Competition International Animation II
International Animation II
Competition
27.09.2025
, 13:00 – 14:30 hrs
| City Kino Wedding
Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad DnewarEgypt, 2025 | 14:57 min | 2D, Live ActionMy Brother, My Brother explores the past live, shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them. A fragmented world of memories and dreams emerges, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, present and past, Omar and Wesam.
Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio PlazaArgentina, 2024 | 11:10 min | 2DMartín, a young urban raver, becomes entangled in a strange accident on the road while heading to a party in the middle of the Argentine Pampas. Finding refuge in a mysterious countryside tavern and taken in by two strangers, Martín's paranoia begins to take hold of him. As the hours pass, his perception starts to distort, unleashing unsettling visions that will lead him to confront the supernatural forces lurking in the night.
Tal KantorIsrael, 2023 | 02:08 min | 2DRed Light, Green Light, a children's game, affects the routine of a girl who rushes with her dog to reach her destination.
Alexey EvstigneevFrankreich, 2024 | 12:10 min | 2DIn 1934, Professor Vangengheim is condemned to the Gulag on the Solovki. As he pretends to be on a grand voyage of exploration, he crafts imaginative tales in letters to his daughter Eleonora, shielding her from the truth of his sentencing as a "traitor to the motherland”.
Maryna DovhanychUkraine, 2026 | 01:49 min | 2D40 years ago, this pine forest saw the Apocalypse. It resurrected once, but will it be able to resurrect after another Apocalypse?
Delia HessSchweiz, 2024 | 07:11 min | 2DA young woman is stuck in the waiting line of a telephone hotline... a surreal episodic short film about the absurdities of urban life and the feeling of paralysing stagnation.
Damir dado ŠušaCroatia, 2025 | 09:08 min | Stop-Motion...How the space forces of a small country headed to the newly discovered planet New Paradise as part of a space exploration program
Alex ReySpain, 2024 | 06:21 min | 2DHayao Miyazaki, the great animation-films director, has announced his retirement. But the muses of inspiration have other plans for him…
Alex MaximovBelarus, 2025 | 05:11 min | 2D, LegetrickSome places in the world are better for business than others. And with the right skills, you don’t just meet demand – you create it.
Alice Eça GuimarãesPortugal, 2025 | 12:24 min | 2DIt's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape.
Alina MilkinaNetherlands, 2026 | 05:36 min | 2DTamara, a middle-aged immigrant woman, works as a metro cleaner. Her daily routine is interspersed by memories of her past life filled with dancing. One day, she breaks social norms by dancing in a subway car, shedding her invisibility and reclaiming her identity.
Cecilia Andalón DelgadilloMexico, 2024 | 08:51 min | Stop-MotionDolores, a seven-year-old girl who just wants to play, is chased by a fire demon and unexpectedly falls into a dark grave.
Mira YankovaBulgaria, 2025 | 06:23 min | 2DBefore our very eyes a strange human-bird hybrid undergoes constant transformation to cope with the omnipresent tensions of economical, ideological, military, and climatic threats.
Martinus KlemetEstonia, 2024 | 09:00 min | 2DJulia works as a dog food tester. However, after a breakup, dog food will never taste the same.
Pieter SamynBelgium, Netherlands, 2025 | 13:43 min | 2DAt an art fair, a body is discovered with four stab wounds. Commissioner Ziggurat and Lieutenant Le Bon investigate the case, but without success. A facial composite of a suspicious canvas – drawn by a mechanical agent - eventually helps them on their way. They set a trap with a conceptual art manifesto as bait. The ruse works: the suspicious canvas shows up, but escapes. During the ensuing chase, commissioner Ziggurat disables the canvas with a crossbow. The 'perpetrator', an art student, is not arrested. According to Ziggurat, bad art is the real culprit.
Alexey SukhovRussian Federation, 2024 | 13:42 min | 2D, 3D, RotoskopieVictor, at the request of his wife, goes for a pipe cleaning liquid “The Mole”. On the way, he reflects and philosophizes, but a sudden incident leads him to a memory loss. Thus, a series of events is launched in which the hero is forced to try on different essences of the word Mole.
Wiep TeeuwisseNetherlands, 2024 | 02:31 min | 2D, Stop-MotionAt a street corner in the city, a pile of discarded trash gathers around two garbage containers. An old mattress sadly begins to tell its story. Gradually, other pieces of trash join in, sharing the reasons why they were thrown away. Suddenly, a newspaper is caught by the wind and seems to dance in the glow of a streetlamp. This image inspires the waste to see themselves in a new, positive light. From their enthusiasm, a spectacular show of song and dance unfolds.
