Competition International Animation II

  • Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza
    Argentina, 2024 | 11:10 min | 2D
    Martín, 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 Kantor
    Israel, 2023 | 02:08 min | 2D
    Red Light, Green Light, a children's game, affects the routine of a girl who rushes with her dog to reach her destination.
  • Alexey Evstigneev
    Frankreich, 2024 | 12:10 min | 2D
    In 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”.
  • Delia Hess
    Schweiz, 2024 | 07:11 min | 2D
    A 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.
  • Alex Rey
    Spain, 2024 | 06:21 min | 2D
    Hayao Miyazaki, the great animation-films director, has announced his retirement. But the muses of inspiration have other plans for him…
  • Marta Monteiro
    Portugal, 2023 | 09:50 min | 2D
    A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
  • Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo
    Mexico, 2024 | 08:51 min | Stop-Motion
    Dolores, a seven-year-old girl who just wants to play, is chased by a fire demon and unexpectedly falls into a dark grave.
  • Martinus Klemet
    Estonia, 2024 | 09:00 min | 2D
    Julia works as a dog food tester. However, after a breakup, dog food will never taste the same.
  • Alexey Sukhov
    Russian Federation, 2024 | 13:42 min | 2D, 3D, Rotoskopie
    Victor, 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 Teeuwisse
    Netherlands, 2024 | 02:31 min | 2D, Stop-Motion
    At 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.