If You Let Me In, Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou (GREECE, 2013), 2' 39''

Drawing on paper

A feeling that may become an obsession. It expands, it intensifies, it grows within you
and you end up living with it. In the urban landscape, the feeling's effect spreads from
the person to the society, and then returns back to ourselves. If you let it in...



Plugin, Sergio di Bitetto (CANADA, 2014), 4' 29''

2D computer animation, Drawing on paper

"Plugin" is the story of a mechanical city in which every citizen is a part of the city
itself, responsible for generating lights by connecting the male and female parts of the
mechanism. Everyone seems to fit into this perfect puzzle except the main character,
G-O, a man who does not match the rest of his world. G-O finally finds his perfect
match – another man – but the City Authority try to stop this uncommon union. It is
up to G-O and Ico to show their city that every connection is after all part of the same
energy - love.



Punch and Judy, Martin Mαj (CZECH REPUBLIC, 2014), 6'

Live action, Puppets, Pixilation

Freak grotesque about hand puppets and their puppet master. This movie is a
metaphor about relationship of puppets and their master.The important thing is object
matter and metamorphosis of it.



Twilight Tango, Joanna Adamska (UK, 2014), 2' 52''

3D computer animation

Twilight Tango is a film influenced by nostalgic nature of tango. It is a romantic story
about longing and love of a man who is trapped between his deep affection and a sad
reality. The main character’s longing for his beloved partner bring him to a park at
the end of the day with expectation of meeting his date.



Missing U, Brooke Wagstaff (USA, 2013), 2' 29''

3D computer animation

An animated tale about the letter I, a lonely author who lives life with a sigh.
Upon discovering that U is missing, I goes on a perilous adventure to find him. As
she journeys through increasingly unfamiliar territory, I is forced to face her fears
and grow as a character.



Aspirations, Gal Daniel (ISRAEL, 2013), 4' 22''

3D computer animation

Aspirations is a short animated film, about a drawers tree who lived his life just
staring at the stars, blind to his surroundings. Until one day his whole body started
to make noise and demand his attention.



Babyfaced, Annie Zhao (USA, 2014), 6' 29''

Drawing on paper, 2D computer animation

A baby discovers he is not just a piece of meat.



Thanaros, Somayeh Khakshoor (IRAN, 2014), 7'

Clay

A mass of slug-like creatures transforms into the body of a woman. She wakes up and
sees the camera/audience and while trying to form a relationship with it, parts of her
body change into her components again. She vomits herself up when she tries to utter
her first word.



Neither Lit nor Dark, Chanon Treenet (UK, 2013), 11' 08''

Drawing on paper, Live
action, 2D computer animation

When the sun is setting; the day is about to end and the night is yet to arrive, a boy is
going home.



Mend and Make Do, Bexie Bush (UK, 2014), 7' 38''

Puppets, Pixilation

A stop motion / pixellation animation short film directed by Bexie Bush. A graduation
film from the National Film and Television School 2014.



From Earth and Ink, Jonathan Laskar (SWITZERLAND, 2013), 4' 40''

Clay, Drawing on paper

This is the picture of a man that is building his double with earth. This living portrait
marks its own body with the pain the man endures in his relationship.



The Silent Melody, Jinfeng Li (USA, 2014), 5' 36''

3D computer animation

"The Silent Melody" is a story about a poor boy who dreams of being a violinist.
Through chance, he comes across a magical violin, with it he can play wonderful
music but unfortunately nobody can hear him. Despite his solitude, he maintains the
courage to play. In the end, the boy decides to discard the violin in order to return to
his old life with a new perspective on life.



Get Happy or Get Out,  Andreia Dobrota (THE NETHERLANDS/ROMANIA, 2013), 3' 25''

2D computer animation

D, the main character, lives alone in a small city in a world where everything is made
to make people happy. Almost everyone is extremely happy and have absolutely
everything that they might need or want in terms of palpable things. Unhappy people
are gradually forced away from society and become legends that people only hear
about. D is one of the few last unhappy people in the world and struggles to continue
living in that world.



The Ghost in the Scarf, Mitchell Zemil (USA, 2014), 1' 55''

2D computer animation

The day in the life of a girl, whose scarf is possessed by a ghost.



Bore, Tom Kouris & Roni Rashkes (ISRAEL, 2013), 3' 26''

Clay, Puppets

Bob leads a routine life, strict and square. One morning he wakes up and startled to
discover a round hole in the middle of the kitchen.He tries to ignore it and continue
his life as usual,but without success. Slowly he get closer and confronts his fears.
Bob goes all the way, will he prevail?



Happily Ever After, Moritz Poth & Rafael Starman (GERMANY, 2014), 4' 44''

Cut-out animation

A shadow tries to bring his life to an end. On his way to self-destruction he comes to
the conclusion that the world he lives in consists of another level. Only when he finds
his way to it, he will succeed. - A stop-motion animation, generate shadows by
printed films.