PARALLEL SECTIONS
THE LOVELY SKY
AMIR MEHRAN – 2022 / IRAN
THE LOVELY SKY
AMIR MEHRAN – 2022 / IRAN
An impatient fighter pilot bombs cities every day. He returns to his little girl every night after completing his mission. The girl loves to fly, but the father doesn’t fulfill his daughter’s dream because of the bitter memory of his wife’s death. The war is getting closer every day. One day an incident changes their life forever.
ANIMANIMALS CAT
JULIA OCKER – 2023 / GERMANY
ANIMANIMALS CAT
JULIA OCKER – 2023 / GERMANY
The cat has an especially delicious recipe: Mouse Soup!
CHIMBORAZO
KEILA CEPEDA – 2022 / SPAIN
CHIMBORAZO
KEILA CEPEDA – 2022 / SPAIN
Chimborazo’s ice pickers have long been subjected for years to the inclemency of the volcano, located in the Ecuadorian Andes. In exchange, they crush some of its ice to provide for their people. Baltazar Ushca is the only one who continue this profession, daily walking for hours to get blocks of ice. He remembers his youth and his companions. As years go by, his llama Candela dies, the city continues to grow and the near sun causes the glacier to melt. Despite the danger, Baltazar rescues the last piece of ice while he sees how his last hope melts.
VARKEN / PIG
JORN LEEUWERINK – 2022 / THE NETHERLANDS
VARKEN / PIG
JORN LEEUWERINK – 2022 / THE NETHERLANDS
A group of animals hook up a power grid to the socket-shaped snout of one big, sleeping pig. The animals use the pig’s energy for simple things at first, but soon they render themselves dependent on a city where every single thing – the useful and the useless – is automated… How long can that last?
IN THE UPPER ROOM
ALEXANDER GRATZER – 2022 / AUSTRIA
IN THE UPPER ROOM
ALEXANDER GRATZER – 2022 / AUSTRIA
Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow. As the two grow older their relationship becomes more intense and important questions arise.
ANIMANIMALS T-REX
JULIA OCKER – 2022 / GERMANY
ANIMANIMALS T-REX
JULIA OCKER – 2022 / GERMANY
Sadly, the T-Rex is very bad at playing basketball.
OUR PHOTO MEMENTO
SAMANEH LASHGARI – 2022 / IRAN
OUR PHOTO MEMENTO
SAMANEH LASHGARI – 2022 / IRAN
A late couple’s photo is installed on a wall. The Old Lady comes to life and notices her husband in the photo next to hers. They, now both alive, try to get closer. Accidentally, they manage to do so.
THE GOOSE
JAN MÍKA – 2023 / CZECH REPUBLIC
THE GOOSE
JAN MÍKA – 2023 / CZECH REPUBLIC
A boy fantasizes about becoming a famous footballer, playing in big stadiums – but first he has to win a match in a small backyard against a goose.
BELLYSAURUS
PHILIP WATTS – 2021 / AUSTRIA
BELLYSAURUS
PHILIP WATTS – 2021 / AUSTRIA
A tiny dinosaur dreams she is a scary big dinosaur. When danger strikes, she learns it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
LA SOUPE DE FRANZY / FRANZY’S SOUP
ANA CHUBINIDZE – 2021 / FRANCE
LA SOUPE DE FRANZY / FRANZY’S SOUP
ANA CHUBINIDZE – 2021 / FRANCE
Alone on her asteroid, Franzy leads a happy life until she runs out of delicious magic soup, made with a secret recipe that her parents taught her.
META
ANTJE HEYN – 2021 / GERMANY
META
ANTJE HEYN – 2021 / GERMANY
Interconnection, form, function, flow: all these big ideas about change and growth sprout in a playful way as the creatures in this short film dance and change shape.
NAISSANCE DES OASIS / BIRTH OF THE OASES
MARION JAMAULT – 2021 / FRANCE
NAISSANCE DES OASIS / BIRTH OF THE OASES
MARION JAMAULT – 2021 / FRANCE
A cold-blooded snake and a hot-blooded camel become very close friends.
CAT AND MOTH
INDIA BARNARDO – 2021 / CANADA
CAT AND MOTH
INDIA BARNARDO – 2021 / CANADA
A white, fluffy cat dreams of finding the most comfortable spot in the world at home, but what she doesn’t realise is that someone else has their eye on it too.
MY FRIEND TIGER
TATIANA KISELEVA – 2021 / RUSSIA
MY FRIEND TIGER
TATIANA KISELEVA – 2021 / RUSSIA
A girl and her friend Tiger are cycling around the city. They spend the whole day doing things together and sharing experiences, until one day the city becomes too small for Tiger.
STOWAWAY
ETHAN BRISCOE – 2021 / USA
STOWAWAY
ETHAN BRISCOE – 2021 / USA
After discovering a baby kraken aboard their ship, two bumbling pirates try to get rid of it. But as their incompetent attempts escalate, they only throw themselves further into disaster
L’AIR DE RIEN / SLIPPING AWAY
GABRIEL HÉNOT LEFÈVRE – 2022 / FRANCE
L’AIR DE RIEN / SLIPPING AWAY
GABRIEL HÉNOT LEFÈVRE – 2022 / FRANCE
In a sanatorium by the sea, an old man finds his life transfigured by the arrival of a seagull, that he delicately tames. When the seagull gets wounded, the man takes care of her, and for a brief moment, he returns to boyhood again.
CHIMBORAZO
KEILA CEPEDA – 2022 / SPAIN
CHIMBORAZO
KEILA CEPEDA – 2022 / SPAIN
Chimborazo’s ice pickers have long been subjected for years to the inclemency of the volcano, located in the Ecuadorian Andes. In exchange, they crush some of its ice to provide for their people. Baltazar Ushca is the only one who continue this profession, daily walking for hours to get blocks of ice. He remembers his youth and his companions. As years go by, his llama Candela dies, the city continues to grow and the near sun causes the glacier to melt. Despite the danger, Baltazar rescues the last piece of ice while he sees how his last hope melts.
ENTRE DEUX SŒURS / TO BE SISTERS
ANNE-SOPHIE GOUSSET, CLÉMENT CÉARD – 2022 / FRANCE
ENTRE DEUX SŒURS / TO BE SISTERS
ANNE-SOPHIE GOUSSET, CLÉMENT CÉARD – 2022 / FRANCE
To be sisters is about sharing a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine.
LE GARÇON ET L’ÉLEPHANT / THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT
SONIA GERBEAUD – 2022 / FRANCE
LE GARÇON ET L’ÉLEPHANT / THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT
SONIA GERBEAUD – 2022 / FRANCE
The arrival of a new elephant-headed student in class triggers mockery and sarcasm. One of the students seems captivated and disturbed by this strange child.
BOOM
GABRIEL AUGERAI, CHARLES DI CICCO, ROMAIN AUGIER, LAURIE PEREIRA DE FIGUEIREDO, YANNICK JACQUIN, MATHIS MARCHAL – 2022 / FRANCE
BOOM
GABRIEL AUGERAI, CHARLES DI CICCO, ROMAIN AUGIER, LAURIE PEREIRA DE FIGUEIREDO, YANNICK JACQUIN, MATHIS MARCHAL – 2022 / FRANCE
A couple of dumb birds tries its best to protect its eggs from a volcano eruption.
LIONS
BERU TESSEMA – 2022 / FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM
LIONS
BERU TESSEMA – 2022 / FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM
Rosie, a Congolese teenager, who’s recently arrived in London, discovers the unwelcoming side of life in Britain when a misunderstanding with two window cleaners escalates into conflict.
PLSTC
LAEN SANCHES – 2022 / FRANCE
PLSTC
LAEN SANCHES – 2022 / FRANCE
Welcome to the world of PLSTC, an undersea dystopia that submerges you in the disturbing reality of plastic pollution. Through a series of graphically confronting AI-generated and hand-composited images, this animated film confronts you with the devastating consequences of our habits on marine life and leaves you gasping for breath.
ICE MERCHANTS
JOÃO GONZALEZ – 2022 / PORTUGAL, FRANCE, USA
ICE MERCHANTS
JOÃO GONZALEZ – 2022 / PORTUGAL, FRANCE, USA
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
AAAAH!
OSMAN CERFON – 2022 / FRANCE
AAAAH!
OSMAN CERFON – 2022 / FRANCE
Aaaah! is a cry of pain, surprise, fear, joy, songs, grumbling, laughter, anger… Aaaah! is the expression with which children, these primary and innocent beings, experience life in a community, framed by the whistles of adults.
DES TRESSES / BRAIDS
LEÏLA MACAIRE – 2022 / FRANCE
DES TRESSES / BRAIDS
LEÏLA MACAIRE – 2022 / FRANCE
Lili arrives in the 4th grade in a new school and becomes friend with Dado. For the upcoming school photo, Lili has her hair braided with African braids and Dado has her hair straightened. It is the opportunity to look in one another for something they don’t have, even if this means jeopardizing their friendship.
