Competition International Animation III
International Animation III
Competition
27.09.2025
, 19:00 – 20:30 hrs
| City Kino Wedding
Sandra DesmazièresFrance, Netherlands, Portugal, 2025 | 15:00 min | 2DMia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
Lucas MalbrunFrance, 2023 | 18:00 min | 2DLeipzig, 1989. Margarethe, a young punk opposed to the East German regime, is detained in a psychiatric hospital. She dreams of breaking out to join the man she loves - a punk musician named Heinrich. Though the regime's days may well be numbered, the Stasi informants are more present than ever.
Maria Trigo TeixeiraGermany, 2024 | 11:30 min | 2DFeeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away.
Markus TangreNorway, 2025 | 04:23 min | Stop-MotionNoticing her husband Ivar's new scent, Anne lies awake at night with a nagging question: should she leave him?
Zarja MenartSlovenia, 2024 | 08:18 min | LegetrickA wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.
Jon FrickeyGermany, 2025 | 15:08 min | 2D, 3D"If it keeps starting over, it must be forever", says the white moth. But a gentle whisper breathes in each dawn, "one day, all days will be gone". “Ploo” blends attributes of vector graphics and screen display technology with the human condition.
Chantal PetenBelgium, 2025 | 05:54 min | 2DThe contest is called "Payday," and Chantal is in a rush because she clearly has a lot to say on the subject. For once, she ticks all the boxes: director, woman... She's ready to start taking notes, drawing... But very quickly, her everyday reality comes rushing back.
Maxim LitvinovRussian Federation, 2024 | 03:54 min | 2DWe see a number of vessels containing various scents, graphically represented as plants, animals or abstract figures. The vessels open one by one and reveal their scents.
Luisa ZürcherSwitzerland, 2025 | 10:03 min | 2DInsight into the filmmaker's stay in hospital, where she repeatedly experiences absurd, funny moments between pain, homesickness and disgust of her own body. Meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with the hospital's own procedures and hierarchies. An emotional trip through the long underground corridors of the hospital with lots of small talk and tubes.
María Cristina Pérez GonzálezUnited States, 2025 | 10:20 min | 2DTwo sisters confront their troubled relationship while one struggles with an unexplained entity inhabiting her body, leading to revelations about their shared past.
Aleta RajicBosnia and Herzegovina, 2024 | 03:17 min | 2DA seemingly naive turn of events leads to a disastrous one. Flight of wings leading all the way to World War 1.
Gina KamentskyUnited States, 2026 | 04:45 min | Malen und Zeichnen auf FilmI don't know much about truth but I do know how to obey. And that's what I love to do; kiss ass, roll over, play dead.
Louise BongartzBelgium, 2023 | 10:06 min | Stop-MotionA young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind...
Milán KopaszHungary, 2026 | 02:53 min | Stop-MotionA playful, sound-driven stop motion short about the creative process: from the first spark, through flow, to the perfect idea and what follows, accompanied by an unusual choir.
Mykyta LyskovUkraine, 2025 | 20:00 min | 2DThe events of the movie unfold in modern Ukraine. A child is born into a poor family, the parents do everything possible to survive, but just when the crisis reaches its peak, a new danger flares up.
Morgan MillerUSA, 2024 | 03:50 min | 2DThe plight of a British police officer (voiced by Brian Croucher) nudged outside of reality when a meta mishap occurs during a bank robbery
Samuel PattheySwitzerland, 2024 | 14:47 min | 2DDan 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.
