Professional Competition 9

1. Glide 07:53 Canada 2023
   

   Directed:	Jason Zumpano
   Screenplay:	Jason Zumpano
   Production:	Jason Zumpano

   
   

   A meditation on the radically different means of creation available to us, Jason Zumpano’s latest short “Glide” is an invitation to the mythopoetic and the various materials, from the painterly to the digital, that bring it into existence. Against Matisse-like colour palettes and impressionistic-resolutions, the central figure of “Glide” is a woman floating on a lantern-helmed rowboat. We float through various angles and perspectives as she’s drawn languidly towards a collective future. The screen blends between settings that emerge from sky to ocean and from canvas to characters coming together in a watery dreamscape that enacts a mysterious ritual. The soundtrack voices the oceanic and star-lit setting. Think Vangelis in an Aeolian reverie of golden hues. Think, ponder and glide. * official selection Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn 2024 * official selection Athens Animfest - 3rd Prize Experimental Competition 2024 * official selection Les Sommets du cinema d'animation, Montreal 2024 * official selection The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival 2024

2. First 1000 Times 05:21 Spain 2024
   

   Directed:	Guby Moon
   Screenplay:	Guby Moon
   Production:	Guby Moon
   Dialogue Language:	Spanish

   
   

   Fuck is not as important as getting emotional and being sweet, because laughing in bed is also making love.

3. The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess 06:33 United Kingdom 2024
   

   Directed:	Anna-Ester Volozh
   Production:	Anna-Ester Volozh
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   A princess’s impossible demand sparks an endless war, until a mysterious suitor emerges, claiming to be the one to satisfy her pride. Based on a story by L.M.Montgomery.

4. The Tales of Grandmother Basyang: The Mysterious Guardian of Mount Arayat 13:00 Philippines 2024
   

   Directed:	Nelson Jr Caliguia
   Screenplay:	Christine Bellen-Ang
   Production:	Benjie Marasigan
   Dialogue Language:	Tagalog

   
   

   After meeting an elderly fairy, a young boy goes through a fantastic journey through time and space .

5. I do have something / У меня что-то есть 08:27 Russian Federation 2024
   

   Directed:	Valeria Burgucheva
   Dialogue Language:	Russian

   
   

   What is your first memory? The animated documentary project collected from the childhood memories of different people.

6. Lupus Sophus 08:00 Russian Federation 2023
   

   Directed:	Yuliya Evdokimova
   Screenplay:	Yuliya Evdokimova
   Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

   
   

   Black and white story with chase and pacification.

7. Out there 13:32 Russian Federation 2024
   

   Directed:	Evgeniy Golovin, Alexander Afonasyev
   Screenplay:	Maria Parfenova
   Production:	Natalia Kozlova, Anton Smetankin, Evgeniy Golovin
   Dialogue Language:	Russian

   
   

   One page, and another. One foot before the other. I am here, I’m not there. I’ll reach the light, stair by stair.

8. The other one / Un Autre 05:00 Belgium 2023
   

   Directed:	Adèle Pion
   Screenplay:	Adèle Pion
   Production:	William Henne, Victor Claude
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   A man has built his nest in the wasteland opposite my house. I see him regularly, I watch him, does he see me too? I question my relationship with him, my shame, my powerlessness. Is a meeting possible?

9. LACK 10:45 Poland 2023
   

   Directed:	Paweł Prewencki
   Screenplay:	Paweł Prewencki
   Production:	Ewa Sobolewska, Michalina Prewencka
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   The film tells a story about struggling with pain and suffering. It touches on a very personal experience. It is a story of loneliness, anger and grief experienced by parents who lose a child. It is an intimate and emotional visualization of the world in which bereaved people live. It tells about a situation for which no one is prepared, and the 'catalogue' of reactions we have known up to that point becomes useless.

10. Rose Rash 10:00 Thailand 2024
    

    Directed:

    Thanut Rujitanont

    
    

    O Nobly-Born, your breathing is about to cease. Listen with full attention, without being distracted. O Nobly-Born, go forward, you have been in a swoon. The film was inspired by the book titled “Tibetan Book of the Dead” (1927).

11. Closer / Lähemmäs 07:55 Finland 2024
    

    Directed:	Albert Aleksanteri Laine
    Screenplay:	Albert Aleksanteri Laine
    Production:	Albert Aleksanteri Laine

    
    

    Closer is a jagged existential animation about how the perspective to life can change. It tells the story of an old artist, broken by his difficult memories. It is an animated short film made by one person about closeness, love, acceptance and healing.

12. Обіруч (Heart Hug) 08:46 Ukraine 2023
    

    Directed:	Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova
    Screenplay:	Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova
    Dialogue Language:	Ukrainian

    
    

    "Обіруч (Heart Hug)'' is a deeply moving film that explores the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens of a lovely duo. The film is based on a true story about the power of human connection and the beautiful bond between an elderly woman named Lilia and her faithful companion, Max, a big orange dog. The film is a story of love, loss, and resilience, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, the connections we create are our strengths.