Programme 6

1. FLOATING CITY 04:29
Hong Kong 2022
Directed by: Chit Ng
Screenplay: Chit Ng
Animation: Chit Ng
Technique: 3D animation
Music: “Suspense scary – Original version” by Oak Studios
Production/School: Chit Ng / City university of Hong Kong
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



Floating City is a 3D animation inspired by the tense and busy life in Hong Kong. The story starts when the protagonist dies, whose ghost later flows around the floating city and peeps into the ‘normal’ life of Hong Kong people. The whole animation deliberately extracts the emotion of the people surrounding the protagonist to accentuate his marginalized situation, which is the norm for most people in the floating city. This animation criticises the impersonality of this society and the exploitation of labourers in this capitalist society.




2. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH 09:15
France 2020
Directed by: Capucine Gougelet
Screenplay: Capucine Gougelet
Animation: Capucine Gougelet
Technique: 2D
Music: Alon Weissfeld
Production/School: EnsAD
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: None



Museum rules are simple : don't run, don't touch, don't shout and never disobey. The movie has been selected in several international festivals, received 5 awards and has been presented at the Cannes festival Short Film Corner 2022.




3. THE TRUTH WITHIN 03:10
United States of America 2022
Directed by: Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon
Screenplay: Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon
Animation: Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon
Technique: Computer Animation
Music: Zach Heyde
Production/School: Ringling College of Art + Design
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



In a Make-a-Bear Store, a hard-boiled teddy bear detective is alerted by his lover of a dead body that has been found. Upon arriving at the crime scene, he starts unveiling clues which set him on a path to discovering the truth: Danger lurks closer than he thinks.




4. EYE OF THE WHALE / L’Occhio della Balena 06:37
Italy 2022
Directed by: Giorgia Bonora, M. Lucia Schimmenti, Francina Ramos, Tess Tagliaferro
Screenplay: Tess Tagliaferro
Technique: 2d Animation
Music: Amos Cappuccio
Production/School: Eva Zurbriggen / Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte - Dipartimento Animazione



In a whaling village, a little girl witnesses the last moments of a beached humpback whale and establishes a deep connection with the sea giant.




5. THE HAIR'S MOVE / La Mossa del Capello 08:05
Italy 2022
Directed by: Giuseppe Lo Verso, Andrea Pavone
Screenplay: Andrea Pavone
Animation: Giuseppe Lo Verso
Technique: 2d Animation
Music: Fulvo Chiara
Production/School: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte - Dipartimento Animazione



In a charming Sicilian village, Inspector Candeloro tackles the atrocious crime involving an emigrant returning after many years away in this parody of a very popular all-Italian TV detective series.




6. VOLCANO / Vulcano 06:58
Italy 2022
Directed by: Margherita Abbruzzi, Serena Miraglia, Giada Rizzi, Lara Zizzi
Screenplay: Serena Miraglia, Lara Zizzi
Animation: Serena Miraglia
Technique: 2D digital
Music: Fulvio Chiara
Production/School: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte - Dipartimento Animazione



Young Hephaestus, in an attempt to undo his exile from Olympus, forges a gift for his mother Hera, but is forced to make a pact with Hermes so that the latter brings the gift to the goddess on his behalf




7. SUPERFUNNY BUTTON 05:53
Italy 2022
Directed by: Elena Panetta, Valerio Sorcinelli
Screenplay: Valerio Sorcinelli
Technique: 2d Animation
Music: Fulvio Chiara
Production/School: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte - Dipartimento Animazione
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



Forced to stay indoors due to an alien invasion, a freaky girl desperately tries to fight boredom between the sofa, cell phone and fridge until she's sucked into a sugary parallel world.




8. ROOTS / Raices 07:34
Italy 2022
Directed by: Maddalena Brozzi, Sara Moschini, Laura Cagnoni
Screenplay: Maddalena Brozzi
Animation: Maddalena Brozzi
Technique: 2d Animation
Music: Amos Cappuccio
Production/School: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte - Dipartimento Animazione
Dialogue language: Italian



Gone. Poisoned word. It creeps frozen under the skin. I see your smile again, your peonies. How can be true?




9. ANOK 02:02
Portugal 2022
Directed by: Laura Duarte Pires
Screenplay: Laura Duarte Pires
Animation: 2D
Technique: 2D Animation and Digital Cut Out
Music: Toxic Waste A by Albert Lennard
Production/School: University of Algarve
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



In a quiet morning, an old lady gets ready for a punk concert and meets up with her friends so they can go together.




10. FAMILY JEWELS 02:20
United Kingdom 2021
Directed by: Tilly Wallace
Screenplay: Tilly Wallace
Animation: Tilly Wallace
Technique: 2d Animation
Production/School: University for the Creative Arts Farnham
Dialogue language: English



Three generations worth of family history are discussed around a kitchen table; a collection of animated stories told through the medium of jewellery. A family pour out their jewellery boxes onto their kitchen table, and recount the stories that are entwined with them. From a treasured locket held during the first world war, to a beloved pair of earrings that became a distraction for a naughty baby, 'Family Jewels' follows a family's journey in a unique way, and always overflows with laughter and love.