Student Competition 7

1. In a Time of Peace / Era uma vez a Paz 03:00 Portugal 2024
   

   Directed:	4ºA EB1Pe R. D. Dias
   Production:	CENA / EB1Pe Ribeiro Domingos Dias
   Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

   
   

   In a not very distant country, the drama of war is experienced by a family, on their journey in search of peace.

2. REBORN / Renascer 03:11 Portugal 2024
   

   Directed:	Joana Agrela
   Screenplay:	Joana Agrela
   Production:	EBS Calheta / CENA
   Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

   
   

   One tree is different from the rest. It is not well regarded by nature.

3. Unrecognized Character Detected / 检测到无法识别字符 08:35 China 2024
   

   Directed:	Song Ye
   Screenplay:	Ye Song
   Dialogue Language:	Chinese

   
   

   “The video that everyone is currently watching comes from a recently discovered microchip, estimated to be around 3-4 million years old. According to experts, the video was recorded inside a spacecraft, and it shows two organisms engaged in a continuous conflict. Although the video has been professionally deciphered by linguists and semioticians, some characters still cannot be recognized.” Inside the military base, the Chief Executive said so.

4. Kutkh and the Sun / Кутх и Солнце 02:23 Russian Federation 2023
   

   Directed:

   Irina Nitsevich

   
   

   Explore the mythology of the Itelmens, the indigenous people of Kamchatka and their take on the creation of the universe. The legendary tale of Kutkh, the raven-spirit who brought the Sun to Earth. История мироздания из мифологии ительменов - древнего народа Камчатки. Легенда о том, как ворон-божество Кутх принёс Солнце на Землю.

5. Dyslexia / Disleksija 04:56 Serbia 2023
   

   Directed:	Nataša Glišović
   Screenplay:	Nataša Glišović
   Production:	Iva Ćirić
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   A girl, faced with her dyslexia disorder, tries to compose a text on paper. With each new attempt, the girl experiences greater and greater frustrations, which are manifested in the form of playful and restless letters. The letters "dance" and transform around the girl, and as their confrontation approaches the climax, the girl's torment is symbolically depicted, along with her struggle to overcome the problem she lives with. Technique: hand-drawn 2D computer animation and paper cut out animation.

6. Collision 02:50 Czech Republic 2023
   

   Directed:	Štěpánka Mikulíková
   Production:	Lukáš Gregor

   
   

   Planet Earth is fed up with all the annoying human parasites. Its old acquaintance, an asteroid, might be able to solve its problem… After all, it already relieved it of some of its creatures once, a long time ago.

7. The Last Trick 03:40 Czech Republic 2023
   

   Directed:

   Anežka Židkova

   
   

   A bittersweet comedy about the wedding of a magician whose own absent-mindedness and occupational disease complicates his personal life.

8. I Will Die in This House 07:30 Czech Republic 2023
   

   Directed:	Adriana Bendžalová
   Screenplay:	Adriana Bendžalová
   Production:	Lukáš Gregor

   
   

   Animated film about finding friendship and understanding in unusual places.

9. In Our Hands 04:40 Czech Republic 2023
   Honorary Mention - International Student Short Animation- Jury
   

   Directed:	Kristián Mensa
   Screenplay:	Kristián Mensa
   Production:	Kristián Mensa
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   "The body is an endless source of inspiration, reflecting stories, metaphors, and connections with the external landscape. As humans, we possess the power to create, reproduce, and thrive, yet we also bear the capacity to witness the devastating ruin of our planet. The direction we choose to steer the flora, fauna, and ourselves rests solely in our hands. Will it be a path towards destruction or a beacon of hope for a better world? Through graceful dance and artistic prowess, young artist Mr. Kriss weaves a visual poem depicting our intertwined existence within the cyclic nature of life."

10. Na Výchyr 02:54 Slovakia 2023
    

    Directed:	Samuel Púchovský
    Screenplay:	Samuel Púchovský, Tomas Danay
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    The story follows the main character 'Magpie', who, as is her custom, collects shiny objects into her nest. However, other birds living in her vicinity build their nests in a classical practical way – from pieces of wood, in contrast to Magpie, which just mocks them and manically stuffs her nest with a huge pile of gold. However, on the day of the storm, she realizes that she has nowhere to hide in her nest, and her tree is on the verge of collapse. This becomes her downfall.

11. A Supermarket in California 05:34 Russian Federation 2024
    Honorary Mention - International Student Short Animation- Jury
    

    Directed:

    Anastasiya Vereykina

    
    

    A Supermarket Odyssey by Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman.

12. Come back to my shelf 08:09 Russian Federation 2023
    

    Directed:	Marina Zinkevich
    Screenplay:	Marina Zinkevich

    
    

    In a world where everyone has a locker for storing good memories, a father and daughter live. One day Dad leaves and the girl stops replenishing her shelves with new impressions.

13. Melody's Muse 03:45 United States 2024
    

    Directed:	Natasha Seroshtan
    Production:	Kristine Nguyen
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    Melody, a young faun studying music, auditions to be part of an orchestra. However, it proves to be more challenging than she thought when she tries to impress the orchestra’s severe conductor. Can she overcome failure and find her own path to success?

14. Life is the poem by psychopath / 生活はサイコパスの詩のように 05:36 Japan 2024
    

    Directed:	Yuanshen(ILLItion) YANG
    Screenplay:	Yuanshen(ILLItion) YANG
    Production:	Sonoko Kifune
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    One rainy night, a man is murdered in a park and the protagonist witnesses it. He immediately calls the police, but his cell phone battery runs out. As he waits for the battery to recharge, his memory changes…

15. JAN 05:05 Belgium 2023
    

    Directed:	Febe Van Avermaet
    Dialogue Language:	Dutch

    
    

    Jan, a 48 year old, neurotic, socially incapable man is trying to find peace, during a chaotic train journey. He escapes into a dream about geese.

16. The Deer 04:42 Netherlands 2023
    

    Directed:	Baran Sedighian
    Screenplay:	Baran Sedighian
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    There is a herd of deer living in the forest. The hunters attack them and one of them is injured. After a while, the wounded deer gets better and wants to go back to his old life, but he realizes that there is no going back, he has changed. The deer starts to migrate so that he can know his new self.

17. On the 8th Day / Au 8ème Jour 08:12 France 2023
    1st Place - International Student Short Animation - Jury
    

    Directed:	Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois
    Screenplay:	Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois
    Production:	Carlos De Carvalho

    
    

    It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.

18. FLEETING 12:23 Greece 2024
    

    Directed:	Michael Kotaidis
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A man returns home after a long resupply trip only to find his family deceased. A deadly sickness afflicts the environment and everyone living in it. Planning to put an end to this state of affairs he prepares for one last journey.