Professional Competition 6
Saturday 07/12/2024 15:00 - 17:00, Sunday 08/12/2024 03:00 - 05:00
Total Duration: 1:52:55
- Bird Drone 08:55 Australia 2023
Directed: Radheya Jang Jegatheva Screenplay: Clare Toonen Production: Hannah Ngo Dialogue Language: No Dialogue A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.
- The Name of Life / O Nome da Vida 13:00 Brazil 2024
Directed: Amanda Pomar Screenplay: Amanda Pomar, Francis Frank Production: Fernanda Roque Dialogue Language: Portuguese “The Name of Life” is based on the autobiography of communist Wladimir Pomar, who recounts his experiences as a clandestine political activist and the maneuvers of the Brazilian Army operation that culminated in the Lapa Massacre in 1976.
- Grandma Wedding Dress / Бабушкино свадебное платье 06:50 Not Specified
Directed: Ksenia Vasilieva Screenplay: Jam Muse, Ksenia Vasilieva Production: Alexander Gerasimov The girl's house burned down. Some secret postman brings her things that someone carefully put in an old suitcase. Attached to it was a letter with the address of the house. The girl gets dressed, takes a suitcase and goes to the indicated address. Along the way she meets the Guide. An ominous raven sits on the tramp's shoulder. A wanderer accompanies her to a mysterious house. At first glance, the house turns out to be an amazing place, but at the most unexpected moment, spirits wake up and take the form of old things forgotten by everyone. The frightened girl runs out into the street in a panic. Finally she finds a bar with the lights on in the windows. The bar only seems safe at first glance... It’s difficult for her to get along with them in an old house, in an old city, in someone’s past... For what? When the real Home is always inside.
- Green / Зелёное 07:15 Russian Federation
Directed: Ekaterina Miloslavskaya Screenplay: Ekaterina Miloslavskaya Production: Alexander Gerasimov The main character, Little Fox, is in search of easy profit. He meets his double-avatar, gull, and firefly, which will help him to see the light at the end of the tunnel and reincarnate.
- Mr. Passenger_#01_Shapes / Sr. Passageiro_#01_Formas 05:00 Portugal 2023
Directed: José Pedro Cavalheiro Screenplay: Regina Guimarães Production: Luis Correia Dialogue Language: Portuguese Each day, Mr. Passenger is drawn to a new direction of travel crammed full of adventures. Throughout all the journeys he has taken, humour and the absurd give rise to many questions and discoveries. This series involves a set of adventures, with an itinerant-thinker as its protagonist, that are rich in detours and shortcuts, and where nonsense determines the routes and broadens horizons. Today, Mr Passenger decided to escape the routine of the city. He sets off in search of shapes that might surprise him. Things only change if we extend our boundaries. Mr. Passenger is fascinated with shapes and clouds constantly shifting and never repeating each other. Suddenly, he spots a whale …
- Feferle 14:48 Germany 2024
Directed: Alica Khaet Screenplay: Alica Khaet Production: Alica Khaet Dialogue Language: German Feferle, a whimsical and childlike being, awakens one fateful day with the unsettling knowledge that something terrible has happened. The sudden loss of her father shatters her world, leading her into a poignant exploration of family history. Tasked with sorting through the cluttered apartment, Feferle delves into the material remains, with each item revealing the story of generations and encapsulating a century, a region, and the intricate history of a Jewish family wandering through Eastern Europe. "Feferle" unfolds as a touching tale of a young woman's quest to make sense of her past, finding solace amid the artifacts that narrate not just her father's life but the rich mosaic of a bygone era.
- Eisenstein and Calavera 05:26 Russian Federation 2023
Directed: Alena Kulikova Screenplay: Alena Kulikova, Cecilio Vargas Torres, Anna Bronnikova Production: Alena Kulikova, Cecilio Vargas Torres Dialogue Language: English The film is based on S. Eisenstein's film "¡Que viva México!", short story Maguey. Eisenstein is watching the film footage. Unexpectedly, his film character turns into a revived Calavera and steals his film. Eisenstein pursuits her and finds himself in an episode of his film. Calavera is nearby, she tries to destroy his movie. What is the mysterious film hiding and why does Calavera need it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short: The film is based on the film ¡Que viva México! The film strip turns into a revived Calavera and steals Eisenstein's film.
- 74 15:00 Cyprus 2024
Directed: Charalambos Margaritis Production: Kimonos Animation Studio Dialogue Language: English An inept figure takes on the impossible task of dealing with the memory of the 1974 Turkish army invasion in Cyprus and its aftermath.
- VEDRITI 11:15 Russian Federation 2023
Directed: Nikita Meshcheryakov Screenplay: Nikita Meshcheryakov While developing a game, a woman is hiding from reality and reflecting on the past and present. The farther it goes, the harder it is to find the borders of the reality.
- Extremely Short 05:18 Japan 2024
Directed: Koji Yamamura Screenplay: Hideo Furukawa Production: Koji Yamamura Dialogue Language: Japanese A man sets out in search of the shortest thing in Tokyo, which turns out to be a single syllable uttered by a dying man. . . . The first installment in a series of animated shorts called "Bungaku Bideo" (Literature Videos), Koji Yamamura's Extremely Short translates into film a powerful story by Hideo Furukawa, read by the author himself.
- Ovo 06:40 France 2023
Directed: Stiv Spasojevic Screenplay: Santiago Pajares Production: Philippe Monerris Dialogue Language: No Dialogue This is the story of a meeting between an astonishing robot from outer space and an adorable little bird just hatched from its egg…
- A Monstrous Cure 05:00 United Kingdom 2024
Directed: Kazem Kehinde Balogun Screenplay: Kazem Kehinde Balogun Production: Kazem Kehinde Balogun Dialogue Language: English An Incredible toy monster attempts to cure a terminally ill boy by entering his dream.
- Martha 06:53 Switzerland 2024
Directed: Marcel Barelli Screenplay: Marcel Barelli Production: Nicolas Burlet Dialogue Language: English A fake documentary about a true story: An old silent documentary from the 1910s has been found and restored. It tells the story of the most abundant bird on Earth, exterminated in just a few decades by human brutality.
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