Themes and Rhythms

Accumulonimbus

 United States 2010 Andy Kennedy Natural and man-made objects on a spin cycle accumulate, disintegrate, and multiply. Created by animating clay on glass, the film is a meditation on motion and the life cycle of matter.

Amoeba

 Canada 2010 Patrick Jenkins An abstract animated film based on music by John Zorn.

Boreas

 United States 2010 Erika Hapke An abstracted exploration of the turmoil of leaving childhood behind.

Don’t Text And Drive

 United States 2010 Adrian J. Garcia T. A choreographed waltz depicts the consequences of irresponsible driving.

Encontre sua Árvore
Find your tree

 Brazil 2011 Ivan Mola The eternal quest for our tree.

Loom

Germany 2010 Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay A moth is caught in a spider’s web. After facing its predator, is digested and in the end becomes an integral part of its own trap.
Microphobia
 Germany 2010 Nikki Schuster Microphobia is about the beauty and uniqueness of nature and the desire to make her manageable. Images of plant particles are skillfully arranged to abstract and figurative forms. In isolated, macroscopic views they approach threatening. They thicken and shrink to dense, complex shapes. Figurative creatures are generated. A thrilling journey into the hidden and fantastic world of plants taking on a different path.

O Divino, De Repente
Divino Freestyles

 Brazil 2009 Fabio Yamaji Ubiraci Crispim de Freitas, a real character aka Divino, sings ‘repente’ songs and tells us about his life. It’s a documentary with animated subtitles.

Stretching

France 2009 François Vogel An eccentric character concocts crazy, rhythmic exercises along the streets of Manhattan. The surrounding architecture mingles with his playful dance, joining in his merriment.

Stuck in a Groove

Austria 2010 Clemens Kogler The narration is derived from the opening words of the book “The unbearable lightness of being” by Milan Kundera were the philosophical concept of eternal recurrence as introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche is discussed. It deals with the question of “Which is the perfect moment that is so fulfilling that it could last forever” or in a broader context which direction I should reach out for in life.

Versus

 El Salvador 2010 Fernando Javier Sandoval Novoa Versus is an allegory to represent the struggle between good and evil.