Professional Competition 3

1. Aluado 07:11 Portugal
   

   Directed:	Cláudio Jordão
   Screenplay:	Cláudio Jordão
   Production:	António Costa Valente
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   …somewhere in the far reaches of an imagined universe, an astronaut travels between moons in search of his mental sanity… somewhere in the far reaches of an imagined universe… … algures nos confins de um universo imaginado, um astronauta viaja entre luas em busca da sua sanidade ment… algures nos confins de um universo imagin…

2. Vor 17:31 Taiwan 2024
   

   Directed:	Ping An HUANG
   Screenplay:	Ping An HUANG
   Production:	Sheep WU
   Dialogue Language:	Chinese

   
   

   Daikon and Bean met at the edge of the world, then that hot summer turned into spring.

3. An Unwanted Member 02:16 India 2024
   
   

   Nowadays, we are all stuck in the cycle of stress and day by day, it becomes a permanent member of our lifestyle. In this film, there are three phases: Transmission of stress (first phase), It moves from boss to employee, employee to other man in traffic, other man to his wife like infection. Birth of stress (second phase): A baby grows up with stress. The third phase is the spreading of stress. The boy goes to school and spreads stress to his school friends. One of his classmates becomes a boss; he is that boss who came in the first frame. In short, if you give stress to someone, the same things will come to you in different ways. It is time to identify this problem and make our world happy.

4. Pader 08:25 France 2024
   

   Directed:	Jean Vergé
   Screenplay:	Benjamin Pernot
   Production:	PEGBAR ANIMATION
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   "A young boy, clad in a dunce cap and lion's paw gloves, embarks on a quest across a fiery desert, carrying a heavy burden. Compelled by an imperative inner voice, he faces hardships, turning his duty into a tool to get through the pitfalls.

5. The Three Sisters 14:31 Cyprus 2024
   

   Directed:	Timur Kognov
   Screenplay:	Timur Kognov
   Production:	Alexander Perishev, Dave Henderson

   
   

   Three sisters live a lonely life on an isolated island, each in their own small house. One day, circumstances develop in such a way that they are forced to rent out one of the houses.

6. Plain of Yellow Flowers 08:42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2023
   

   Directed:	Hossein Aghamohammadi
   Screenplay:	Hossein Aghamohammadi
   Production:	Hossein Aghamohammadi
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Distributed by IRAN FILM PORT co. An Iranian Films Agency and Distribution Under the supervision of "Alimohammad Eghbaldar" www.iranfilmport.com Synopsis:A girl is only eager for the birth of her sister. She imagines her in her dreams and is trying to make a gift for her...

7. The Alchemist’s Apprentice 06:48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2024
   

   Directed:	Erfan Parsapour
   Screenplay:	Erfan Parsapour
   Production:	Zahra Mansouriyeh, Sarah Kayvan
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   A young alchemy apprentice tries to fix his master's creation discreetly.

8. Featherbrain / Tête de linotte 06:25 France 2024
   

   Directed:	Paul Charff
   Screenplay:	Paul Charff
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   Colin, an absent-minded pupil, escapes into his thoughts during a math lesson, surrounded by amusing characters who bring him comfort. When called to the blackboard, he remains stuck in his dream. One of Colin’s imaginary friends sprouts from a tear, guiding him through the wonders of the outside world, pointing out all the beauty and fascinating details about it. This gives Colin the strength and hope to return to his senses.

9. The Magic of Santa Claus 08:52 United States 2024
   

   Directed:	Andrew de Burgh
   Screenplay:	Andrew de Burgh
   Production:	Andrew de Burgh, C. Diamant, Ananya Chopra
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Despite receiving a heartbreaking diagnosis, Santa Claus moves on with his life as if nothing happened.

10. Our Ashes Are Alive 07:55 Greece 2024
    

    Directed:	Vanessa Ferle
    Screenplay:	Vanessa Ferle
    Production:	Vanessa Ferle
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A female testimony of a post-apocalyptic “ancient-Greek-drama-alike” non-human chorus of ashes' statues. The ashes of the victims of the genocide of Palestinians arise in an underwater world and tell their story, protected from the inhumanity of humans on earth, and accompanied by mutated fish-birds. A story of love and hope in an age of despair, through an audiovisual breeding of archival folk & revolutionary music, war field journalists' auditory documentations and new smart technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, VR and AR. CONCEPT: “An audiovisual lament for the unjust death of innocent Palestinians, who dissolved literally into ashes, during their ongoing massive and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza since October 7, 2023, through an experimental breeding of traditional music, current war field recordings and Artificial Intelligence, VR and AR.

11. Kissing Day 08:00 Turkey 2024
    

    Directed:	Ligebita Libera
    Dialogue Language:	Russian

    
    

    "Kissing Day" is a short animated film based on an interview with the famous Russian journalist and LGBTQ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. It tells the story of the "Kissing Day" action that Elena organized outside the Russian State Duma in 2012 during the first hearings of the law against "gay propaganda" among minors. In total, Russian LGBTQ activists organized four protests outside the State Duma. In June 2013, the law on "gay propaganda" was adopted by a majority vote.

12. Trumpet Voice / Voz de Trompeta 12:11 Chile 2023
    

    Directed:	Pilar Smoje Gueico, David Monarte Serna
    Screenplay:	Pilar Smoje Gueico, David Monarte Serna
    Production:	Pilar Smoje Gueico
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    A middle-aged trumpet player, unable to communicate with the world in any other way than through his music. One day his trumpet is stolen by the demons with whom he lives every day and he will have to travel inside his mind, reliving his greatest fears and traumas in order to fight his demons and recover his precious trumpet.