Macaroni Moon (mus. The Rare Occasions), Stefano Bertelli, Italy 2024, 3’10’’
A frog and a cow experience a fantastic love.
De Imperio, Alessandro Novelli, Portugal 2023, 13’15’’
During a peaceful night, a group of fugitives tries to find its way to the center of the building, where the entire resistance is gathering. Evading the surveillance, they go through the rooms of the Giants and witness their macabre routines.
Toute seule dans son pull (mus. Rien Faire), Rémi Richarme, France 2023, 5’49’’
Inspired by Norman Mclaren films.
Esca, Felice Ronzon, France 2024, 6’41’’
On a rainy day, two schoolgirls from opposite boarding schools meet. Under the immobile gaze of two giant statues, they begin to lose track of time, as the rain seems never to stop…
Sabana y banano (mus. Ëda Diaz), Juliette Laboria, France 2024, 3’24’’
A woman is sound asleep, when ... Her alarm rings, her phone buzzes and the sun rises ! She only wants one thing: to sleep. Again and again. This is when she dives headfirst into a strange dream full of real illusions.
Voiceless, Samuel Patthey, Switzerland 2024, 15’23’’
Dan is a young man who spends a lot of time in his flat. His routine is always accompanied by electronic music pumping through his headphones. But when he steps outside, he feels disconnected from the world around him and only finds solace in nightclubs. Techno music and drugs transport him to a world where he can be himself, where he feels free. One day, he catches the eye of a baby which will change his perception of the world around him.
Bob Dylan's Big Dick (mus. Frank & Beans), Chris Lambourne, United Kingdom 2024, 2’52’’
Music video for Frank & Beans' song 'Bob Dylan's Big Dick' A man goes for a drink, but is stalked by the manifestation of his grotesque masculinity.
States of Matter, Marvin Hauck, Netherlands 2024, 6’59’’
“States of Matter” is an abstract and experimental strata-cut animation crafted entirely from wax and paper. It invites viewers on a meditative exploration of materiality, textures, and movements.
Freeride in C, Edmunds Jansons, Latvia 2024, 10’12’’
The white tranquility of mountains is disturbed by colorful winter sports enthusiasts who enjoy downhill skiing. The short film is an audiovisual experience, an abstract dance of freedom that reflects the joy and fragility of being.
Au coeur du son, Marie Larrive, Lucas Malbrun, France 2024, 4’30’’
“Au cœur du son" is a journey of initiation, an artistic wandering, a kind of daydream that Marie and Lucas try to embody with visual codes, like in Murnau's Nosferatu, where without a word, the extreme attraction of the two protagonists is felt in the smallest of our cells, right up to the tragic fate that awaits them.
Legion (mus. Gruzja), Kamil Wójcik, Cat Kaczmarek, Poland 2024, 5’00’’
The Polish '90s were a difficult time for an eight-year-old. Dark school corridors, gloomy housing estates. Gray. Desperation. The solution seems to be to escape to colorful virtual world of computer games. But the catechist doesn't approve of it. Games are bad - they will destroy you! That's what he says. The games are a lie. The devil is lurking in games. They cannot be trusted. Can not trust no one. Even more so a masked figure with bandages on his face.
She dolls with dollies / Sie puppt mit Puppen, Karin Fisslthaler, Austria 2024, 2’43’’
The video work “Sie puppt mit Puppen/ She dolls with Dollies” was created as a visual interpretation of the piece by vocalist, singer, and composer Anna Clementi and sound researcher, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Stern. Their album "DOPPELMOPPEL - Poems by Kurt Schwitters", capturing the spirit of Schwitters' "Merz-Gesamtweltbild", was released in September 2024 by Corvo Records/Berlin. Fascinated by the poetry of the famous German MERZ/DADA artist Kurt Schwitters, the duo began a decades-long artistic exploration and intensive collaboration. They transformed Schwitters' poems into contemporary electronic sounds, from poetry readings to unconventional melodies and experimental sound-poetry eruptions. The visual execution avoids illustrating the text and attempts a visual composition using individual images, stop-motion, and various forms of collage created under the camera.
Dark Mystery Enigma Bird (mus. Nap Eyes), Jordan Minkoff, Canada 2024, 4’57’’
On an idyllic summers day, a group of friends roll through a world beyond their wildest dreams and onto their dinner reservations.
Just Little Imps / São Só Diabretes, Students from Highschool of Escola Básica Maria Pais Ribeiro - A Ribeirinha, Leonor Pacheco, Dimitrije Mihajlovic, Portugal 2023, 3’07’’
A little girl struggles to fall asleep, but every time she closes her eyes, small impish creatures appear from the darkness.
Calling My Existence (mus. Gregor Kocjančič), Gregor Kocjančič, Slovenia 2023, 4’31’’
The music video and song are about the authors self-exploration and search for his meaning of existence through a phone call with his dreamworld.
