you were music?
Simon’s Cat(2009 / Internet series / 00:01:38 / bn)
DrawingsSimon Tofield · United Kingdom
A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to wake up its owner.
http://www.simonscat.co.uk