Competition Programme
Kurent
Kurent is a short film based on the mythological creature found in Slovenian folklore. He is said to come every winter, scare the frost away, and bring on a new spring.
Parasit
Fast forward. A camera rushes across Argentina’s stone desert toward a cactus and crashes headfirst through an opening into the plant’s interior. There, a view opens up of an eerie universe. Vibrating insect wings beat, swishing against one another, then they transform into little Sputniks with tender antennas, rushing around, and we dive into one of their hollow bodies.
Nelegendarna razbojnika / Briganti senza leggenda / Thugs With No Legend
In the countryside near Rimini, two pitiful thugs try racketeering a couple of farmers. But the farmers who have gotten tired of always being tricked decide to take their revenge and they scheme a diabolical plot which eventually sends the thugs to jail.
Kako ukrotiti psa? / Mit kell tudni a kutyaidomításhoz? / What Does One Need to Know in Order to Train Dogs?
There are those who miss a mortgage payment, but nonetheless make more purchases; there are those who laugh out loud at inappropriate moments, and who do not clean their shoes properly.
Ljubi / Liebling / Darling
What is memory loss? In the labyrinth of fear, a close person becomes a stranger and home turns into a trap. Groping her way down the track of familiar objects and shapes, the character is trying to go back to the life that used to be her own.
Trespass
“Trespass” means to intrude, but it could also be an unauthorized entry, or in legal jargon, a “domestic disturbance.” The ten-minute real-animation film plays with all of these meanings. A consistent element throughout is a type of avatar of the director, a character created from real images, whom the film sends on a world journey of sorts, within his own four walls.
Vox Animae
Vox Animae is an allegory of the creative person’s eternal fight for finding and manifesting the innermost voice.
Idole
A man and a dog, a connection referring to infancy intended to break and fly away on the thin line of memories. What once passes doesn't happen again, becoming a whole of scattered frame in the mind, continuously shape-changing.
Fibonaccijev kruh / Fibonaccijev kruh / Fibonacci Bread
Fibo the baker makes bread and rolls every night, and in the morning, he rides his bicycle through the labyrinth of the city to take them to his customers. During an afternoon nap, a dream reveals to him the geometrical golden rule behind the pattern of his daily routine. This discovery leads to the encounter with the city's secret and most unusual visitor...
Zima in kuščar / Inverno e ramarro / Winter and Lizard
A young girl and a lizard, snow and a memory.
Ex Animo
An animated expression. Images conjured up by the animator form a two-dimensional reality of their own. Absurd and unrelated scenes describe the rules governing the world confined to a sheet of paper and animation technique. The relationships between the characters seem strangely familiar.
On the Road: Brussels
Mankind has become a slave to its own greed. We have forgotten what really matters in life. The world of today is marked by dirty political games, manipulation, violence and envy. It is only our choice whether we allow this to ruin the world and annihilate life or start thinking... differently. The revolution of our mind. Let us become human again.