European Young Talents III

Animated shorts by European students competing for the Young Talent Award, presented jointly by the University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design and University of Nova Gorica School of Arts.

Nestor

Directed by: João Gonzalez
Short synopsis:

Nestor, a man with several obsessive-compulsive behaviours, lives in an unstable houseboat which never stops oscillating.

Portret ženske / Portret kobiecy / Portrait of a Woman

Directed by: Natalia Durszewicz
Short synopsis:

This eponymous "female portrait" is made of social expectations, stereotypes and cultural constructs. The protagonist must continuously reject the roles imposed on her and adjust to the views of others. Finally, the woman decides to liberate herself from the surrounding limitations. Will she manage to escape?

Pearl Diver

Directed by: Margrethe Danielsen
Short synopsis:

Three couples drifting away.

Cockpera

Directed by: Kata Gugić
Short synopsis:

A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.

Pesem izgubljenega dečka / The Song of a Lost Boy

Directed by: Daniel Quirke
Short synopsis:

Ben is a young choir boy, who after his voice breaks mid solo, has a crisis of faith and decides to run away from his community. He happens upon a group of nomads who take him in, though Ben hides secret about who he really is, and must decide what to do with it.

Kyambogo

Directed by: Duncan Senkumba
Short synopsis:

Kyambogo details the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson and how drug use affected their relationship. Inspired by personal events, it is a self-reflection on the mistakes made and its aim is to help overcome the stigma surrounding drug use by sharing this story to start a conversation.

Displaced

Directed by: Laura Benavides Ramírez
Short synopsis:

A foreign figure decides over the destiny of one indigenous woman. Her escape is a dance that reveals what means to be displaced.

Cellfie

Directed by: Débora Mendes
Short synopsis:

When a scientist looks through the lens of her microscope at the abyss and the abyss looks back at her.

Narezano življenje / Sliced Life

Directed by: Peter Bizjak
Short synopsis:

Animated autobiography told through the act of slicing. When does life slice through us, when do we slice life? What things in life need to be sliced off? Cut!

Na drugi strani mize / Au bout de la table / At the Other End of the Table

Directed by: Lise Rémon
Short synopsis:

He tries to talk to her again. As usual, she seems very distant. But how can that be? She’s only at the other end of the table.

European Young Talents III

Animated shorts by European students competing for the Young Talent Award, presented jointly by the University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design and University of Nova Gorica School of Arts.

Nestor

Directed by: João Gonzalez
Short synopsis:

Nestor, a man with several obsessive-compulsive behaviours, lives in an unstable houseboat which never stops oscillating.

Short synopsis:

This eponymous "female portrait" is made of social expectations, stereotypes and cultural constructs. The protagonist must continuously reject the roles imposed on her and adjust to the views of others. Finally, the woman decides to liberate herself from the surrounding limitations. Will she manage to escape?

Pearl Diver

Directed by: Margrethe Danielsen
Short synopsis:

Three couples drifting away.

Cockpera

Directed by: Kata Gugić
Short synopsis:

A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.

Short synopsis:

Ben is a young choir boy, who after his voice breaks mid solo, has a crisis of faith and decides to run away from his community. He happens upon a group of nomads who take him in, though Ben hides secret about who he really is, and must decide what to do with it.

Kyambogo

Directed by: Duncan Senkumba
Short synopsis:

Kyambogo details the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson and how drug use affected their relationship. Inspired by personal events, it is a self-reflection on the mistakes made and its aim is to help overcome the stigma surrounding drug use by sharing this story to start a conversation.

Displaced

Directed by: Laura Benavides Ramírez
Short synopsis:

A foreign figure decides over the destiny of one indigenous woman. Her escape is a dance that reveals what means to be displaced.

Cellfie

Directed by: Débora Mendes
Short synopsis:

When a scientist looks through the lens of her microscope at the abyss and the abyss looks back at her.

Narezano življenje / Sliced Life

Directed by: Peter Bizjak
Short synopsis:

Animated autobiography told through the act of slicing. When does life slice through us, when do we slice life? What things in life need to be sliced off? Cut!

Short synopsis:

He tries to talk to her again. As usual, she seems very distant. But how can that be? She’s only at the other end of the table.

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