BLOCK 2
Saturday, 8. October, 20pm
The Better Angels / / Die besseren Engel
Australia / 2021 / Animation / 12 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
A young soldier tries to escape the horrors of war. He finds an abandoned house and within its walls the stories of what might have been.
Director: Michael Cusack, Producer: Richard Chataway,
Script: Michael Cusack, DoP: Richard Chataway ACS,
Editor: Marty Pepper, Sound: Justin Astbury, Music: Sean Timms / Jacques Offenbach
Michael Cusack has been an animator for over 45 years and in that time has produced many award-winning stop-motion short films. The poignantly beautiful "Better Angels" is his latest film. He was recently honoured with a major retrospective of his work at the Melbourne International Animation Film Festival.
BLOCK 6
Monday, 10. October, 20pm
Metallo /
France / 2021 / Animation / 12 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
A retired miner lives alone in his long-disused pit. When strangers suddenly appear and disturb his peace, he embarks on a lonely and mystical journey into the depths of the mine.
Director: Calvin Antoine Blandin, Producer: Marc Jousset,
Script: Calvin Antoine Blandin, DoP: -,
Editor: Calvin Antoine Blandin, Sound: Yann Lacan, Music: Perig Villerbu
Calvin Antoine Blandin directs animated films. He took a Bachelor of Science degree in Caen, moved to Paris and then to Angoulême in 2008 to study at EMCA Animation School. In his films, he questions our relationship with reality and seeks to emphasize its porosity by exploring the proximity between emotion and perception.
BLOCK 6
Monday, 10. October, 20pm
Emmen am See / Emmen by the Lake /
Switzerland / 2021 / Animation / 4 min
OT German / UT English
Dreaming up a world to your liking: In the hot summer of Emmen, a desolate industrial suburb of Lucerne in Switzerland, someone is looking for relaxation and a cool place. An unexpected transformation is going to take place between asphalt, concrete and a military airfield.
Director: Anja Sidler, Andrea Schneider, Delia Hess, Producer: Papierboot,
Script: Anja Sidler, Andrea Schneider, Delia Hess, DoP: Anja Sidler, Andrea Schneider, Delia Hess,
Editor: Anja Sidler, Andrea Schneider, Delia Hess, Sound: Beat Portmann, Music: Landsteiner (Beat Portmann)
Anja Sidler, Andrea Schneider and Delia Hess are Papierboot, an animation collective from Lucerne (Switzerland). With a lot of enthusiasm they create commissioned works as well as their own short film projects. "Emmen am See" is their first joint festival contribution.
BLOCK 7
Tuesday, 11. October, 18pm
Un caillou dans la chaussure / A Stone in the Shoe / Ein Stein im Schuh
France, Switzerland / 2020 / Animation / 11 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
A frog with bad memories of a surveillance state comes into a rabbit class and – surprise – appears different, ridiculous and awkward. He slips away into the more beautiful world of his dreams. But then he makes friends and can even help the duck, who one day arrives equally lost at the school gates. Alienness and acceptance, loneliness and friendship are the themes of this film.
Director: Eric Montchaud, Producer: Luc Camilli,
Script: Eric Montchaud, DoP: Nadine Buss,
Editor: Santi Minasi, Sound: Loic Burkhardt, Music: Pierre Bastien
Eric Montchaud studied at La Poudriere Animation Film School. His first film, "The Smell of Wet Dog", was self-produced. He has worked as an animator for TV series and short films and animated some scenes for the films "The Science of Sleep" and "Mood Indigo" by Michel Gondry.
BLOCK 7
Tuesday, 11. October, 18pm
Confusion Will Be My Epitaph / / Verwirrung wird mein Totengedicht sein
France / 2021 / Animation / 5 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
A little girl with a dog observes what is going on in the mortuary house. Everything seems mysterious, depressing and threatening. Death is inconceivable, dark and incomprehensible, as are the actions of the mourners. Or is it the dead themselves walking around? Then everything starts to dissolve. The girl can only look, the dog only bark.
Director: Hadrien Maton, Coline Thelliez, Arnaud Mege, Benjamin Germe, Marine Beasse, Corentin Cormont, Producer: Carlos De Carvalho (Pôle 3D),
Script: Hadrien Maton, Coline Thelliez, Arnaud Mege, Benjamin Germe, Marine Beasse, Corentin Cormont, DoP: Hadrien Maton,
Editor: Hadrien Maton, Sound: Pierre-Antoine Naline, Hadrien Maton, Music: Pierre-Antoine Naline
Hadrien Maton, Coline Thelliez, Arnaud Mege, Benjamin Germe, Marine Beasse and Corentin Cormont have graduated from Pôle 3D School in Roubaix, France. In 2021, they co-directed the short film "Confusion will be my Epitaph".
BLOCK 7
Tuesday, 11. October, 18pm
Loop /
Spain, Argentina / 2021 / Animation / 8 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
Again, again and over again. Life in our society pictured as an endless loop of repeated, mostly meaningless actions. Lives driven not into the ground but around in circles. There is no other way. Anything deviant will be monitored, persecuted and brought back on track.
Director: Pablo Polledri, Producer: Iván Miñambres,
Script: Pablo Polledri, DoP: Leire Acha,
Editor: Pablo Polledri, Sound: Rafael del Campo, Music: Joseba Beristain
Pablo Polledri is a prolific filmmaker who has created a multitude of animation pieces, always working independently. Considered one of the most outstanding animators of Argentina, he looks back at an extensive filmography as well as a multitude of commercial works for international brands.
BLOCK 12
Thursday, 13. October, 20pm
Les larmes de la Seine / The Seine's tears / Die Tränen der Seine
France / 2021 / Animation / 8 min
OT French / UT German
Paris, 17th October 1961: Hundreds of thousands of Algerians demonstrate against the curfew imposed by the police prefecture. Kamel is there and captures the events on his film camera.
Director: Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, Producer: Carlos De Carvalho (Pôle 3D),
Script: Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, DoP: Yanis Belaid, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente,
Editor: Yanis Belaid, Sound: Lisa Vicente, Music: Ibrahim Maalouf, Pierre-Antoine Naline, Luis Galceran
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer and Alice Letailleur have graduated from the Pôle 3D school in Roubaix, France. In 2021, they co-directed the short film "Les larmes de la Seine".
BLOCK 13
Thursday, 13. October, 22pm
Ой, чиє ж то жито / Oh, Whose Is The Rye /
Russian Federation / 2022 / Animation / 6 min
OT Ukrainian / UT -
A Ukrainian folk tune set to animation. Two hundred years ago, a young Cossack goes to war, leaving his wife and mother alone on the farm. On his return, he faces betrayal and loss. Nothing is as it used to be.
Director: Anna Shveigolz / Vasiliy Efremov, Producer: Nikolay Makovsky,
Script: Anna Shveigolz, DoP: Igor Skidan-Bosin,
Editor: Vasiliy Efremov, Sound: Alexander Chirkov, Anastasiya Mukhametzyanova, Music: Alexander Chirkov, Anastasiya Mukhametzyanova
Born in 1992, Anna Shveigolz graduated from college with a ceramicist diploma and three sculptures of melancholic trees as tall as herself. She then joined Anton Olshvang's workshop. Meeting the maitre was a turning point, and animation became her life’s ambition. In 2017 she entered SHAR Studio School Moscow, where she later worked on the film "The Nose, Or the Conspiracy of Mavericks".
BLOCK 16
Friday, 14. October, 22pm
Taaskohtumine / Till we meet again / Bis wir uns wiedersehen
Estonia / 2022 / Animation / 14 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
On 4th August 1944, almost the entire population of the small Estonian island of Ruhnu fled the war. Decades later, they finally get the opportunity to visit their former home. But many things are no longer what they used to be.
Director: Üli Pikkov, Producer: Kerdi Oengo,
Script: Ülo Pikkov, DoP: Raivo Möllits,
Editor: Ülo Pikkov, Sound: Horret Kuus, Music: Karoliina Kreintaal
Ülo Pikkov was born in Estonia in 1976. He studied at Turku School of Art and Media in Finland, took a degree in law at University of Tartu in 2005 and is currently enrolled at Estonian Academy of Arts. His first stop-motion animated film, "Body Memory", was created in 2011. He explored the technique in several other films before turning to sand animation for "Till We Meet Again".
BLOCK 16
Friday, 14. October, 22pm
Zhenshina-Ryba / Fishwoman / Fischfrau
Russian Federation / 2021 / Animation / 6 min
OT ohne Di / UT -
There are plenty of mermaids in the sea. They lead seafarers astray or fall in love with princes and then become foam on the crest of a wave. This one is different. She has chunky feet that don't seem to match the chunky hands of the fisherman who caught her, and she frees her fish friends from his nets. So he throws her back into the water, even though he has fallen in love. But there is a happy ending.
Director: Anna-Maria Chernigovskaya, Producer: Nikolay Makovsky,
Script: Anna-Maria Chernigovskaya, DoP: -,
Editor: Anna-Maria Chernigovskaya, Sound: Sofia Trifonova, Music: Lina Herz
Anna-Maria Chernigovskaya was born Anna-Maria Viktorovna in Moscow in 1995. She studied Animated Film Direction at St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television and at SHAR Studio School. Her first film was "Would Like to Sleep" in 2016.