Competition International Animation IV
International Animation IV
Competition
28.09.2025
, 16:30 – 18:00 hrs
| City Kino Wedding
Marjorie Caup, Olivier HéraudFrance, 2025 | 14:04 min | Stop-MotionAs flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot, co-pilot and flight attendant are startled by an unexpected knock at the door! Chaos and confusion ensue as the crew enter a long and meandering debate regarding the stranger’s fate: should they open the door, or not?
Levi StoopsBelgien, 2023 | 14:59 min | 2DJeremy and Aurora are lost at sea. In the vast openness of the ocean they are cooped up together on a small tree bark. As they fail to understand each other’s desires and boundaries, the fight for their survival and the survival of their relationship becomes a bloody mess. Will our castaways be able to grow while trying to make it back to shore, or will they lose a piece of themselves along the way?
José PratsUnited Kingdom, 2024 | 08:31 min | Stop-MotionDuring a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
Barney Thomas FaganGermany, 2026 | 03:15 min | 3DAfter stumbling upon a Marijuana shop in the desert, two young children wonder why anybody would bother smoking it. A group of friendly characters attempt to educate them but events take a dark turn after their leader is challenged.
Jadwiga KowalskaSchweiz, 2023 | 10:48 min | 2D, 3D, RotoskopieFull of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is interfused with memories and snapshots from the past.
Alexandre SousaHungary, Portugal, 2025 | 12:00 min | 2DAfter another night of insomnia, a man comes across a strange community living in his building and discovers the elaborate illusion they have created.
Yuliya TabenskaUkraine, 2025 | 02:49 min | 2D, Stop-Motion“Talk to Me” is a stop-motion animated short created by a Ukrainian artist living in Poland, who is simultaneously the author, director, set designer, and animator. The film is adapted from her original picturebook of the same title and addresses the difficult subject of depression within a family, told from a child’s perspective.
Iryna Viktorivna LytvynovaUkraine, 2025 | 03:55 min | 2DA cheerful artist wakes up to the reality of war. She tries to escape to a quiet haven, only to be met by her own destructive emotions. This is a story about struggle – and strength.
Alessio Del Pozo TemochePeru, 2025 | 11:54 min | 2DÓscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend, Jesús, no longer wants to play after falling in love with Betsa, a schoolmate. Caught between leaving childhood behind or continuing to play alone, terrorist violence erupts, forcing Óscar to grow up overnight and abandon his hometown. Forty years later, he remembers it all as he walks along the highway back to his hometown, searching for food and shelter amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Vuk JevremovicCroatia, 2024 | 04:21 min | 2DThe film is inspired by the music of the Slovenian band Laibach and the song ”Moral Support.” The film evoques the echoes of the first decades of the 20th century through artistic movements.
Lotti BauerSwitzerland, 2024 | 03:09 min | 2D, LegetrickGrand gestures, determined expressions and tight legs. Roughly collaged footballers don‘t owe each other anything and a referee loses the overview. Non-football fans love this film.
Natalia MirzoyanEstonia, 2025 | 16:22 min | Stop-MotionHelpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home – an escape that turns into a surreal nightmare.
Sameh AlaaFrance, 2025 | 10:24 min | 2DA man recounts his capillary peregrinations through his adolescence - from the barber’s trauma to his first love to the loss of his hair and eventually his father. Through this, we see a construction of a masculinity in the making.
Jenny JokelaFinland, 2025 | 11:14 min | 2DIn a world that demands community participation, individual desires inevitably collide. A group of neighbours, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another. But when small, everyday actions trigger unexpected consequences, they are forced into interactions that challenge their independence.
Marta Reis AndradePortugal, 2025 | 13:02 min | 2DA dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when my grandfather began to experience his widowhood and I was returning from London, a place where I felt lonelier than ever.
Bastien DupriezFrance, 2024 | 12:44 min | Holzkohle, Acrylfarbe, 35-mm-Film, HolzIn the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, maybe it's just an illusion, or maybe it's just the humbleness of everyday life.
