Pandemic Animation

Quarantine

A short film about coping with self-isolation. The attenuation of the external noise that results from the isolation gives us enough peace to finally listen to our inner voice. Hello me, it’s nice to meet you.

IVAN ANDREEVSKI
Macedonia 2020, 4:45 Min.
3D Computer
Screenplay: Ivan Andreevski, Mihail Naumov, Jakob Neeland, Ljubomir Sazdovski
Animation: Ivan Andreevski, Mihail Naumov

Empty Places

„Empty Places“ was completed before the global lockdown and is an ode to the melancholy of the machines

GEOFFROY DE CRÉCY
France 2020, 8:28 Min
3D Computer
Screenplay: Geoffroy de Crécy
Editor: Geoffroy de Crécy, Jane Chagnon
Animation: Geoffroy de Crécy, Arnaud de Mullenheim
Sound: Baptiste Boucher
Producer: Nicolas Schmerkin

Jeijay

“Jeijay” starts where most romance films end. The film is about two people who try to suppress the slow but unstoppable decline of their relationship. Trapped in the isolation of her small apartment, the facade of her happy love life is crumbling more and more.

PETRA STIPETIC, MAREN WIESE
Germany 2021, 7:45 Min.
Stop Trick, Puppet Animation, Mixed Media, Drawing Animation, 3D Computer, 2D Computer
Animation: Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese
Visual Effects: Yannick Stark
Music: Thomas Hoehl
Sound: Christian Wittmoser

Forever

A life insurance provider uses an AI algorithm to determine the risk of a new applicant. The subsequent rejection triggers a phase of self-reflection in the person concerned.

MITCH McGLOCKLIN
USA 2020, 7:23 Min.
3D Computer
Actor: Mitch McGlocklin, Jeanette Bonds
Animation: Mitch McGlocklin
Visual Effects: Mitch McGlocklin
Music: Nakul Tiruviluamala
Producer: Mitch McGlocklin

Anatomie eines Weltverständnisses

(Anatomy Of A Worldview)

Mr Wamperl did not water Mr Bäuchle’s orchid. In order to escape responsibility, he weaves an ever wider and more confused web of lies and conspiracy theories, in which he finally gets caught himself.

ALEXANDER FISCHER (PESKADOR)
Germany, Austria 2020, 3:04 min
Puppet Animation, Livefilm
Screenplay: Alexander Fischer (Peskador),Lorenzo Schicho
Editor: Alexander Fischer (Peskador)
Animation: Sebastian Bobik, Alexander Fischer (Peskador)
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Candela

Ms. Candela spends the last days of her life in a dying suburb of a big city.

MARC RIBA, ANNA SOLANAS
Spain 2020, 11:35 Min.
Stop Trick, Puppet Animation
Screenplay: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas
Camera: Anna Molins
Editor: Sergi Martí
Animation: Núria Riba, Claudi Sorribas
Visual Effects: Marc Riba
Music: Xavi Lloses
Sound: Anna Solanas
Producer: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas

Black Snot & Golden Squares

A little something for worried souls.

IRINA RUBINA
Germany 2020, 1:09 Min.
2D Computer
Animation: R. Gavrilov, S. Melnik, Y. Pysmak, I. Rubina, J. Schwenk, A. Sharapov, P. Ziółkowska
Visual Effects: Viktor Stickel
Sound: Luis Schöffend
Producer: Irina Rubina

La increíble vacuna del Dr. Dickinson
(The Amazing Vaccine of Doctor Dickinson)

The year 2024. Mankind continues to fight the coronavirus. Countries in chaos, economies ruined. Yet a young doctor of molecular biology, Doctor Dickinson, is about to change the fate of mankind forever.

ALEX REY
Spain 2020, 14:51 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Alex Rey
Camera: Alex Rey
Editor: Alex Rey
Actor: Alex Rey
Animation: Alex Rey
Visual Effects: Alex Rey
Sound: Alex Rey

Ku Je Tani? (Where Are You Now?)

A father sends his filmmaker son voice messages with good wishes. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he is in self-isolation far from home.

ENEOS ÇARKA
Hungary 2020, 8:05 Min.
3D Computer
Screenplay: Eneos Çarka, Milto Çarka
Editor: Eneos Çarka
Animation: Stivi Imami
School: SZFE Budapest

Words Of Boredom

The feeling of boredom. Everyone knows it and yet there is a different description for it in every language. The short film “Words of Boredom” visualizes proverbs around the topic of boredom. In a montage of various bizarre scenes, the film shows how people in different languages ​​express the feeling of boredom.

MANUEL HOPPE, NATASCHA JOKIC, SIMON SCHÄFFELER
Germany 2020, 3:25 Min.
2D Computer
Animation: Manuel Hoppe, Natascha Jokic, Simon Schäffeler
Music: Tobias Jilg
Sound: Manuel Hoppe, Simon Schäffeler, Natascha Jokic

An die Ärzte und Krankenpfleger
(To: The Doctors and Nurses)

200 years have passed since the cholera era in the 19th century and the present day of Corona, but in Iran the attitudes of those in power towards medicine have not changed much.

MARTIN PFLANZER
Germany 2020, 8:39 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Ayeda Alavie
Animation: Martin Pflanzer

WYH

Every day I hear a strange song in my head and hands dance a strange hygiene ballet to it. Now you can hear and see it too.

FLORIAN GROLIG
Germany 2020, 0:58 Min.
3D Computer, 2D Computer
Animation: Florian Grolig
Music: Thomas Hoehl
Producer: Florian Grolig

Sad Beauty

In a heavily polluted world, a young woman laments the disappearance of biodiversity. When she becomes sick from a bacterial infection, it seems that nature is sending her a message in her hallucinations.

ARJAN BRENTJES
Netherlands 2020, 9:50 Min.
2D Computer
Screenplay: Arjan Brentjes
Animation: Arjan Brentjes
Music: Arjan Brentjes
Sound: Bob Kommer

Right Now

“Right Now” is a (very) short film about a shared moment and a meditation on the fact that if 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we are all in it together.

GIANT ANT
Canada 2020, 1:41 Min.
Drawing Animation, 2D Computer
Screenplay: Jay Grandin
Animation: E. Cheung, S. Chou, J. Fast, D. MacLean, B. Ommundson, F. Valesini, C. Whelan
Music: Ambrose Yu
Producer: Teresa Toews