Professional Competition 8

1. New Water Music 04:04 United States 2023
   

   Directed:

   Dan Rule

2. Inner Polar Bear 07:00 United Kingdom 2022
   

   Directed:	Gerald Conn
   Screenplay:	Jeanette Winterson
   Production:	Naomi Jones
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   A film exploring the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change using sand animation to illustrate a piece of writing by acclaimed novelist Jeanette Winterson narrated by Maxine Peake.

3. INDUSTRIALIZATION - THE RISE AND FALL 02:50 United States 2023
   

   Directed:	James W. Hawk
   Screenplay:	James W. Hawk
   Production:	James W. Hawk
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   An abstract animation that portrays the world before, during and after the era of industrialization.

4. Crossing Signs 07:34 North Macedonia 2022
   

   Directed:	Tanja Balac, Nikola Drvoshanov
   Production:	Tanja Balac, Nikola Drvoshanov

   
   

   "Crossing Signs", through a research-experimental process of physical displacement and moving away from the "known" and plunging into the unknown, deals with the global topic of migrant crises, while referring to the xenophobic rhetoric present in the mainstream media. Uncovering that discourse, we perceive the migration events through a historical and global political context realized through concrete artistic practice. Several thematic units intertwine and simultaneously refer to the critical elements of the concept of home - shelter - uncertainty.

5. Algodreams 10:33 Australia 2023
   

   Directed:	Vladimir Todorovic
   Screenplay:	GPT-3
   Production:	Vladimir Todorovic
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Algodreams are made by prompting AI systems to imagine the future of life on planet Earth. They dreamt of time machines, memory machines, flamingos that can save the oceans, the AI civilization that destroys humans to protect the planet, and they dreamt of self-driving bicycles that fall in love. These algorithmic visions are made possible by the humans who are putting heroic efforts to build new AI infrastructures, promising to create essential services to live in this world. While machines are turning into wonderful storytellers, humans are slaying their way to produce new forms of machine creativity.

6. The Hour Coat 12:40 United States 2022
   

   Directed:	Amy Kravitz
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Between one life and the next.

7. The foam and the lion 18:30 Portugal 2022
   

   Directed:	Cláudio Jordão
   Screenplay:	Cláudio Jordão
   Production:	António Costa Valente
   Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

   
   

   On July 6th, 1808, the "Bom Sucesso" caique and 18fishermen left Olhão, in Portugal, towards Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), taking with them the good news that Portugal was finally free of Napoleon's enemy troops. But in the midst of a great storm, men lose their bearings and faith. The "Bom Sucesso" caique enters an enchanted realm, where a fantastic Marine Creature falls in love with him and will try to save him from a tenebrous Monster in the service of the enemy.

8. Shelf Life 03:51 United States 2023
   

   Directed:

   Peter Litwinowicz

   
   

   Inspired by the whimsical fruit and vegetable portraits of Arcimboldo, Shelf Life is a magical look at what might be dancing in the corners of our homes.

9. Feather 12:36 Iran 2023
   

   Directed:	Sadegh Javadi
   Screenplay:	Sadegh Javadi
   Production:	Sadegh Javadi
   Dialogue Language:	Persian

   
   

   A poor father lives with his son. They bet on their cock. Their income is getting worse every day till an unusual old man enters their life. everything changes, not as they expected

10. Stolen Melody 14:45 Russian Federation 2023
    

    Directed:	Georgy Boguslavsky
    Screenplay:	Georgy Boguslavsky, Alexander Chirkov
    Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

    
    

    This motion picture demonstrate all currently known ways to steal a melody.

11. The Sphere / Sfera 13:00 Croatia 2022
    

    Directed:	Manuel Sumberac
    Screenplay:	Manuel Sumberac
    Production:	Ankica Jurić Tilić, Vanja Sremac, Ruedi Schick

    
    

    A shift in the routine inevitably disrupts the harmony between Io and the Sphere causing the irreversible destruction of their coexistence by creating a new, seemingly different reality that will set new rules, a new routine.