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Short Film Competition 3 | 2019

Slovakia / 2018 / 5’13”

Poetika Anima is an animated lyric poem about a woman who transforms her despondency within a fluid space-time.

France, Canada, 2018 / 5’27”

A woman stands in front of a window looking at the black clouds on the horizon. Motionless, she struggles against memories that resurface. A passionate embrace appears in the clouds.

France, 2018 / 4’40”

Bavure portrays the evolution of a human being from his creation to awareness of the mysteries of the universe. It is a metaphor for the creation of the world and a parable of the artistic process.

France, 2019 / 12’14”

At night, as family members engage in curious rituals before bedtime, a child summons a wolf from a box hidden under his bed. Creepy sheep then begin to besiege the door to his room….

Portugal, France, Canada, 2019 / 13’03” / vo sub. it.

From Regina’s personal and visual memories, a tribute to Uncle Thomas, a humble man with a simple and anonymous life. It is a recognition of someone who does not have to be “somebody” to become exceptional.

Italy, France / 2018 / 5’20”

Through a journey back in memory, a woman and a man retrace the most important moments of their love story. From the winter of their love they go back, in a whirlwind of memories, to the summer of passion and the little magic from which it all began.

Czech Republic, 2018 / 9’52” / vo sub. it.

The short film about life after the loss of a loved one tackles a difficult topic using both live action and animation techniques. The narrators’ real experiences are combined with animated sequences that reconstruct painful situations and investigate the thoughts of three young people who have been prematurely exposed to death.

Germany, 2017 / 3’45”

A woman comes home at night. She is overpowered from behind by a stranger. He grabs her and tries to tear off her clothes. They struggle. The man’s and woman’s points of view interchange. Realities and fears overlap. A new point of view is brought in: the eyewitnesses who live in the surrounding houses. They watch a perpetrator on the run and a helpless victim. But for the woman, the situation is not so clear.