Program 4

A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night. He sneaks into a small farm to steal a snack when he is caught by the Tomten who guards the farm.

A man and a woman drive straight towards one another. They hit the breaks just in time and come to a standstill, facing each other. They're both too stubborn to give way to the other. A life story begins.

First impressions are so important.

Memories, experiences and social expectations. These are the boundaries in which we struggle. And then there is the creative act as a slow consumption. The artist disappears, while the artwork comes to light at the same time. "First Light" is a three-act reflection on inspiration.

The story is based on a complete human life in a closed space, condensing for a few minutes. We see the protagonist's life from the beginning till the end, from birth to old age, to death, and perhaps even further.

Made using the technique of pinscreen animation, "Jim Zipper" is a musical exploration inspired by various pictorial movements of the first half of the 20th century.

"DOMUS" is an indoor movie, between an old woman facing a close death, taking back her memories and a man who tidies up to continue his life. Both are fighting their last battle.

A child of the Republic of Congo and his friend run away from the collapse of a mine. On the other side of the planet, the CEO of a technology company crowd completely the auditorium introducing a new device to the world. A material connects the story of these two protagonists.

Music was his passion...
Love was his masterpiece...
A Piano player, try to give wife's life back with trading his hands. But the new hands awakes devil's forces inside him.

A traditional charcoal animation with an autobiographical experimental animated poem.
Based on director's diary about her immigration experience in London, especially disconnection and loneliness between city and me through three emotional chapter. Excitement, frustration and hope.

36,000 years ago in the Ardeche river gorge, when an animal was painted, it was hunted. When it is time to go Hunting and Painting, Karou the Painter and his apprentice Lani set off to paint the walls of the great cavern. But they hadn't counted on meeting a cave lion.

An amateur hunter entered the forest and totally ruined deer`s mood.

During a long hot summer in the forest, Child is forced to grow up. First her Dog becomes ill, then out of the blue her Mother returns with a new lover in tow. Child’s world is turned upside down. A coming of age story, set in an enchanted Russian wilderness.

Children perform a story of the wolf and the goat in school as a puppet show.

"Better" is a short animated film which questions the ideal worlds of a perfectionistic culture. Exploring research through storytelling, the film is based in a fantasy jungle which acts as a portal for idealised worlds to become external.