ANIMATION FESTIVAL
20.–23.5.2021 ONLINE

Junior Competition 3

Animations in this screening have age limit +12. This screening is available around the world. Duration of the screening 63 minutes. Buy your ticket here.

Neighbors

Directors: O Khe Yn & Netunaeva Alexandra
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 4 min
Year: 2020
Country: Russia

Are you also constantly annoyed by your noisy neighbors? These unbearable sounds of alarm clocks, loud music, roaring vacuum cleaner, and awful musical instruments…

The Ducks

Director: Ángela Arregui
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration : 7 min
Year: 2021
Country: Spain

An excited Mari Carmen starts her first day of work in the International Sales Department of a company. A duck has appeared on the balcony, playing around with all of Mari Carmen’s workmates and turning upside down a day.

Tadpole

Director: Jean-Claude-Rozec
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 13 min
Year: 2019
Country: France

I was very small, but I still remember it very well. Mom and Dad only saw fire, but I knew right away. The thing that was in the cradle was not my little brother. No. It was you. You already had that funny face.

The Big Crunch

Director: Benjamin Botella
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 7 min
Year: 2020
Country: France

It is winter. The snow is falling hard in the mountains. Heidi, Lucie, Léonie and Nickie, the yodeling marmots are looking for a shelter for the next 5 months, the time of their hibernation.

Hornzz

Director: Lena Franzz
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 5 min
Year: 2019
Country: Brazil

How does each choice reflect in our lives? Through Hornzz’s surreal narrative, we follow the challenges of a girl named Lu, traveling through unique experiences in a fantasy world..

WhateverTree

Director: Isaac King
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 11 min
Year: 2020
Country: Canada

Screen addiction. Species at risk. Whatever! A dead tree goes viral, attracting wildlife, a nature lover, and a crowd of online followers.

Cat’s Eye

Director: Jelizaveta Mušnikova
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 4 min
Year: 2020
Country: Estonia

A cat’s happy childhood unexpectedly ends when she falls into a river and this eye-opening experience leaves a permanent mark.

Flamenco

Director: Paulo Scatena
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 2 min
Year: 2021
Country: Germany

In a cold cave, a recluse is determined to build a fire. Amidst frustration, a flame ignites, but a rather queer one: frozen, dubious. Human and fire will only find heat when they learn what they have in common.

A Tiny Tale

Directors: Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny & Zijing Ye
Technique: 3D
Duration: 8 min
Year: 2020
Country: France

A dog gets abandoned on the side of the road. Attached to a street light, he stays alone until the day he meets a young astronaut wannabe and a professional cyclist who keeps on trying to beat [more…]

MITCH-MATCH #22

Director: Géza M. Tóth
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 2 min
Year: 2020
Country: Hungary

A blue headed matchstick embarks on a journey in every episode and always returns to the box at the end of lots of strange, playful and imaginative adventures. A single matchstick, an easy-to-use object, and at the same an opportunity for creative experiences that evokes everyone’s fantasy.