International Competition 3: Love me / Hate me

Director: Tessa Moult-Milewska
Technique: Stop-motion, pixelation
Duration: 9 min 35 sec
Year: 2022
Country: United Kingdom

Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings.

Director: Mahboobeh Kalaee
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 9 min 50 sec
Year: 2021
Country: Iran

Home and family, relationships, desires, wishes and everything are summarized in a kitchen. The stuttering boy is alone there, playing with his imagination.

Director: Anna Budanova
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 14 min 20 sec
Year: 2022
Country: France

Twin sisters in synchronicity live on the outskirts of a hostile forest of which they are afraid to approach. But curiosity prevails.

Director: Marta Magnuska
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 11 min 55 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Poland, Latvia

A woman is spending a lazy afternoon at home, drinking coffee. The woman’s attention is caught by the strangely regular trajectory of the fly. Gradually she finds more and more correlations and analogies between [more…]

Director: Tomasz Siwiński
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 11 min 55 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Poland

A prehistoric fish takes the first step on dry land. A cuddling T-Rex couple is about to become extinct. Meanwhile in Poland, it is 1963, and the Winter of the Century is in full swing.

Director: Špela Čadež
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 9 min
Year: 2021
Country: Slovenia

The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?

Directors: Morten Tšinakov & Lucija Mrzljak
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 16 min
Year: 2023
Country: Estonia, Croatia

It is pouring down with rain at the funeral. There are many tears, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a handful of dreams to fill in the gaps.

Director: Chloé Farr
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 8 min
Year: 2021
Country:  France

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help [more…]