INTERNATIONAL SHORT / PROGRAMME 5 (124')
Screenings
- Thursday 17.3, 22:00-24:00 (Hall B')
- Friday 18.3, 22:00-24:00 (Hall A')
- Monday 21.3, 19:30-21:30 (Hall A')
01. HOW THE OWL APPEARED, Vasil Sakhvadze, Georgia, 3’ 46’’
02. ORSOLYA, Bella Szederkenyi, Hungary, 7’ 48’’
03. ARMBANDS (BRAZELETES), Néstor Pérez, Chile, 6’ 30’’
04. THE MANIFESTO EDITION, Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson, Norway, 10’
05. MR. IIUU & THE NASTY BIRD, Jon Frickey, Till Penzek, Germany, 4’ 27’’
06. THE WENDY-LADY, Amy Alexander, Australia, 4’ 18’’
07. THE LOST TOWN OF SWITEZ, Kamil Polak, Poland, France, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, 20’
08. UNDERLIFE, Jaroslaw Konopka, Poland, 8’ 32’’
09. VOLLI PALL, Chintis Lundgren, Estonia, 11’ 44’’
10. DINNER, Liou-Chian Fan, Taiwan, 9’ 9’’
11. AMAR, Isabel Herguera, Spain, 8’
12. SNEEZE ME AWAY, Ryan Grobins, South Korea / Australia, 12’ 49’’
13. ON THE WATER, Yi Zhao, Netherlands, 8’ 20’’
14. THE WILLOW AND THE PUMPKIN / SHELGU DHE KUNGULLI, Bertrand Shijaku, Albania, 11’
01. HOW THE OWL APPEARED, 3’ 46’’
Georgia, 3’ 46’’
Direction: Vasil Sakhvadze
Screenplay: Vasil Sakhvadze
Animation: Vasil Sakhvadze, Tea Kebadze, Nino Giunashavili
Technique: 2D Comuter animation
Music: Vasil Sakhvadze, Salome Kukhianidze, Tornike Gvelesiani
Producer: MIFASi Films
Dialogues: Yes ( Georgian)
Subtitles: Yes ( English)
The story based on british fairy-tail, that tells how the first owl appeared in the world.
02. ORSOLYA, 7’ 48’’
Hungary, 2009
Direction: Bella Szederkenyi
Screenplay: Bella Szederkenyi
Animation: Attila Bardos, Attila Lakatos, Eva Molnar, Bella Szederkenyi
Technique: 2D Hand drawing
Music: Attila Pacsay
Production: Mome
Dialogues: Yes (English)
Subtitles: Yes (English)
One day Orsolya’s body is suddenly shaken up making her see the world backwards. How will she adapt to this new situation?
03. ARMBANDS (BRAZELETES), 6’ 30’’
Chile, 2010
Direction: Cristóbal Sobera, Néstor Pérez
Screenplay: Cristóbal Sobera, Néstor Pérez
Animation: Marcia Vera, Rosamary Martínez, Lorena Larrondo, Néstor Pérez
Technique: Digital 2D Computer animation
Music: Juan Pablo Rojas
Producer: 3 Dedos Multimedia Ltda.
A security citizen group known as Armbands is successfully keeping the public order, up to a strange suicide sets active operatives of high technology.
04. NORWEGIAN SHORTS WITH NO ENDING_THE MANIFESTO EDITION, 10’
Norway, 2010
Direction: Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson
Screenplay: Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson
Animation: Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson
Technique: Pencil on paper, 2D Computer animation
Music:
Production: Rune Eriksson, Erik Eriksson
Dialogues: Yes (English)
First a manifesto, then a short that makes no sense at all, and finally a "tribute" to the 50 years anniversary for Annecy animation festival. This short is a complete mess.
05. MR. IIUU & THE NASTY BIRD, 4’ 27’’
Germany, 2009
Direction: Jon Frickey, Till Penzek
Screenplay: Jon Frickey, Till Penzek
Animation: Jon Frickey
Technique: Digital 2D computer animation
Music: Silencide, Bob Ostertag
Production: Jon Frickey, Till PenzekD
Dialogues: None
Mr.Iiuu and the Nasty Bird are out of place. Their short confrontation leads to a pleasant apparition.
06. THE WENDY-LADY, 4’ 18’’
Australia, 2010
Direction: Amy Alexander
Screenplay: Amy Alexander
Animation: Amy Alexander
Technique: 2D Digital Animation
Music: Jim Griffiths
Producer: Amy Alexander
Dialogues: None
Inspired by Wendy Darling’s adventures in ‘Peter Pan’, ‘The Wendy-Lady’ is a delicate tale of love, wine, bath time and never forgetting where you left your rubber ducky. Told through experimental morphing 2d animation, this short film is a fluid journey through a moment in time. The swirling lines are never at rest, emulating the beautiful, organic and internal fantasy world of ‘The Wendy-Lady’.
07. THE LOST TOWN OF ŚWITEŹ, 20’
Poland/France/Canada/Switzerland/Denmark, 2010
Director: Kamil Polak
Screenplay: Kamil Polak
Animation: Wojtek Wawszczyk
Technique: Oil painting combined with 3D computer animation
Music: Irina Bogdanovich
Producer: Stanislaw Dziedzic
Dialogues: None
The animated film The Lost town of HE Świteź is based on the 19th-century epic poem by Poland's greatest writer, Adam Mickiewicz, about a ghostly town deluged after a bloody massacre in medieval times, which now lies at the bottom of a remote lake. It is an apocalyptic tale of destruction, religious miracles and spectral visitations.
08. UNDERLIFE, 8’ 32’’
Poland, 2010
Direction: Konopka Jaroslaw
Screenplay: Konopka Jaroslaw
Animation: Konopka Jaroslaw
Technique: Puppets animation
Music: Lukasz Feiner
Production: Studio munka/Polish Filmmakers Association/TVP
Dialogues: None
"Underlife" It deals with the destructive influence, which our ancestors sometimes exert on us and presents it in the form of a metaphor. The central question of the film is how much we can do to shed the burden of this ancestral force. The film touches a universal problem of our subconscious circumstances, which also define and limit our life.
The baby stroller is a symbol of time and the place of birth and also a main motive of the film. It is an object which gives us sheltering space early in life and later on reminds us of our roots. It defines the cycle of existence, connects the past with the future.
09. VOLLI PALL, 11’ 14’’
Estonia, 2010
Direction: Chintis Lundgren
Screeinplay: Chintis Lundgren
Animation: Chintis Lundgren
Technique: Drawings on paper
Music: Kristjan Raidna
Production: Chintis Lundgren
Dialogues: Yes (Estonian and english)
Subtitles: Yes (English)
Volli, who works as a tour-guide, discovers one morning a portuguese in his closet. Vollis partner Olivier is not amused over the sudden appearance of this southern man. Volli, totally ignoring the more and more peculiar situations, continues his usual routine until the dream-like drunkness of the night and the exponentially rising rate in paranormal activities make his work and not-work even more difficult.
10. DINNER, 9’ 09’’
Taiwan, 2010
Direction: Chian-Fan Liou
Screenplay: Chian-Fan Liou
Animation: Guan-Lun Fu
Technique: 3D Animation, Puppets, Pixilation
Music: Guan-Lun Fu
Production: Hui-Ru Cai
Dialogues: NIL
Through the dinner in a poor/impoverished family, the creator intends to arise the dilemma of social edge family. The father, a thief, and his two sons are having an inadequate dinner. In an evening of a desolate winter, the father is brewing a desperate plan by using the stove.
11. AMAR, 8’
Spain, 2010
Direction: Isabel Herguera
Screenplay: Isabel Herguera
Animation: Isabel Herguera, Rajiv Eipe
Technique: Ink on paper
Music: Xabier Erkizia
Production: Isabel Herguera
Dialogues: Yes (Spanish)
Subtitles: Yes (English)
Inés travels to India to visit her friend Ámár, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Inés remembers the last days they spent together and her promise to return.
12. SNEEZE ME AWAY, 12’ 49’
South Korea / Australia, 2010 
Dirction: Ryan Grobins
Screenplay: Ryan Grobins
Animation: Ryan Grobins
Technique: 2D, 3D Computer Animation
Music: Nicole Brady
Production:
Dialogues: Yes (English)
Sneeze Me Away is about a boy who finds a way to enter into a magical, fantastic world by sneezing with his eyes open. He must then enlist the aid of a strange ally in order to get home again.
13. ON THE WATER, 8’ 20’’
Netherlands, 2010
Direction: Yi Zhao
Screenpalay: Yi Zhao
Animation: Yi Zhao
Technique: 2D/3D/digital cutout
Music: Maarten Spruijt
Production: Yi Zhao
Dialogues: none
In this short poetic animation film, life is a long journey in a rowing boat, sometimes in quiet drift, sometimes in perilous storm. It is the same for everyone: you are born out of the water and it will be the place where you end up too.
14. THE WILLOW AND THE PUMPKIN / SHELGU DHE KUNGULLI, 11’
Albania 2010
Direction: Bertrand Shijaku
Screenplay: Kujtim Gjonaj
Animation: Bertrand Shijaku
Music : DJ Piko
Cast: Zija Grapshi, Xheni Hallulli, Florian Agalliu, Olsi Abazi
Producer: Genti Gjonaj, Bota Shqiptare Production
Language: Yes (Albanian)
Subtitles: Yes (English)
Once upon a time there was a willow that grew near a quiet big river, but he was very upset because he never put up its head held high. That's why he was very upset. One day he saw a pumpkin at the end of the flax-field and decided to cooperate with him to extend up to the sky.
