Ionian ContemporaryAnimation Festival ICONA November 13th - 16th, 2025
Student Competition 3
Thursday 13/11/2025 13:00 - 15:00, Friday 14/11/2025 01:00 - 03:00
Total Duration: 1:48:58
- EINVALA 03:45 2025
Directed: Royer Guénaël / Abiad Michel / Extanasié Chloé /Mongkhounepraseuth Alex /Belhouchat Anaëlle /Huynh Yoan /Priez Typhaine /Chen Laura / Yabut Harold / Pevez Alessandro Dialogue Language: No Dialogue In an age long past, where gods and mortals coexisted in fragile harmony, Bjorn, a valiant Viking warrior, is entrusted with a sacred mission. Guided by the ancients, he must recover the fragments of the Astral Stone, a divine artifact shattered during the fall of the old realms. Across lands ravaged by chaos and haunted by forgotten creatures, Bjorn faces dark forces to restore balance to the worlds and save his tribe from a grim fate.
- LUMA 03:15 2025
Directed: Eva Pringault / Merlin Sokolowski, Mehdi Kaoune, Arthur Pezi, Alix Offer, Lisa Barbin, Maxime Leyris, Erwann Legoff, Yovan Rozo Dialogue Language: No Dialogue In a Solarpunk Universe, Ren and Cora’s peaceful life is shattered by an odd phenomenon spreading through water. They have to go on an adventure to find the source of it and save their ecosystem.
- SYNAPSE 03:26 2025
Directed: Tim Schaffter, Gael RASOAMAHARO, Aurore Fournier, Rizene Afif, Vincent Duduyer, Quentin Moulineuf, Thomas Provot, Sam Lejeune, Dimitry Watson, Lucas Quennehen Dialogue Language: English, French Elise, an ex-engineer, is desperately searching for her son lost in Paris which became an apocalyptic city invaded by zombies.
- NIRAT / นิราศ 03:00 Thailand 2025
Directed: Thitaree Weerapatinya, Nawaphat Tamsamran Screenplay: Thitaree Weerapatinya, Nawaphat Tamsamran, Poobes Petchdee, Paphon Chorpakapan, Thanawat Ngamwongvechakul Production: Nawaphat Tamsamran Dialogue Language: Thai A young boy named "Phob" embarks on his quest to save his mother from a mysterious illness. As search for rare ingredients for this life-saving potion, Phob uncovers secrets about his mother's past and must confront his mother's ex-lovers, which may reveal the identity of his true father.
- AS THE WIND BLOWS / AU GRÉ DU VENT 05:13 2025
Directed: Sara BOUGUERRA Mathieu TAVERNIER Paul SIMONNET Lisa TOUITOU Jakob KUIPERS Julie Guilerm Inès TECHER A strange flying structure hovers over a small village nestled among the mountains. Miya, a young girl drawn to this surreal vision, decides to approach it, discovering mysterious creatures that will forever change the way she sees the world.
- WHAT NOW? / ET APRÈS ? 05:53 2025
Directed: Clémence Raffin, Adèle Collin, Laurianne Baux, Blandine Nguyen, Neil Delory, Narcisse Petit A glacier witnesses a trail runner’s death, but no one seems to notice its own slow demise.
- THE LEFT-HANDED SNAIL / L'ESCARGOT GAUCHER 07:33 2025
Directed: Matteo BOULARD, Clément NAHMIAS, Louis VELAINE, Valentin DECOMBES, Gabryël AURY, Mathys MYSIUS A left-handed snail, unable to reproduce with other right-handed snails, sets off on a long journey to find love.
- THE LAST STORM / LA DERNIÈRE TEMPÊTE 05:45 2025
Directed: PAUL MELLET, MARGUERITE RUGGIRELLO, EDITA KOKORIN, NOÉ DOULIÈRE, VASILIS SAVVIDES, AMÉLIE BAARS Brittany, 1920. A solitary lighthouse keeper is devoted to her duty until she allows herself to listen to reason and choose another life.
- MADAME YVETTE 05:08 2025
Directed: Camille Gournay , Laetitia Merleni , Loup Vial , Léa Lacombe Yvette, a slightly bitter elderly woman, is about to board a train. Her encounter with Elios, a kind and dedicated conductor, will turn her journey into something far from ordinary.
- Footprints in the Sand 12:38 United States 2025
Directed: Ejun Mary Hong Dialogue Language: Korean Footprints in the Sand is a mixed-media animated documentary that invites four lymphoma cancer patients from South Korea to share their stories—a collection of narratives inspired by my family member, who, despite her ongoing battle with lymphoma, continues to help other cancer patients anonymously through a Korean lymphoma community website by translating foreign medical research. This film was produced with the financial assistance of the ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum 2024 Scholarship and the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation from the University of the Pennsylvania. contact information: ejunhong@sas.upenn.edu
- House on the sea / Ház a tengeren 14:04 Hungary 2025
Directed: Tünde Nagy Screenplay: Tünde Nagy Production: Éva M Tóth A woman who lives alone in a house in the middle of the sea, makes herself a little girl from her own hair. One day, a ship appears, attracting the child's attention and upsetting the harmony.
- Travelous / سفرناک 05:56 2024
Directed: Samira Hoseini Screenplay: Sam Salmassi Production: Samira Hoseini Dialogue Language: Persian A young boy wants to immigrate to another country by a hot air balloon and he has to leave things behind.
- The Big Bad Wolf 05:00 United Kingdom 2024
Directed: Leo William Wright Screenplay: Leo William Wright Dialogue Language: English After discovering the power of the humble brick, pigs forged ahead into the industrial revolution building houses, factories and shops to wolf-proof their lives. This is the story about a little piggie named Richmond who befriends a not-so-big bad wolf named Billy, much to the outrage of his father. Set in the Black Country, this film is about friendship, inclusivity and not judging a wolf by its cover. “The Big Bad Wolf” – Set in an industrial pig society, a wolf and a pig form an unlikely friendship, defying prejudices and the cautionary words of the age-old parable. - Variety 2025
- Oh, Crab! 03:30 United States 2024
Directed: Lewi Thute, Karina Zhou, Batu Alpas, William Zhou Larsen Screenplay: Lewi Thute, Karina Zhou, Batu Alpas, William Zhou Larsen A disgruntled old fisherman who's an amputee, one day comes across a little crab who is also missing an arm. In an unlikely turn of events, the fisherman decides to help the crab and share his life with this new creature. Together, they learn the trials and errors of what it means to be a true friend.
- Ballad of Fishes and Birds / Balada de peces y pájaros 07:34 2025
Directed: Anny Uribe, Juan José Arévalo Screenplay: Sofía Añón Picó Production: Adasat Hernández León Dialogue Language: No Dialogue Carlina lost her father in the Colombian armed conflict and lives alone with her mother. The pain is still overwhelming, and they both hold on to their memories and personal objects in order to survive. Everything changes with the appearance of a mystical fish that will be Carlina's guide during her adventure.
- Go Away / Va-t'en 07:43 2025
Directed: Félix Poutet, Sihème Bouaou Screenplay: Félix Poutet, Sihème Bouaou Production: Noélie Ravat, Joan De Camaret Dialogue Language: Turkish Iranian-Turkish border. Two Afghan migrants have killed their smuggler and find themselves alone in the mountains...
- Beautify 02:20 2025
Directed: Elizaveta Makarenko Screenplay: Elizaveta Makarenko Production: Elizaveta Makarenko Dialogue Language: English Beautify explores the pressure to conform to unrealistic beauty standards through the lens of a young woman’s battle with her own digital reflection. Inspired by personal experiences with insecurity, the film is a commentary on self-worth, identity, and the courage it takes to reclaim your own image.
- Bar Croquette freestyle / Bar Krokiet freestyle 05:15 2025
Directed: Maria Dakszewicz Screenplay: Maria Dakszewicz Production: Agata Golańska Dialogue Language: Polish After watching a Bollywood film, a woman yearning for excitement begins to question the storyline of her own life.
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