Fantoche, the international festival for animated film, took place for the 21st time in Baden from 5 to 10 September 2023. The ‘Best Of Fantoche 2023’ brings together those films that received awards from the professional juries or were chosen as favourite films by the festival audience. Whether artistically daring or unconventionally narrated, whether made with the latest techniques or in the classic craft of animation – the colourful world of animated film is full of visual and content-related surprises.
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
An autumn day and the first winter night in the high mountains: it is hunting season. The paths of animals and humans cross and fade away. Swathes of mist blur the boundaries between dream, imagination and reality.
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the folds and fabrics of her old uniform.
An old woman is carrying her shopping bags A child with a gun on his back riding a scooter Birds are flying A city is falling A party is lit
After stepping sock first into a puddle under her fridge, Jeanie realises that her freezer is completely frozen over. While hacking at the ice, she discovers a single shrimp that transforms into an embryo. She gets scared as the items in her fridge also gradually come to life until the freezer bursts open, transporting Jeanie into her subconscious where she finally faces her fear of pregnancy.
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Bean-TOBO struggles to feel in sync with his loving community of friends.