ANIMATION FESTIVAL

International Competition 2

TRACE

Director: Asparuh Petrov
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 6 min 42 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Bulgaria

А young writer dedicates his nights to hunting entangled phrases with his pen. The moment he is confronted with the pregnancy of his wife his world collapses. 

REMEMBER HOW I USED TO RIDE A WHITE HORSE

Directors: Ivana Bosnjak Volda & Thomas Johnson Volda
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 9 min 57 sec
Year: 2022
Country: Croatia

A waitress goes about her daily routine serving coffee whilst having thoughts of escaping her reality. A costumer is constantly recording and listening back to the surrounding sounds of the café and [more...]

THE RUBBINGS OF TRAJECTORIES

Director: Cheng-Hsu Chung
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Year: 2021
Country: Germany, Taiwan

The Rubbings of Trajectories is an intimate documentation about space and memory. Drawing inspiration from travelling around the globe, the film invites the viewers to slip into a person's consciousness and experience the relationship [more...]

HOLY MEN

Director: Sveti ljudi
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 10 min 46 sec
Year: 2023
Country: Croatia

In a barren land there is a lone greenhouse with four inhabitants. From a nearby lake a mysterious man emerges and goes on a motorbike hunt for living souls. 

WORLD TO ROAM

Director: Stephen Irwin
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 12 min 21 sec
Year: 2023
Country: UK

Mother and Father lay the child in his cot at the same time every night. However, come morning, only a shallow crater remains; a baby-shaped depression. The boy was destined to be a wanderer.

THE RECORD

Director: Jonathan Laskar
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 8 min 14 sec
Year: 2023
Country: Swizterland

HOME OF THE HEART

Director: Sarah Saidan
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 15 min
Year: 2022
Country: France

Omid is an Iranian immigrant who came to France with his family. One evening, in the street, he is attacked and stabbed in the heart. But Omid gets back up! At the hospital, the diagnosis is blunt: [more...]

MIRACASAS

Director: Raphaëlle Stollz & Augusto Zanovello
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 13 min 25 sec
Year: 2023
Country: Switzerland

1930s: A village in South America wanted to inaugurate its cemetery. Unfortunately, no one died. So the mayor published an ad in the region: “Looking for a corpse for the inauguration of [more...]

SALUTE TO THE SUN

Director: Darko Masnec
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 8 min 50 sec
Year: 2023
Country: Croatia

An astronaut in love orbits around the sun absorbing its energy. But the sun is too big, causing their connection to break, and the astronaut must continue on his own.