International Competition IV

ACTEON - France 2013, 6', dir: Elodie Bouedec, Florence Miailhe, Mathilde Philippon-Aginski, prod: Les Films de l'Arlequin

Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, is bathing naked in the river with her female companions when she is surprised by Actaeon. To punish him, Diana turns him into a stag. He will then be devoured by his own dogs.

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HUNGER - Croatia 2014, 6', dir: Petra Zlonoga, prod: Bonobostudio

Everything that is alive is hungry; seed is hungry for light, bird is hungry for flight, man is hungry for the touch of another. The seed of longing grows into what feeds us.

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TO THY HEART - Poland 2013, 10', dir: Ewa Borysewicz, prod: Animaso

There's a candy bubble gum, there's a swing, so there must be love as well, somewhere. A secular litany and a story of a relationship, resounding through a tower block estate.

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WONDER - Japan, France 2014, 8', dir: Mirai Mizue, prod: Calf, CaRTe bLaNChe

The 365-second animation consists of 8760 sequences of pictures, all in different shape and colour, hand-drawn by the director, every day for 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by an abstract animated film creator in a digital era.

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MAN MEETS WOMAN - Russia 2014, 16', dir: Dmitry Geller, prod: School-Studio

A man meets a woman, and the more he learns about her the more barriers arise between them...

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MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS - UK 2014, 9', dir: Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson, prod: Digicult & Hopscotch Flms

Inspired by love, a misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon.

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SOOT - Portugal 2014, 14', dir: David Doutel, Vasco Sá, prod: Bando à Parte

It's like soot that rests on the walls of our head.

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RAINY DAYS - Latvia, Canada 2014, 8', dir: Vladimir Leschiov, prod: Lunohod, National Film Board of Canada

The elderly Japanese man visits a strange island, where he disappears in his own memories.

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PHANTOM LIMB - Australia 2013, 4', dir: Alex Grigg, prod: Late Night Work Club

After a motorcycle accident that leaves her without an arm, a young woman seems to be doing relatively fine, but her boyfriend isn't handling it so well. Phantom Limb Syndrome affects the person whose body is still intact, but whose mind begins playing cruel tricks on him.

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THE HIGH HEEL HIGH - Finland 2013, 8', dir: Chrzu

"The High Heel High" is an animated documentary about a young Finnish woman and her passion for high heels.