Competition New Talents I
Justin FayardFrance, 2024 | 12:49 min | 2D, Paint-on-glassOnly yesterday, dragons were coming down to see what humans were doing in their valleys. Destroying everything in their path, we cursed them, in vain.
Adina Oana EnacheItaly, 2024 | 02:28 min | 2D„An explosive love story“ is an animated short film about two hunters who fall in love. Despite their passion, they cannot bring. themselves to accept their feelings.
Carolina CruzChile, Germany, 2024 | 10:00 min | Stop Motion, Cut-outSantiago, Chile, 1985. Camila and Paula, both 7 years old, are neighbors and best friends. Living amidst sweetness and bitterness, their lives, along with those of their families and their neighborhood, are shaped by the horrors of Pinochet's military dictatorship.
Shinobu SoejimaJapan, 2024 | 11:00 min | Stop MotionIn a cave it awakes. It has the appearance of a human being, but it is nothing more than an empty puppet. As it comes into contact with insects, animals, grass, grain, and all other things in the surrounding world, it absorbs vitality and gradually becomes alive. As the boundaries between itself and others are blent, it realises the cycle of life and death.
Libi ZakIsrael, 2024 | 07:17 min | 2D, 3D, Stop MotionAfter nuclear devastation wipes out humanity, animals guided by radiant plants discover an ancient energy source in the desert. This revelation fulfills a prophecy, offering a path to righteousness and renewal as they seek to redefine their place in a world forever altered by war.
Antonio Lomas DomingoSpain, 2024 | 06:20 min | 2DIn a world where artists are tiny beings born from animals, a mockumentary explores the lives of four sisters hatched from bird eggs, who live completely isolated from civilization in what seems like an idyllic environment.
Robinson DrossosFrance, 2024 | 07:26 min | 2DEchoes is a contemplative adventure into the depths of a noisy world. Guided by a distant melody echoing through concrete and rock, we follow a character wandering in the dark. Strange places take shape in the glow of his torchlight, and the sound of water droplets on the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music, where does it come from?
TokaySwitzerland, 2025 | 09:40 min | Stop MotionInspired by an anecdote from booming Tokyo in the 1980s, the film tells the glamorous story of the real estate shark Akio Kashiwagi. Akio's great passion is illegal gambling in the underworld. An American is on his trail and tries to track down stolen money. He realizes that he can only win it back at the gambling table. The master gambler Akio accepts the challenge. However, he doesn't realize that his only really dangerous enemy in the game is himself with his insatiable greed for more and more.
