Identity

by Betina Bożek

Animated film called oh God is a picture presenting the world observed and created by the author. The reality presented in the film might be described using such terms like inertia, chaos. Animated characters are characterized by a lack of willingness to take any action, are passive and indifferent, unable to create their own reality. The author presents a world that loses its original shapes, loses its identity. Groaning “oh God” as a main theme combines it all, meaning the combination of grimace, sigh, and a quiet whisper of despair over our own impotence.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Júlia Tudisc, Lydia Reid

A real urban legend set in the famous baths of Budapest, but from a new perspective; Giacomo Casanova, a teenage fan girl, and a shy cactus.

• Experimental
• Romance
• Abstract

by LWZ

• Experimental
• Non-narrative
• Music Videos

by Boris Šima

Pleasant film about unforgettable adventure with mammoth, experienced by troublesome schoolboy Jakub in museum.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Adventure

by Kristin Ulseth

Odd is an egg is the story of seven-year-old Odd who is so worried about crushing his head that his entire life has come to a standstill. Everyday life is coloured by fear of what might happen to him, on the way to school or in the schoolyard. To curb his worst anxiety, he upholsters his egghead for protection. One day he meets the bee girl Gunn. She is both fearless and happy in life. Through meeting Gunn, Odd’s life is turned upside down, and in a most unexpected way, he is freed from all worries.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Fantasy

by Renato Duque

It’s about Luna, a girl with super powers, but who’s not a superhero.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental

by Oz Animation

The sun sets and the last human foot leaves a small Indian marketplace. At night, the place has a life of its own. In this music video, Eliška & Lee Oz, who are known for their superb claymation, combine their favourite style with 2D computer animation.

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Barbara Rupik

The other side of a picture hides a parallel world. The two worlds are constantly intertwining and interacting with each other.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Andre Hörmann, SAMO

Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the atomic bomb explosion of Hiroshima. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Her father is an authoritarian and traditional man. Akiko’s childhood consists of constant rejections and beatings. But the horrors of the atomic bomb and Japan’s subsequent capitulation change everything. Finally Akiko experiences fatherly love in the midst of Hiroshima’s ruins.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Bio-pic
• Tragedy

by Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša

A free association of Poe’s theme. In Poe’s work, all evil comes from and inside of a man. Marks went the opposite way. Here, the cat is the personification of evil, which provokes human aggression with its aggression. This – actually fictitious – animal causes in man hatred and the desire to kill.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Daria Kashcheeva

Loud music, hectic crowds, baby cries, car horns, rebuilding, sirens… Sometimes we want to run away… But where?

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Renee Zhan

A woman who can’t stand the passing of time sucks everyone and everything she loves inside herself to keep them with her forever. Eventually, she turns into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her dark embrace until one day, the Singularity wakes.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Heta Jäälinoja

The nuns are living melted together in happy harmony. When one nun finds a man in the garden, the harmony breaks and she loses the rhythm with others. When her dreams do not come true, she finds out that everyone in the community has their own hidden universe.

• Comedy
• Fantasy

by Jakub Dvorský

Starring a magical table and seeming infinity.

• Experimental
• Comedy
• Drama

by Leo Crane

Jay rushes to get ready for another frantic day. Armoured against the sights and sounds of the City, he races against time until a chance encounter propels him into a strange watercolour world. Here, three Nudes reveal their truth and an enigmatic Professor directs time. But will Jay dare to expose himself in order to find the clarity and connection he seeks?

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Jonathan Seligson

A ball, some brains, and a lot of fluids trigger a black comedy of sickness and mania in this true story as told by Kenneth Seligson.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Guy Charnaux

A three-act epic about a seven-year-old boy who can’t sleep, thinking about his issues. There are sounds coming from his parents’ room, some loud and disturbing noises. What could that be? A story about childhood, sex and insomnia.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragedy

by Dave Merson Hess

Broad variety of visual styles (stop motion with paper puppets, ink on paper, watercolor, and paint-on-glass) in a tribute to French and Japanese New Wave auteurs of the late ’60s.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by ITO Keigo, Keigo ITO

Surreal, slightly experimental and excellently animated film Nothing You Need to See takes place in a subway train carriage. A young passenger has got problems with his face. It is rotating on his head as a mask and constantly showing its other side. The author suffices with gentle pencil strokes and three colours to create a very original work within three minutes of running time.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot

It is bitterly cold in the inner city neighborhoods, and yet people come together. I watch them form a line on the horizon. We wait for something to happen. But nothing does. We have come together to witness an event. To participate in a spectacle. To see and be seen.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental