Have a Nice Dog!
Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in his fantasies of fleeing and the inner dialogues with his dog.
JALAL MAGHOUT
Germany, Syria 2020, 13:00 Min.
Mixed media, Frame-by-frame, Drawn on paper, 2D computer
Screenplay: Jalal Maghout
Music: Dascha Dauenhauer
Editor: Jalal Maghout
Animation: Jalal Maghout
Producer: Karsten Matern
School: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
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Un Coeur d’Or (Heart of Gold)
Who wouldn’t give everything for a child? A mother sees an opportunity to escape the hardships of a life of poverty by selling her organs to a sick, very rich, elderly neighbour. And she hands over her own flesh in exchange for gold. Little by little, necessity gives way to a craving for more gold.
SIMON FILLIOT
France 2020, 12:45 Min.
Puppet animation
Screenplay: Simon Filliot, Morgan Simon
Music: Léonie Pernet
Editor: Jean-Marie Le Rest
Animation: Gilles Coirier, Marion Le Guillou, Julia Peguet, Souad Wedell
Producer: Jean-François Bigot, Camille Raulo
Production: JPL Films
World sales: JPL Films
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Carrousel
Rose grows up with her snails in the park. Their park. One day she is attacked by intruders. Or is it the other way around? A film about dehumanization.
JASMINE ELSEN
Belgium, Czech Republic 2020, 10:13 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Jasmine Elsen
Music: Vahe Grigorjan
Editor: Jasmine Elsen
Animation: Jasmin Elsen, Annechien Strouven, Gitte Teuwen, Jeroen Ceulebrouck, Martina Svojikova, Martin Smatana, Sofie Vandenabeele, Sofie Vermeir, Flore Van Holderbeke
Production: Animal Tank
World sales: Miyu Distribution
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Sad Beauty
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
ARJAN BRENTJES
Netherlands 2020, 9:50 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Arjan Brentjes
Music: Arjan Brentjes
Animation: Arjan Brentjes
Distribution: KLIK! Distribution Service
World sales: SND Films
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Only a Child
“Only a Child“ is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. A film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.
SIMONE GIAMPAOLO
Switzerland 2020, 6:00 Min.
Stop trick, Live action
Music: Flavio Gargano
Editor: Simone Giampaolo
Animation: Brunner & Meyer, N. Christen, E. Davaud, P. Graf, P. Hofmänner, O. Iten, M. Müller, S. Nappez, M. Perreten, A. Schneider, Tiny Giant, Walkingframes, I. Walthert
Producer: Gabriella de Gara
Production: AMKA Films Productions
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Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic
An animated extravaganza of plastic collected from beaches, roadsides, attics and junk shops. This is an elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has enslaved our planet: plastic.
PAUL BUSH
Denmark, United Kingdom 2020, 7:00 Min.
Stop trick
Screenplay: Paul Bush
Music: Andy Cowton
Animation: Paul Bush, Christophe Peladan, Philip Piaget, Shinobu Soejima
Producer: Paul Bush, Lana Tankosa Nikolic
Production: Late Love Productions
World sales: Autour de Minuit
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Friend of a Friend
A young man is sexually abused and subdues, punishes and befriends his own attacker as he grapples with his past and the ambiguities of sexuality. Part fiction, part factual account, part autobiography and part dream – “Friend of a Friend“ seeks to broaden the debate about
abuse to include issues such as the dynamic between survivors and assailants.
ZACHARY ZEZIMA
France 2019, 14:05 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Zachary Zezima
Music: Arthur Daraine
Animation: Zachary Zezima, Angela Stempel
Producer: Ron Dyens
World sales: Sacrebleu Productions
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Incomplete Woman
One day, the dismembered body of a woman is found. Apart from her lower body and the left hand all body parts have disappeared without a trace and no evidence of any intrusion can be found. So her lower body and the left hand start searching for the others that have left because they hate each other so much.
SU-YOUNG HUH
South Korea 2020, 10:05 Min.
Drawn on paper, 2D computer
Screenplay: Su-Young Huh
Animation: Hee-Sik Jang, Ji-Hyeon Kim,Eun-a Yeo
Producer: Su-Young Huh
World sales: KIAFA – Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association / AniSEED
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Affairs of the Art
How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn’s and Les Mills’ “Affairs of the Art“, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
JOANNA QUINN, LES MILLS
Canada 2020, 16:25 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Les Mills
Music: Benjamin Talbott of John Hardy Music
Editor: Mia Rose Goddard
Animation: Joanna Quinn, James Nutting
Producer: Les Mills
Production: Beryl Productions International
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Pracka (Washing Machine)
Wash and love.
ALEXANDRA MÁJOVÁ
Czech Republic 2020, 5:02 Min.
2D computer
Screenplay: Martin Máj, Alexandra Májová
Editor: Michal Reich
Animation: Alexandra Májová
Producer: Alexandra Májová
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