Student Competition 5

1. Natsukashii 04:00 Poland 2024
   

   Directed:	Małgorzata Szczepańczyk
   Screenplay:	Małgorzata Szczepańczyk
   Dialogue Language:	Polish

   
   

   "Natsukashii" is an animated film consisting of episodes from everyday life. The main idea of ​​the animation was to show a moving sketchbook, containing drawings that refer to pleasant and blissful memories.

2. The Dream That Sets Us Free / O Sonho Que Nos Liberta 03:00 Portugal 2024
   

   Directed:	3.ºA Colégio do Marítimo / CENA
   Screenplay:	André Freitas, Carlos Cruz, Carlos Pita, Diogo Camacho, Eva Santos, Francisca Camacho, Guilherme Rodrigues, Gustavo Vieira, Gustavo Ferreira, José Marques, Margarida Silva, Maria Vasconcelos, Maria Ferreira, Martim Silva, Michael Pestana, Pedro Câmara, Vi
   Production:	Colégio do Marítimo / CENA

   
   

   Limited by his health, an elderly man feels trapped and unable to fulfill his dream of traveling the world. Unexpectedly, freedom arrives in a moment of sharing.

3. Kafarnaum 07:23 France 2023
   

   Directed:	Hugo Deflandre, Julien Miternique, Antoine Colas, Adrien Adams, Anaïs Antonio, Océane Rendu, Emma Samyn
   Screenplay:	Hugo Deflandre, Julien Miternique
   Production:	Carlos De Carvalho

   
   

   Get ready to discover in your cellar a world embodying your worst fears.

4. Tiot Bout d'Carbon / In the north of France, a tween coal miner’s son has to take over his father’s endeavor, deep underground... 07:49 France 2023
   

   Directed:	Issakha Mbacke, Romain Verlinde, Ewan Caruso, Cyrine Ben Hajali
   Screenplay:	Issakha Mbacke, Romain Verlinde
   Production:	Rudy Turkovics
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   In the north of France, a tween coal miner’s son has to take over his father’s endeavor, deep underground...

5. ▲ (ALT 30) 06:30 France 2023
   

   Directed:	Mathis Hernoë, Alexandre Clermont, Thomas Louchet
   Screenplay:	Mathis Hernoë
   Production:	Rudy Turkovics

   
   

   In an abstract universe, Human nature revolves around a creative revolution.

6. The Little Girl, the Will-o'-the-Wisp and Pascal the Rabbit / La Petite Fille, le Feu Follet et Pascal le Lapin 05:37 France 2023
   

   Directed:	Julie Correia, Rose Rabin
   Screenplay:	Julie Correia, Rose Rabin, Caroline Coantic
   Production:	Rudy Turkovics
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   In a strange universe, a young girl insists on keeping at selling her snacks, despite the fact that she is now dead. A will-o'-the-wisp appears to take her away, but she remains in denial of her state. Until she meets a rabbit's soul, who reassures her and accompanies her beyond limbo.

7. Poupées Temporelles 05:25 France 2023
   

   Directed:	Arthur Davignie, Maxence Desein, Hélia Deplanque
   Screenplay:	Arthur Davignie
   Production:	Rudy Turkovics

   
   

   Captives from the cycle of time, watch the world and humankind's evolution around you. Travel through eras to find a rebirth.

8. In Between City / Meziměstí 08:50 Czech Republic 2023
   

   Directed:	Ilya Kreines
   Screenplay:	Ilya Ilya

   
   

   "In Between city" imitates a poetic wandering through the Central European city and its memory, through different time periods and places, blurring reality and fiction. The film is constructed from a collection of fragments, stories, images and impressions. In the flux of images shaping the non-existing city, the film accentuates the footprints of the vanished Communist and Jewish worlds it once contained. In parallel, the film focuses on technical exploration, as it is entirely made out of stamps, carved from erasers.

9. Red Snow 08:15 Israel 2023
   

   Directed:	Jonathan Dumosch
   Screenplay:	Jonathan Dumosch
   Production:	Jonathan Dumosch
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Arthur fears losing his son, whose serving in a military operation. This brings up repressed memories from Arthur's past as a mercenary.

10. Dark Pieces 06:56 Israel 2023
    

    Directed:	Amit Karny
    Screenplay:	Amit Karny
    Production:	Amit Karny
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    A short animated film about a boy who loses his sanity as a reaction to the behavior of his mother, a Holocaust survivor.

11. Neh Neh Pok 06:36 Singapore 2024
    

    Directed:	Jaime Ng
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A girl longs to hit puberty and get big boobs only to grow tiny ones. Confronted with the judgment of others and herself, she struggles to accept her chest size.

12. Splash Back 03:59 United States 2024
    

    Directed:	Yufei Xiao
    Screenplay:	Yufei Xiao
    Production:	Yufei Xiao
    Dialogue Language:	Mandarin Chinese

    
    

    On a humid summer day, Lulu, a young masseuse, recognizes her client Lee as a childhood friend during a foot massage service and enters a flashback of their withheld memory.

13. Dream with me / 异梦 09:27 China 2024
    

    Directed:	Menghan .Li
    Production:	Ke Ma

    
    

    The girl lost her love, decided to escape from the reality. She dreamed deeply and met a rabbit there. They shared good time together. But one day, everything changed. The girl finally know what she needs to do.

14. Red Cicada / 红蝉 08:06 China 2024
    

    Directed:	Yini Wang, Yang Li
    Screenplay:	Yini Wang, Yang Li, Liwei Chen
    Production:	Yini Wang

    
    

    The story begins at a colorful dance contest held by a tyrant. The rules are that the maids compete in dancing to advance, and the winner will be crowned as a concubine, while the loser will be executed on the same day. A maid successfully becomes a concubine after overcoming many difficulties, but she does not accept it. Instead, she takes advantage of the tyrant's unpreparedness and stabs him.

15. Hi, Lucky! 06:36 China 2024
    

    Directed:	JIT THONG NG
    Production:	KAI TEN BERNARD TING

    
    

    A young man, who lost his life's joy, rescues a little white puppy from a trash bag. He is healed by the puppy's warmth and cuteness, decides to adopt it, and begins a new life.