Competition films screening; film with the number of votes by the audience enters the International Competition.
Jet Lag, Dustin Morrow, United States 2024, 5’35’’
“Jet Lag” uses rotoscope animation and a stylized airline safety brochure aesthetic to adapt Christopher Schaberg's “Airportness: The Nature of Flight”. The film explores the simple concept of "waiting in an airport," reflecting on modern air travel and everyday life - struggles with time, space, and relationships. With a playful, stream-of-consciousness narration, it captures the complex emotions of air travel: waiting, confusion, departure anxiety, and the relief of arrival.
Stampfer Dreams, Thomas Renoldner, Austria 2024, 11’50’’
Homage to scientist Simon Stampfer, all animated sequences are based on his Optical Magic Discs, presented in Vienna in 1833. Three dreams depict young Simon’s visions of future developments in technology and art from 19th century to the present day.
Feel like home, Aneta Siurnicka, Poland 2024, 5’40’’
"Feel Like Home" is an animated short inspired by voice recordings from people around the world, sharing their thoughts on what home means to them, often moving away from the traditional idea of a permanent place. These diverse perspectives shape the narrative, following a female character as she journeys through imaginative landscapes in search of her own definition of home.
The Bear and the Bird / L'Ourse et l'Oiseau, Marie Caudry, France 2024, 26’34’’
In the North, winter is approaching. Bear is thinking about her friend Bird who has migrated to the South. Instead of hibernating like she does every year, she decides to travel across the world to join him.
Thoughts during meditation / Tankar under meditation, Thomas Costa Freté, Sweden 2024, 4’24’’
A man is trying to meditate but keep getting interrupted by his own thoughts.
Pear Garden / Baghe Golabi, Shadab Shayegan, Germany 2024, 7’04’’
Six years old Lily visits her grandmother after grandma had a mastectomy and doesn’t have breasts anymore. At night, Lily finds out that the shadow of grandma has the breasts, Lily follows her and tries to get the breasts back for her grandma.
Society of Clothes / Les Gens dans l’Armoire, Dahee Jeong, France 2024, 15’09’’
In a strange universe, where people have clothes but no body, comes a girl who has a body but no clothes.
My good boy, Sara Priorelli, Hungary 2024, 5’56’’
The ambiguous relationship between a woman, her dog and her partner.
