ANIMATION FESTIVAL
20.–23.5.2021 ONLINE

International competition 6: Creepy horror

Murder mysteries, park rangers and creepy ambiance. This screening is available around the world. This screening is suitable for adults only. Duration 108 minutes. Buy your tickets here.

Heart of Gold

Director: Simon Filliot
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 12 min
Year: 2020
Country: France

Who wouldn’t give their all 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 neighbor.

The Midnight Sun

Director: Connor Radding
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 12 min
Year: 2020
Country: USA

A park ranger is disoriented by her internal desire to find a missing boy. An animated short film about isolation, loss, and the search for meaning.

Wood child & Hidden forest mother

Director: Stephen Irwin
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 9 min
Year: 2020
Country: UK

Deep in the forest, a hunter encounters a strange creature he cannot kill. Caught up in a twisted tale of metamorphosis, creation and destruction, he embarks on a never-ending technicolor nigh mare, and is transported to a vibrant new world… and body.

The Expected

Director: Carolina Sandvik
Technique: Puppet animation
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2021
Country: Sweden

A man finds his pregnant partner drained of all her blood in the tub. She is moved to the bedroom where she remains confined, unable to do anything but staring and blinking. The father-to-be anxiously moves around the flat until he decides to pour the blood from the [more…]

The Portrait

Director: Agnieszka Buczyńska, Marta Mikołajczyk & Michał Barylski
Technique: Puppet animation
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2020
Country: Poland

This is a classic, romantic story of a poor painting student, Edward. Contrary to common sense, he buys a portrait painting at the market for the last money.

100,000 Acres of Pine

Director: Jennifer Alice Wright
Technique: 3D
Duration: 7 min
Year: 2020
Country: Denmark

Ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her
brother’s death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a
darkness she might not escape.

Naked

Director: Kirill Khachaturov
Technique: 3D
Duration: 15 min
Year: 2019
Country: Russia

Somewhere in Eastern Europe due to an accident in a laboratory, the hero gains superpowers that he does not want. The hero does not want to be a superhero, to save the world from villains, he wants to live as before without changing anything.

The Dead Hands of Dublin

Director: Leo Crowley
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 7 min
Year: 2020
Country: Ireland

The film tells the story of Sidney, a failed pianist who comes into the possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them he soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised! .

The Adventures of Gloria Scott: Murder in the Cathedral

Directors: Tvrtko Rašpolić & Matija Pisačić
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 16 min
Year: 2020
Country: Croatia

The early 20th century London. Famous detective Gloria Scott and her faithful companion Mary Lambert are spending a quiet evening in their office. Then, an unknown murderer kills professor Jansen at their doorstep. A new adventure awaits them.

The Surrogate

Director: Stas Santimov
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 6 min
Year: 2020
Country: Ukraine

A man destroys the nest of an unknown creepy creature. But it’s not the most horrible creature he will meet tonight.