Competition New Talents III
Anastázie RainischováCzech Republic, 2025 | 07:29 min | 2D, Stop-MotionA short, animated film about the desire to flee from a place where we are always within reach. Constantly surrounded by information, sounds, and images. Switching and combining the reality of overwhelm against a tranquil, magical carefree oasis. But can one truly escape?
Evridiki PapaiakovouEstonia, 2024 | 04:24 min | 2DRemembering is a fluid affair. A daughter tries to reconcile with her mother through memories of their shared rituals, exposing the intricate aspects of their relationship. As the daughter matures, she begins to contemplate conventional notions of divinity. The blank frames of the 35mm strip regain their function as memorabilia in the process of engraving her past onto its surface.
Giulia FalcianiGermany, Italy, 2024 | 06:05 min | 2D, Stop-Motion, KneteAn important sensory organ, the eye, is damaged. The exhausting healing process takes us on an inner journey full of pain, fragility and mental unrest, in which even superstition and witchcraft seem to have an influence on recovery.
Chen MaUnited Kingdom, 2024 | 05:57 min | 2D"The Self and The Other" is an experimental film inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s play No Exit. Through abstract visuals, the film delves into Sartre’s theory of the Self and the Other, manipulating audience perception to construct a fluid narrative. It creates a perceptual game where the power of interpretation lies with the audience.
Daniel Sterlin-AltmanGermany, 2024 | 13:08 min | Stop-MotionA mother and son navigate their lust and loneliness in the queerest of ways.
Chih-Chen HsuJapan, 2025 | 04:12 min | 2DCandles are flickering. In the dark, endless dreamscape, where do I find myself?
Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Loïck Du Plessis d’Argentré, Sofiia ChuikovskaFrance, 2024 | 08:56 min | 2DHélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the French countryside. But her mother isn't being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden...
Ferdinand EhrhardtGermany, 2024 | 12:50 min | Stop-MotionA constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it's the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.
