Student Competition 5

1. The Voice of The Sea 04:00 2024
   

   Directed:	Clara Chacón
   Screenplay:	Clara Chacón
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Polo is a young traveler who, hears the story of a mysterious woman living in the middle of the sea, said to be capable of answering any question.

2. GRINDEBERG'S CASE 09:03 2024
   

   Directed:

   Alexis Nourry / Léa Berchon-Danquigny / Liza Grimberg / Méïssa Hayran / Mélissa Metzger

   
   

   In London, in 1965, the skilled inspector Elizabeth Grindeberg rushes out of a cinema in pursuit of a mysterious silhouette. On the verge of catching it, her back gets blocked and the figure runs away. Larry, her intern, joins her breathless. Back in her office, they start the investigation from scratch. Inside Grindeberg's head, everything gets mixed : the clues, the piles of cardboxes and Larry constantly interrumpting her. She finds herself tangled in the red threads of the case. She is bought back to reality by an old newspaper relating one of her past cases. Soon after, Larry finds an interesting clue on his tape recorder. They begin to think together, mixing their way of thinking and manage to draw a portrait of the culprit. Let to an old abandonned cinema where the criminal Greta Maverick is, Grindeberg ignores Larry once again and rushes headlong. But unfortunately, her back gets stuck again, Larry catches up with her and makes her understand that she is at the center of the problem. Grindeberg has no choice but to trust Larry to complete the investigation.

3. ALLEGIANCE 06:47 2024
   

   Directed:

   Alex Bajon, Lucie Coste, Charlie Coucoureux, Hindha Koné, Anne Le, Aurore Meyer, Mariette Pons, Éloïse Vacher

   
   

   Accompanied by her Fool, a Queen fulfills the material wishes of her people in exchange of their submission. However, one day, someone asks her for an abstract wish: happiness. The established order will start to crumble.

4. CARTAGÈNE 06:35 2024
   

   Directed:

   Léa Berbach - Fabien Bernard - Lou Buisson - Paola Couturier - Marine La Villa - Théo Nouare - Marie Pacreau - Abla Saigh

   
   

   Paul, 30 years old, relives through a flashback the memories of his childhood spent with his grandfather.

5. REVEN 06:36 2024
   

   Directed:

   BABEY Hugo, BARREAU Victor, BOSSARD Line, HURARD Chloé, MONNIER Coralie, MORIN Mathilde, RIPOCHE Lèna, SALAÜN Tanguy

   
   

   Reven, a ten-year old, was born with her head tilted downward. When her teacher questions her abilities to adapt with others, she decides to prove them wrong with a class where she'll stand straight as much as her classmates.

6. Sonder 14:03 2025
   

   Directed:	Luis Iván Guerrero, Mario Rodríguez Herrera
   Screenplay:	Mario Rodríguez Herrera, Luis Iván Guerrero
   Production:	Mario Rodríguez Herrera, Luis Iván Guerrero
   Dialogue Language:	English, Spanish

   
   

   Searching through many worlds, a traveler tries to find something of great importance: to fulfill his purpose.

7. Little Me / Pequeno Eu 04:41 2024
   

   Directed:	Ema Copek
   Screenplay:	Ema Copek
   Production:	Ema Copek, Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis

   
   

   Arie, a teenager, lives between two parents and a divorce. In an emergency, she has to rescue the virtue that remained in her childhood memories to finally find peace and forgiveness and the unconditional love of a child.

8. Dreamtracks 02:23 United States 2025
   

   Directed:

   Margaryta Winkler

   
   

   A train hums along the tracks, a mind drifts off.

9. Something That Is Missing 11:20 2024
   

   Directed:	Pola Lotta Włodarczyk
   Screenplay:	Pola Lotta Włodarczyk
   Production:	Agata Golańska
   Dialogue Language:	Polish

   
   

   An elderly woman no longer gets out of bed. She lives with her dog. Her memories blend with reality, and reality with dreams.

10. Good Chef Bad Chef (2024) 03:00 2024
    

    Directed:	Nicola Lucisano
    Screenplay:	Nicola Lucisano
    Production:	Natasha Wong

    
    

    Good Chef Bad Chef tells the tale of an intense culinary competition between husband and wife. The story follows the couple with very different cooking styles as they try to prepare their own dishes in their kitchen. With a desperate need to one-up the other, they fail to even notice the headless chook that is fighting for its life as it tries to escape its doomed fate. From hogging the oil, to dynamite chillies and even a slippery tango, Mr and Mrs. Chef will go to the ends of the earth to prove that they are the better chef.

11. Green lily 04:12 Jordan 2025
    

    Directed:	Majd Abdallah Bani domi
    Screenplay:	Majd Abdallah Bani domi
    Production:	Majd Abdallah Bani domi
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    In a world that rejects difference, a worker steps from the shadows into the spotlight, defying the discrimination around her to prove on stage that passion and determination are stronger than any barriers.

12. Aisling 03:57 Ireland 2025
    

    Directed:	Hannah O'Keeney Conway
    Screenplay:	Hannah O'Keeney Conway
    Production:	Hannah O'Keeney Conway
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    “Aisling” is a 2D hand-drawn animation following Aisling, a young woman struggling with her identity. The piece focuses on peer pressure, and how the harshest form of it comes from within. Aisling is confronted with a manifestation of herself as she navigates a night out with friends she has grown distant from. The night soon spirals out of control as Aisling gives in to the pressure. We all have a choice in what we do, but Aisling feels that she doesn’t. Social outings are a source of pressure in young people today, and the desire to be accepted. Aisling is no longer interested in going out, but her anxiety surrounding the loss of a friendship pulls her toward a night of pushing past her boundaries. Her internal conflict is personified through a version of herself guiding her through the night, leading her to spiral out of control. The film acts as a warning to the dangers of conforming to the pressure from both within, and from our friends. It is a reminder that we have a choice in what we do, and that there is comfort in being yourself and not needing the approval of others.

13. 44Y Rescue Mission 03:53 Honduras 2025
    

    Directed:	Edwin Murillo
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    G344Y or Gerry is part of a series of rescue robots, his most recent mission will have him rescue L744Y or Larry, one of his companions with whom he shared many experiences, to accomplish this, he must pilot his ship as skillfully as he can and cross a long, dangerous field of asteroids.

14. Strayed 04:14 2024
    

    Directed:	Elving Josué Mendoza
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    Strayed is a film I created to explore the profound lengths we humans will go to for someone or something dear to us. Love, in all its forms, is a fundamental aspect of the human experience, and I wanted to capture, in a brief yet powerful way, just how deeply we value what we hold close. It never ceases to amaze me how far we’re willing to go to protect and preserve the things we cherish. With this in mind, I crafted a story that reveals the depth of this sentiment through the actions of the protagonist. I ultimately chose to center the narrative around rescuing a pet, illustrating that it doesn’t matter whether it’s a person or an animal our love compels us to go to great lengths for those we hold dear.

15. Sphere Supreme 05:02 2024
    

    Directed:

    Hasan Pastaci

    
    

    Follow Arama, guided by a mystical pomegranate tree, meeting a mysterious man. Along the way, Arama faces parts of himself, slowly putting together the puzzle of his identity. But before he is able to put everything together, will he manage to keep himself in one piece?

16. SORRY / MAAF 05:30 2025
    

    Directed:	Sharon Laurencia
    Screenplay:	Muhammad Rajata Rakha Wahana
    Production:	Andika Dwi Permana
    Dialogue Language:	Indonesian

    
    

    Ratna (28), a bank employee in Medan, Indonesia, has not returned to Bukittinggi for five years after clashing with her father, who insisted she become a teacher. When he falls gravely ill, she reluctantly boards a night bus. The journey turns haunting. After surviving the terror and finally reaching her village, only a yellow flag and a final letter await her.

17. Askeladden and the Princess / Askeladden og Prinsessen 07:32 2024
    

    Directed:	Johanne Sjørengen
    Screenplay:	Johanne Sjørengen
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A Norwegian version of the film is also available. https://vimeo.com/951068554 Password: johanne2024 The film has English, Norwegian, French, Turkish and Spanish subtitles. This is the classic Norwegian fairytale about the "Princess that no one could silence", told by a father to his daughter. When the story is over, the daughter still doesn't want to go to bed, she wants to know what happens next. The father then continues the story; The Princess has been captured by the troll and it falls on Askeladden to embark on a daring rescue mission. But in the middle of the father's storytelling, the daughter interrupts him and begins to tell her own version of the story. Both narrators try to change the story as they want, but what happens when the Princess suddenly no longer follows what they say?

18. Mission 1313 / Missão 1313 04:19 2024
    

    Directed:	Coletivo turma 5ºA e Hélder Barbosa
    Screenplay:	Coletivo turma 5ºA - under the guidance of Hélder Barbosa
    Production:	ANIMA VAM - AMARELA MECÂNICA
    Dialogue Language:	English, Portuguese

    
    

    A video wandering on social media leads to a series of actions that bring very real and irreversible consequences. Not everything we see online is true, but the same cannot be said of its consequences.