Best of the World IV (2017) Svetovni jagodni izbor IV (2017)

The Tesla World Light
Matthew Rankin (NFB)
Kanada/Canada, 2017, digital, 8'

New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor. Inspired by real events, this electrifying short is a spectacular burst of image and sound that draws as much from the tradition of avant-garde cinema as it does from animated documentary.

Hot Dog Hands
Matt Reynolds (California Institute of the Arts)
ZDA/USA, 2016, digital, 6'40”

This woman can't stop growing fingers.

Moja mama je adijo / My Mamma Is Bossies / My Mum’s Bonkers
Naomi van Niekerk
Južnoafriška republika/South Africa, 2017, digital, 3'36”

My mum’s bonkers. Out of one eye she cries Puccini, out of the other she reprimands me.

Velikan / L'Ogre / The Ogre
Laurène Braibant (Papy3D Productions)
Francija/France, 2017, digital, 9'41”

Greatly insecure about his size, a giant refrains himself from eating, terrified at the idea of revealing his gargantuan character which could compromise his place in society. During a business banquet, his true nature is put to the test.

Tišina / SAMT / Silence
Chadi Aoun (Yelostudio)
Libanon/Lebanon, 2016, digital, 15'20”

In a fanatic dictatorship, modern dance is the secret code of the silent resistance. At out-of-the-way places in town young people celebrate the hidden joy of life with their bodies, cope with the terror they experienced. SAMT(silence) is an introduction to a dysfunctional society about to implode.

Črna škatla / Kutxa beltza / Black Box
Isabel Herguera, Izibene Oñederra (Moriarti Produkzioak)
Španija/Spain, 2016, digital, 7’10”
  
A moving truck is heading towards the Igueldo Lighthouse, where a woman lives with her dark coloured dog. Inside the charged environment of the lighthouse's interior, the woman becomes the protagonist in some very strange hallucinations.

Summer's Puke Is Winter's Delight
Sawako Kabuki (Tama Art University)
Japonska/Japan, 2016, digital, 3'

Painful events become memories over time. Still, we vomit and eat again – a never-ending cycle.

Sore Eyes for Infinity
Elli Vuorinen (Pyjama Films)
Finska/Finland, 2016, digital, 11’32”

An optician's workday is filled by a line of extraordinary customers, who, one by one, use the optical equipment in suspicious ways.

Vse / Everything
David O'Reilly (David O'Reilly)
Irska, ZDA/Ireland, USA, 2017, digital, 11'

A Gameplay Film!