ICONA ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2024 Official Screeningshttps://iconafestival.eu/live
Ionian Contemporary
Animation Festival ICONA
December 5th - December 8th, 2024 LIVE
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Student Competition 2


Thursday 05/12/2024 15:00 - 17:00, Friday 06/12/2024 03:00 - 05:00
Total Duration: 1:37:00

  1. Till Death Us Do Part 02:04 United Kingdom 2023
    Directed: Verity Broad, Rhiannon VIgnes, Livia Torres
    Screenplay: Verity Broad
    Production: University of Hertfordshire
    Dialogue Language: No Dialogue

    A grief stricken widow comes to the church for consolation or confession?

  2. Please, Remember 02:00 Cyprus 2024
    Directed: Panagiotis Christou

    The long struggle someone goes through when they have to accept the inevitable mortality of their loved ones. Searching in the depths of their despair and pain for a reason and meaning behind seeing their loved ones slowly age until their time finally comes, leaving them behind with the memories they created together. A film created to help process these emotions, to reach some form of peace and acceptance when the time to grieve arrives.

  3. Bon Ali The Kind 02:40 Spain 2024
    Directed: Pablo Esteo
    Screenplay: Pablo Esteo

    Year 4001. Our small but brave hero, has been entrusted by his tribe with the ultimate mission of transporting the last seed across the desert in order to end the drought. Join Bon Ali on a journey full of obstacles and dangers and discover, despite of his short legs, what he is capable of!

  4. Portrait of a mute man 04:34 Italy 2024
    Directed: Gabriella Sacco

    The short film “Portrait of a mute man” follows the incessant flight of a fly within a classroom, its direction constantly changing and impossible to determine. Accompanied by a waltz soundtrack that mirrors the erratic movement, it reflects the speechlessness of a person who discovers they have nothing to say.

  5. Wild Animal 12:35 United States 2024
    Directed: Tianyun Lyu
    Production: xiaowen wu

    In the Mongolian wilds, a hunter's heir, With his father, a bond so rare. Kindness within, 'midst nature's might, A tale of love, in the wild's wild fight.

  6. Baile con la Muerte 04:15 Spain 2024
    Directed: Berta Alsinet, Paula Anglás, Núria Aranda, Martina Berney, Joan Cortit, Laia Domene, David Martin, Carlota Massó, Roger Menta, Victor Moya, Gisela Torras

    During a dangerous chase following a robbery, Death reaps the souls of those who are dying, until it is struck by love at first sight with a soul it must reap.

  7. Sandcastles 05:42 United Kingdom 2023
    Directed: Meredith Stewart
    Screenplay: Meredith Stewart
    Production: Meredith Stewart

    A wistful child re-lives a memory close to their heart.

  8. ANIMALIUM 02:35 Turkey 2024
    Directed: Balkan Akarsel
    Screenplay: Balkan Akarsel
    Production: Balkan Akarsel
    Dialogue Language: No Dialogue

    Bir kaplan, çocukluktaki balık arkadaşını kaybetmenin acısıyla baş etmeye çabalıyor. ( A tiger struggles to cope with the loss of his childhood fish friend. )

  9. Kiki and Bouba: A Peachy Story 04:18 Poland 2024
    Directed: Julia Wiereńko, Adrian Krzych, Kinga Chłodek, Leon Bugajski, Barbara Szczerbanowska
    Production: Bruno Caetano, Julia Wiereńko

    In “Peachy Story”, we witness the meeting of two farmers, who have different ideas of what it means to grow the perfect peach. The first farmer, Kiki, is a small creature who believes that the smaller the seed is, the better the fruit. Kiki is very lively, neurotic, and stubborn. The second farmer, Bouba, is chill and easy-going. He grows peaches with large seeds, and moves very slowly… that is, until someone tries to mess with his trees.

  10. The Last Man on Earth / Ostatni Człowiek na Ziemi 04:04 Poland 2023
    Directed: Joanna Żybul
    Screenplay: Joanna Żybul
    Production: The Polish National Film School in Lodz

    Left alone in the world, the last survivor, walks around an empty city, wondering on what there is to come.

  11. Gummybear 04:25 United Kingdom 2024
    Directed: Teodora Stoimenova
    Production: Jon Weinbren
    Dialogue Language: English
  12. Monyio 06:13 Taiwan 2024
    Directed: YU HSIANG TAO
    Screenplay: YU HSIANG TAO
    Dialogue Language: English

    The girl lost one of her legs due to an accident. One day, the girl fell asleep while taking a nap. She once again saw how her legs once were. In the dream, the girl and a big raccoon chase each other, and it seems that she is no longer bound by her physical handicap, and this fantasy world full of candy dreams becomes a safe place for the girl to face the traumatic experience of her heart.

  13. 00110 10:25 Egypt 2024
    Directed: Farah Mohamed Diab
    Screenplay: Farah Mohamed Diab
    Production: Abeer Tawfik Rabie
    Dialogue Language: Arabic

    A psychological thriller that puts Agent Yasmin on a high-stakes mission. When her own son is kidnapped, the tension escalates, pushing Yasmin into a chase through an abandoned warehouse. Once she enetered the warehouse, her life is about to change. Her past echoes through the wall, her memories replaying. She meets the leech which turns out to be the criminal all along, a sentient machine who can fabricate voices of loved ones, it reveals that her son is not here and it was all a plan to get her here. Now faced with an unimaginable choice, Yasmine stands at the crossroads of duty and personal redemption. The leech offers her a tantalizing proposition-happiness, but at a grave cost. In a narrative teeming with suspense, '00110' unfolds as a thrilling exploration of a mother's determination, duty, and the harrowing consequences of navigating the blurred lines between reality and illusion.

  14. REC / Snima 06:18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024
    Directed: Fedor Marić
    Screenplay: Fedor Marić
    Production: Mladen Đukić
    Dialogue Language: No Dialogue

    A funky android trio and a mischievous songbird butt heads when they happen to schedule their respective rehearsals at the same time. Will the language of music be strong enough to bridge the gap in communication, or is conflict inevitable?

  15. Sống 02:57 United States 2024
    Directed: Dani Dung My Ha
    Dialogue Language: English

    A young healer grapples with the suffocation of their past as their memories blend into the present.

  16. ANÉMONE 02:26 France 2023
    Directed: Lancelot Lemau, Rémi Louis, Morgane Hueber, Jeanne Graehling, Mathieu Lazari

    A scientist looking for young plants for her research works, meets in a lush forest the protective spirit of nature, determined to preserve its habitat...

  17. ÉGARÉE 02:40 France 2023
    Directed: Alexis Nourry - Lea Berchon Danquigny - Maksat Hugonneaux - Meissa Metzger

    Dahlia is a young, undecided woman, whose life choices are based on a little tarot card. While she goes to a giant train station, she runs into a woman named Alix, and her card flies through a portal..

  18. MINO 06:30 France 2023
    Directed: Alban Moura

    Mino, a 13-year-old boy, leads a life of seclusion. He is solitary and takes refuge in his passion which is drawing, when he scribbles in his notebook, when he is in his bubble, his true personality takes over and comes to change him physically. The sudden appearance of the embodiment of this passion will turn his life upside down.

  19. UN BRIN DE VERDURE 03:46 France 2023
    Directed: Thomas SIMON ; Aloïs COISSARD ; Orane ELOY ; Esteban ESNAULT ; Romane LOCATELLI ; Maëva RONNER

    A crazy chase in a park between a silly insect and an overconfident frog...

  20. UNE VIE 2 FLEURS 05:31 France 2023
    Directed: Yaseen LALMAHOMED – Macélie FOUCHIER – Marie Marcheix – Lucie GUILLOT

    An 80-year-old grandmother, called Flore, lives alone in a country house with a plant that she cherishes enormously. However, the plant begins to wither. The grandmother will then try to save him by all means.


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