Competitive sections
FRUTO DO VOSSO VENTRE / FRUIT OF THY WOMB
FÁBIO SILVA – 2021 / PORTUGAL
FRUTO DO VOSSO VENTRE / FRUIT OF THY WOMB
FÁBIO SILVA – 2021 / PORTUGAL
A son discovers the old 8mm tapes of his father. And for the first time sees footage previous to his birth, childhood and adolescence. While watching it the son returns to the house where he once grew, he starts an investigation about his parents, in order to understand the trauma that he lived his whole life.
JOY
ALEXANDRA BRODSKI – 2021 / UNITED KINGDOM
JOY
ALEXANDRA BRODSKI – 2021 / UNITED KINGDOM
Jacob, a resident in child detention is desperate to get back to the outside wold. When he meets fellow inmate Joy, a mysteriously magnetic 10-year-old girl, he finds an unexpected sense of belonging which will sooner take a weirder turn.
YI YI / TIME FLOWS IN STRANGE WAYS ON SUNDAYS
GISELLE LIN – 2021 / SINGAPORE
YI YI / TIME FLOWS IN STRANGE WAYS ON SUNDAYS
GISELLE LIN – 2021 / SINGAPORE
A mother, trapped in the comfort of memory and mourning, confronts her grief when she is invited to the wedding of her late son’s childhood sweetheart.
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
LACHLAN PENDRAGON – 2021 / AUSTRALIA
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
LACHLAN PENDRAGON – 2021 / AUSTRALIA
When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery.
FALL OF THE IBIS KING
MIKAI GERONIMO, JOSH O’CAOIMH – 2021 / IRELAND
FALL OF THE IBIS KING
MIKAI GERONIMO, JOSH O’CAOIMH – 2021 / IRELAND
The antagonist of a dark opera becomes increasingly unsettled following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.
ES MUSS / IT MUST
JUMANA ISSA, FLAVIO LUCA MARANO – 2021 / SWITZERLAND
ES MUSS / IT MUST
JUMANA ISSA, FLAVIO LUCA MARANO – 2021 / SWITZERLAND
During the course of the same humiliating day, Silvia is fired from her job even though she is just a couple of years away from retirement, the police fine her in the course of a traffic check, and the director of her church choir takes away the solo part from her. During the rehearsal of the Ave Maria, Silvia decides to just let go in an act of silent resistance.
42º 47´ 38.9”N – 8º 30´ 15.8”O
UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO-UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. – 2022 / SPAIN
42º 47´ 38.9”N – 8º 30´ 15.8”O
UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO-UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. – 2022 / SPAIN
A boy waits impatiently for the arrival of aliens.
ALGAS NEGRAS / BLACK SEAWEED
IES AUDIOVISUAL DE VIGO – 2022 / SPAIN
ALGAS NEGRAS / BLACK SEAWEED
IES AUDIOVISUAL DE VIGO – 2022 / SPAIN
The merchant seaman Miguel Font Rosell, a witness to the tragedy of the Norwegian oil tanker Polycommander, recounts the events of that 5th May 1970, filling in the gaps and telling in detail the tragic story of the spillage of 15,000 tons of crude oil in the Vigo estuary.
GALLERIA. NEVER HUG THE FENCE
ESCOLA DE IMAXE E SON DE VIGO – EISV. CE MARCOTE – 2022 / SPAIN
GALLERIA. NEVER HUG THE FENCE
ESCOLA DE IMAXE E SON DE VIGO – EISV. CE MARCOTE – 2022 / SPAIN
Fashion film about the independent clothing brand founded in Vigo in early 2018. It features hand-drawn designs somewhere between streetwear and anti-fashion.
SEPARADOS POR UNHA BARREIRA / SEPARATED BY A BARRIER
CIFP IMAXE E SON. A CORUÑA – 2022 / SPAIN
SEPARADOS POR UNHA BARREIRA / SEPARATED BY A BARRIER
CIFP IMAXE E SON. A CORUÑA – 2022 / SPAIN
Animation made for the NGO Infancia Solidaria. It focuses on their surgical aid work for children in developing countries.
VERSOS POST MORTEM / VERSES POST MORTEM
FACULTADE DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS E DA COMUNICACIÓN. UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO. – 2021 / SPAIN
VERSOS POST MORTEM / VERSES POST MORTEM
FACULTADE DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS E DA COMUNICACIÓN. UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO. – 2021 / SPAIN
David and his friends perform an Ouija ritual to talk to the spirit of someone very important to him. But the situation escalates rapidly when they make contact.
CORES / COLOURS
IES AS BARXAS – 2022 / SPAIN
CORES / COLOURS
IES AS BARXAS – 2022 / SPAIN
Animation for the 28th of June, LGTBIQA+ Pride Day.
MIGRANDO / MIGRATION
IES PRAIA BARRAÑA – 2022 / SPAIN
MIGRANDO / MIGRATION
IES PRAIA BARRAÑA – 2022 / SPAIN
A reflection on emigration: a swallow realises that human winters are different from his own…
NON TES PREZO / PRICELESS
CPI EUSEBIO LORENZO BALEIRÓN – 2022 / SPAIN
NON TES PREZO / PRICELESS
CPI EUSEBIO LORENZO BALEIRÓN – 2022 / SPAIN
Videoclip in defence of one’s own identity.
PSICOLOGÍA SEMANAL / PSYCHOLOGY OF THE WEEK
IES TERRA DE TRASANCOS – 2022 / SPAIN
PSICOLOGÍA SEMANAL / PSYCHOLOGY OF THE WEEK
IES TERRA DE TRASANCOS – 2022 / SPAIN
The days of the week have their own life, but not everyone is entirely happy with it.
QUE VAN DICIR DE NÓS / WHAT WILL THEY SAY ABOUT US?
CPI ALCALDE XOSÉ PICHEL – 2022 / SPAIN
QUE VAN DICIR DE NÓS / WHAT WILL THEY SAY ABOUT US?
CPI ALCALDE XOSÉ PICHEL – 2022 / SPAIN
What could have been and wasn’t; a love story between two girls. Trying to fit into a conservative society and protect themselves from what people will say leads them to be nothing more than friends.
A COROA DA RAÍÑA / THE QUEEN’S CROWN
CEIP PLURILINGÜE SAN MARCOS – 2022 / SPAIN
A COROA DA RAÍÑA / THE QUEEN’S CROWN
CEIP PLURILINGÜE SAN MARCOS – 2022 / SPAIN
Three girls travel back in time to the Middle Ages. There they help the queen on a mission.
CAROLINA E O CORVO DE ÁS BRANCAS / CAROLINA AND THE WHITE-WINGED RAVEN
CEIP DO HÍO – 2022 / SPAIN
CAROLINA E O CORVO DE ÁS BRANCAS / CAROLINA AND THE WHITE-WINGED RAVEN
CEIP DO HÍO – 2022 / SPAIN
After breaking the windowpane of the caretaker’s house, Carolina and her four siblings become involved in a dangerous adventure. With the help of her siblings, turned into crows by the influence of the ring, and the school bats, Carolina will find the solution.
MERGULLO NAS RÍAS / DIVING IN THE RIAS
CEIP DO CARBALLAL – 2022 / SPAIN
MERGULLO NAS RÍAS / DIVING IN THE RIAS
CEIP DO CARBALLAL – 2022 / SPAIN
A day’s fishing turns into an adventure for Ivan. It involves whiting, pirates and even the shark in a video clip created by the students and made from the story Diving in the ria.
OSO ATRAPABOLBORETAS / BUTTERFLYCATCHER BEAR
CEIP PLURILINGÜE A PEDRA – 2022 / SPAIN
OSO ATRAPABOLBORETAS / BUTTERFLYCATCHER BEAR
CEIP PLURILINGÜE A PEDRA – 2022 / SPAIN
A bear loves to collect strange objects from the trees in the forest. One day he finds a butterfly net which he uses to rescue butterflies that from time to time fall into the lake. But when it’s the bear that falls into the lake? … Who will rescue him?
SALVAR A CARBALLEIRA / SAVE THE OAK GROVE
CRA AMENCER. ESCOLA SAN PAIO. – 2022 / SPAIN
SALVAR A CARBALLEIRA / SAVE THE OAK GROVE
CRA AMENCER. ESCOLA SAN PAIO. – 2022 / SPAIN
The little elves of the forest decide to ask for help from the bravest children of the village as the forest is losing its magic and there is no more laughter, no more fun … The oak forest is gradually losing its strength.