Papirnata škatla / Papierowe pudełko / Paperbox
Zbigniew Czapla (Zbigniew Czapla)
Poljska/Poland, 2011, digiBeta, 9'
A paper box taken out of the director’s house that was destroyed by flood contains all the family photographs. Tainted by water and mud, they become less and less decipherable with each day. The author scans them every few weeks, thus trying to save at least part of the family history that they present.
Michael Pollan's Food Rules
Marija Jaćimović, Benoît Detalle (Marija Jaćimović & Benoît Detalle)
Srbija/Serbia, 2012, HD, 2'13''
A short stop-motion film that playfully animates seeds, veggies, cookies and popcorn to the wise and simple words of award-winning author, journalist and food activist Michael Pollan. Made, quite fittingly, on a kitchen table by Marija Jaćimovićand Benoît Detalle, it acts like an appetizer to anyone willing to become more mindful of the food they eat and the future of the planet we live in.
Kronika Oldřicha S. / Kronika Oldřicha S. / Chronicle of Oldrich S.
Rudolf Smid (Anima/AniFest)
Češka/Czech Republic, 2011, HD, 17'27''
Between 1981 and 2005, Czech writer Oldřich Sedláček recorded single-sentence, daily observations about routine events in his small town and in a rapidly-evolving nation and world beyond. Amusingly creative animation accompanies Sedláček's eclectic musings on hometown buzz, raising children and the vicissitudes of life during and after the Soviet era.
Zmrznjena čokoladna miš / Topo Glassato Al Cioccolato / Frosted Chocolate Mouse
Milkyeyes (Milkyeyes)
Italija/Italy, 2011, HD, 2'40''
Dreamlike, dark and surreal vision in which elements swirl around in an endless loop. Tormented figures try to disengage against a backdrop of random scribbles and quick notes. Birds flutter and break up and fish manoeuvre across the screen from both sides.
Afternoon
Izabela Plucińska (Clay Traces)
Poljska/Poland, 2012, HD, 3'
“Afternoon” is a two-part commentary on one single moment shared by a man and a woman. Although each of them is completely engaged with their own activities and doesn’t seem to notice anything else, all of a sudden, owing to an unexpected incident, a couple will look towards one another once again. For long will this precious moment last?
Monsieur l'assassin X
Lynn Devillaz, Antonio Veiras (Helium Films)
Švica/Switzerland, 2012, DCP, 9'20''
Linda is a little girl rejected by other children and by her family. She lives in a small town where a serial killer is prowling. But one day, she sees a strange character on the street carrying a bag with an arm hanging out of it.
Sunny Afternoon
Thomas Renoldner (Thomas Renoldner)
Avstrija/Austria, 2012, 35mm, 6'45''
SUNNY AFTERNOON is the confrontation of an 'avantgarde-film' with a ‚pop-video' and the analysis of what might be regarded as classical preferences and taboos of both genres. Based on lyrics of the author when he was 25 years old, Andi Haller has arranged the music perfectly illustrating the mentioned basic approaches.
Zakaj sloni? / Zašto slonovi? / Why Elephants?
Marko Meštrović (Kreativni sindikat/Zagreb film)
Hrvaška/Croatia, 2012, 35mm, 8'
A character is trying to give an answer to a simple question. He is wandering through the labyrinth of intuitive visions. In a way this question determines his life. His answer is again the same... Do we have answers to important questions at all?
Fobije zaščitne ograje / Le fobie del guardrail / Phobias of Guard Rail
Marco Capellacci (Marco Capellacci)
Italija/Italy, 2012, HD, 5'
The story deals with the mimesis of a child's mental escapes. The characters, cryptic and absorbed, lean out over the guardrail, a metaphoric representation of the interior universe of the child. The images reveal his secret, his hidden kingdom of darkness made up of screams and sounds.
MRDAT
Oliver Marčeta (Dolinšek Film)
Slovenija/Slovenia, 2012, HD, 6'10''
White lines on black background. Motion and sound. The aesthetics of emptiness and supersaturation of darkness, reduction of the word and movement of the body. The idea of the film was to analyse movement in contemporary dance. Nowadays, 2D animation (drawing) and body movement are subordinate to 3D computer animation. Mrdat is my answer to body movement and my take on the aesthetics of motion and sound. Mrdat is an analysis of motion in time and space.
Okrevanje / Nachbehandlung / After treatment
Edith Stauber (Edith Stauber)
Avstrija/Austria, 2012, HDcam, 11'25''
A woman goes to a hospital for aftercare after injuring her hand. The glass doors close behind her, and she enters a microcosm which keeps time according to its own system. The changing names on monitors mark the countdown until the next patient’s appointment. It’s a waiting game until then.