Out of Order
Carlson Hanna (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design)
Hungary, 2015, digital, 7'30”
The film talks about trauma passed on through generations. What does a child experience when caught in the friction of anxiety and events that are inexplicable to them? Using four animal species as metaphors, the film explores the underlying issues in a lyrical way.
Cosmic Jacuzzi
Anikó Takács (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design)
Hungary, 2015, digital, 9'03”
The film tells an unusual tale of an incredible journey two truck drivers take from an abandoned road to outer space.
Hereafter
Natália Azevedo Andrade (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design/Natália Azevedo Andrade)
Hungary, Portugal, 2016, digital, 3'52”
A person dies. As a ghost, they struggle through the realisation they are no longer human, while their memory fades away.
Ujj a ravaszon/Finger on the Trigger
Péter Kántor (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design)
Hungary, 2015, digital, 9'39”
An old man suits up his diver gear to dive into the nearby waters. His exploration brings back a memory of himself, which shows an important event from his early years. We are witnessing him and his partner trying to catch a dangerous criminal, who then causes more problems than expected. The interweaving past and present gradually unfold the true purpose of the old diver's research.
Random Walks
Borbála Tompa (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design)
Hungary, 2015, digital, 7'45”
An experimental documentary that revolves around the subject of immigration. The visual material is based on interviews, the sound of which runs through the film as a narrative.
Arzena Velenifera
Ludovica Ottaviani, Anna Sireci, Maria Testa (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte)
Italy, 2016, digital, 5'05”
In a ballroom, a woman, initially overwhelmed by uncontrollable jealousy and then by furious madness, kills all her annoying or unfaithful lovers, to the relentless beat of a tango. Inspired by the mysterious story of the serial killer Vera Renczi, the short mixes dance, black humor and style.
Eidos
Elena Ortolan, Alberto Comerci (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte)
Italy, 2016, digital, 4'33”
3D
A bare character in an empty space discovers that his movements and gestures generate beautiful signs in a white space. The creature then begins to dance. With increasing energy and joy he creates a universe of shapes and colors. But as he falls, he has to realize that his dance of creation is eating his body away.
Eidos is a little tribute to the creative will.
Climax
Amedeo Traversa (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte)
Italy, 2016, digital, 4'37”
A music band is playing in a dull city street. Small coloured shapes come out of their instruments to the rhythm of swing. But people passing by do not even realize it, completely immersed in their mobile phones. Then a girl feels the rhythm, moves among people, drags out a boy and begins to dance.
Wyjde z siebie/Beside Oneself
Karolina Specht (Polish National Film School in Lodz)
Poland, 2016, digital, 5'
One day she notices that something strange is going on with him...
A short animation film about a confrontation between the ideas of things and the real world. Do we live with real people, or only with our imagination of them?
Lancuszki/Chainlets
Alicja Blaszczynska (Polish National Film School in Lodz)
Poland, 2016, digital, 8'
The story of five people who are seen as weirdos. What if their compulsions and obsessions have more sense than anyone would think? Perhaps they know something about the world that the rest of the people simply can't see.
Zaczyn/Leaven
Artur Hanaj (Polish National Film School in Lodz)
Poland, 2016, digital, 4'55”
If you want the dough to rise, mix flour with yeast and milk. Then put the dough in a warm place to let it rise. Finally knead it well, place in the baking tin and put in the oven. Be careful, or the dough will fall.
Cipka/Pussy
Renata Gaşiorowska (Polish National Film School in Lodz)
Poland, 2016, digital, 8'
A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.