ANIMART 2021 - Competition

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Competition

Programme 2

Tuesday 20/07/2021 18:00 - 20:00 EEST - Animart Festival
Total Duration: 01:55:16

JACK AND JILL 05:40

In a dystopian land where all water resources have been exhausted, two pariahs try to steal water from a highly secured place.

CHASING STARS 02:21

The film tells the magic journey of a young girl, who’s looking for her home and own place in the world. The journey takes place in the Arctic and the main character is helped by a very special friend, a Beluga whale.

THE FORCE / Hatalom 03:06

We see frogs in their calm, natural environment, but suddenly human figures destroy their homes and trample them. The frogs hold on to each other and start a loud demonstration, which is picked up by the media… The story deals with the events of 2020 on the transformation of the Hungarian University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE). The short film was made using completely traditional paper cut out animation methods, the movements were made by hand, only digital post-production was essential for a cut and a sound design.

CIGARETTE / Cigaretta 04:26

An animated short film about the harms of smoking throughout the life of a cigarette, until it destroys itself along with its environment... The short film was made using completely traditional paper cut out animation methods, the movements were made by hand, only digital post-production was essential for a cut and a sound design.

PASSENGER / مسافر 06:01

One day a touring musician enters a city with poison plants. His hand touches pollen grains of poisonous plants unwantedly that cause some rashes on his hand...

THE DECEASED / המנוח 07:09

Stop motion musical. Haim, an elderly man is lying on his deathbed, as his family members gather to say goodbye, each in their own absurd way.

3:45 PM 02:50

CORPSELAND 06:35

Corpseland is an amusement park that has been used for the purpose of teaching and indoctrinating children to grow up as adults to serve a dysfunctional, polluted and twisted society.

RATS IN THE WALLS 05:15

“Rats in the Walls” is a short animation that is inspired by one of H.P.Lovecraft’s most gripping horror tales. The film presents the story of a middle aged man who wakes up one night to horrific sounds coming from the walls of his own apartment. He believes the screeches to be the sound of rats but no one else will confirm his suspicion. In his search and difficulties in locating the source of these sounds, the protagonist is rattled by whether what is happening exists in his mind or in reality.

ALESTORM - SHIT BOAT (NO FANS) 01:15

Official Music video for ALESTORM

ROAMING / Parcourir 06:04

A surrealist drift that questions the notion of inhabiting. "The house is our corner of the world." (Bachelard, The Poetics of Space).

THE MOMENTS / Chwile 02:07

An animated poetic etude with dry pastels. Empty beaches, peace, the sound of waves and contact with nature - time for reflection and silence.

MENARCHE / Ménarche 05:00

Arev breaks his tribe’s rules when he tries to rescue his sister in a place forbidden to him. There, he discovers the secret hidden by the customs of his village.

NEVER SEEN / Jamais Vu 03:28

In light of our dull daily life routines in this concrete jungle where everything always seems boring and familiar, our collage animation strives to explore creativity, funkiness and craziness from daily objects and characters. Jamais Vu, our title, aims to depict the strangeness and alienation of everyday objects and environments.

ROBBOS 03:07

Robbos is a 3-minute abstract film created with a focus of visualizing music through animation. The film consists of computer-generated neon particles in a dark space, where the movements and effects synchronize with the beats of the music. Robbos presents a progressing feeling of darkness and aggression.

SLEEPWALK 03:08

Sleepwalk is a mixed-media animation based on the urban scenery of of Hong Kong and the dancer Yang Hao who navigates the city.

ANNEMMONEME 01:59

Annemmoneme is a minimalist attempt at reimagining the ocean and its creatures through the use of brushstrokes, dots and dashes on a watercolor canvas. Falling and merging with the ocean is the core concept of this film. Shapes dancing along to Isan's music, from lively to quiet, bright to dark.

BUBBLING LAVE 02:42

The animation focuses on the aesthetics of food and the textures of bubbles. The main objects in this animation are fruits and vegetables, which have vivid colour and dazzling texture under the microscope. By applying several filter techniques, it resembles bubbling lava.

ROTATION 02:00

Spinning, Spinning, Spinning... The animation will be using stuff from our daily life as the subject, and by using the rotating parts to be the common factor, for example, the wheels of the car, the water tab, or even giving rotation to the parts that won’t turn. Usually our brain would emerge something familiar that have been imprinted in memories when it is triggered by something interesting. And we want to use “rotation” as the main feature to try to give a grotesque but funny perspective to look at things.

SILVERING 05:57

Upon discovering a grey hair, a woman becomes entangled in insecurity and fear of the future. The sanctuary of the bathroom takes a turn for the sinister as she spirals into a panic – and the hair becomes her tormentor.

MY BIG HAPPY FAMILY 02:49

FRANCA / Franca, mi amiga la ballena 10:00

Franca is a stopmotion short film about Marina and her friend, a Southern Right whale. They got separated from their families by ocean pollution and together they will collect the trash that has arrived from the city, but they must ask for help to clean up the mess.

A NEW DAWN / Um Novo Amanhecer 03:55

Charles is an ordinary citizen with a calm and cyclical daily life. His days are marked by routine chores. Until an unexpected delivery of a flower by a little girl causes a change in his way of living.

BURR 01:48

Burr is a curious little creature who loves to cling onto others, however due to its nature as a burr, it is torn away and rejected by all it comes in contact with. In the end it manages to find another it can relate to and a bond is formed between them.

SHLEEP 05:10

The storyline describes a boy stayed up all night doing his homework. When he wanted to sleep and yawn, sheep began to appear in his fantasy. And then they happen a lot of interesting interaction between the boy and the fantasy sheep.

THE GAME WE LOST THAT DAY 01:56

Hazy, faded and overlapping memories from the evening after I played my last secondary school softball game.

PHARMACY ODYSSEY 09:28

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