Professional Competition 6

1. Tithonos & the Goddess of Dawn / Tithonos & die Göttin der Morgenröte 13:06 Germany 2019
   

   Directed:	Jörg Weidner
   Dialogue Language:	German

   
   

   The Goddess of Dawn is cursed to love mortals. She wants one of her lovers – the trojan prince Tithonos – to stay at her side forever and he is granted immortality from Zeus. Unfortunately they forgot to ask for eternal youth as well.

2. The Saviour 02:39 India 2020
   

   Directed:	Arjun Mukherjee
   Screenplay:	Arjun Mukherjee
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Based on a true story that happened in Nabha, Punjab. Sometimes the biggest crisis brings out the best in people. When you hear the whistle today, please know what to do. Here is the original video in Nabha Punjab where you can see how people giving their love and respect to the frontline worker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNAy5yntz0o

3. WOOD CHILD & HIDDEN FOREST MOTHER 09:34 United Kingdom 2020
   

   Directed:	Stephen Irwin
   Screenplay:	Stephen Irwin

   
   

   Deep in the forest, a hunter encounters a strange creature he cannot kill.

4. The Dead Hands of Dublin 07:34 Ireland 2020
   Honorary Mentions - Professional Short Animation - Jury
   

   Directed:	Leo Crowley
   Screenplay:	Leo Crowley
   Production:	Niamh Herrity
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   The film tells the story of Sidney, a failed pianist who comes into the possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them he soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised! However just when he thinks he has everything he has ever wanted fate deals him a cruel hand...

5. The Deer 06:21 Czech Republic 2019
   

   Directed:	Nazar Germanov
   Screenplay:	Nazar Germanov
   Production:	Nazar Germanov
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   The hunter shoots the dear and finds a wounded girl instead of his prey

6. MOTHER 03:05 India 2019
   1st Place - Professional Short Animation - Audience
   

   Directed:	Gaurav Wakankar
   Screenplay:	Gaurav Wakankar
   Production:	Gaurav Wakankar

   
   

   A mother and her boy find themselves pushed to ethical extremes when they stumble upon something sinister during a regular day of foraging.

7. Reflexion 05:00 France 2020
   

   Directed:	Alan Bidard
   Screenplay:	Alan Bidard
   Production:	Alan Bidard, Jose Nerain, Camille Bidard
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   When social distancing goes wrong...

8. The Peculiar Crime of Oddball Mr. Jay / O Peculiar Crime do Estranho Sr. Jacinto 10:50 Portugal 2019
   3rd Place - Professional Short Animation- Jury
   Honorary Mentions - Professional Short Animation - Audience
   

   Directed:	Bruno Caetano
   Screenplay:	Manuel Ruas Moreira, Bruno Caetano
   Production:	Bruno Caetano
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   In a city where Nature has been forbidden, a small crime by a simple man triggers a chain of unexpected consequences.

9. Toyhood 03:41 United Kingdom 2020
   

   Directed:	Zoë Hutber
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   A stop-motion mockumentary about toys and the children they work with, made by matching unscripted interviews with animated puppets.

10. Madrid 2120 / MADRID 2120 07:00 Spain 2019
    

    Directed:	José Luis Quirós, Paco Sáez
    Screenplay:	José Luis Quirós, Paco Sáez
    Production:	Nicolas Matji
    Dialogue Language:	Spanish

    
    

    Madrid. Life in the big city has become a class struggle: up or down, that is now the difference. Nitrogreen, a highly unstable liquid capable of generating instant vegetation, is the most valuable contraband merchandise. In a failed distribution of the liquid a taxi driver is involved in the most important decision of his life.

11. der und die 09:35 Germany 2019
    

    Directed:	Peter Böving
    Screenplay:	Peter Böving
    Production:	Peter Böving
    Dialogue Language:	German

    
    

    A love poem by Ernst Jandl is the basis for a musical "Tête-à-tête" between a Dresden woman and a Martian. In a rental car it comes fast to a rushing love scene, which ends in total chaos in the environment of a violent Monday demo.

12. Claudete and the cake / Claudete e o bolo 04:37 Brazil 2020
    

    Directed:	Fádhia Salomão
    Screenplay:	Fádhia Salomão
    Production:	Fádhia Salomão
    Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

    
    

    She loves making cakes and does it with real passion, this is Claudete. Her cakes are appreciated by all and that pleases her, but when she is overwhelmed by excessive demand, Claudete will have to take action.

13. ALTÖTTING 11:23 Germany 2020
    1st Place - Professional Short Animation - Jury
    

    Directed:	Andreas Hykade
    Screenplay:	Andreas Hykade
    Production:	Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Marc Bertrand, Abi Feijo
    Dialogue Language:	English, French, German

    
    

    You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called ALTÖTTING.

14. A flamingo called Tango / Un fenicottero chiamato Tango 08:22 Italy 2019
    

    Directed:	Antonella Arca
    Screenplay:	Antonella Arca, Gustavo Gini
    Production:	Sandro Murtas

    
    

    The short movie tells the story of a flamingo called Tango. The movie take place in Sardinia and the idea was born around the idea that a flamingo in Spanish language is called "Flamenco". In the same language the word flamenco means a genre of music, so from here takes place the conflict of the character that is called Tango, as the Argentinian genre of music.

15. Smoking kills. / Kajenje ubija. 08:59 Slovenia 2020
    

    Directed:	Jerca Oblak
    Production:	Jerca Oblak

    
    

    The writer finds inspiration for her writing in the cigarette boxes. Warning images that are on them, remind her to the story from the past. The story of her mother, that is becoming more and more real, and eventually it becomes hers. The film explores our creative process, the process from the first association to the final creation. Based on the short story “Kajenje ubija” by Mateja Arnež.

16. The tree of lost souls / El árbol de las almas perdidas 15:00 Spain 2019
    

    Directed:	Laura Zamora
    Screenplay:	Laura Zamora
    Production:	Laura Zamora
    Dialogue Language:	Spanish

    
    

    The Tree of the Lost Souls is a story of tenderness and fantasy that really make us reflect on our lives and the parts of ourselves that we have lost. It is the story of Lili, an introverted 11 year old girl who uses her imagination as a refuge from the world around her; a world that has been falling apart due to the disappearance of her father, her mother's indifference towards her, betrayed friendship, and disappointment in love. But everything changes when she cries herself to sleep under a strange tree, under the watchful eye of Mr. Crow. Through this tree, Lili's soul travels to a timeless world that is populated by lost souls, even as her body lays slumbering on the roots of the tree.

17. Running after wall 10:00 Russian Federation 2020
    

    Directed:	Liana Makaryan
    Screenplay:	Liana Makaryan
    Production:	Vladimir Gassiev
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    What if you'll get into your worst nightmare? For example, if your dad became a child and you have to run after him like if you've changed roles.

18. The girl in red dress and yellow hat 12:50 Chile 2019
    

    Directed:	Alvaro Rozas Leiva
    Screenplay:	Alvaro Rozas Leiva, Aarón Navia Campos
    Production:	Aarón Navia Campos
    Dialogue Language:	Spanish

    
    

    Every night a mysterious girl in red dress and yellow hat, passionately throws herself on Pablo's arms at the train station, the trouble is that he is in love with his wife.