2018s selection is set!
International competition
Here are the 29 shorts, including two Swiss productions, included in the international competition programme:
III Marta Pajek, PL 2018, 12› • Caterpillarplasty David Barlow-Krelina, CA 2018, 5› • Weaker Sex Nicolas Jacquet, FR 2017, 14›52” • Räuber & Gendarm Florian Maubach, DE 2017, 8›15” • Dogs minds Peter Millard, GB 2018, 6›08” • Maria and 7 Drafts Riho Unt, EE 2018, 12›30” • Fest Nikita Diakur, DE 2018, 2›55”
Teaser International Competition 1
Electrician’s Day Vladimir Leschiov, LV 2018, 8›44” • Solar Walk Réka Bucsi, DK 2018, 20›55” • Crossing over Lotti Bauer, CH 2018, 3›50” • Rabbit’s Blood Sarina Nihei, GB 2017, 4›42” • La chute Boris Labbé, FR 2017, 14› • Flower Found! Jorn Leeuwerink, NL 2017, 6›46” • SELFIES Claudius Gentinetta, CH 2018, 3›40”
Teaser International Competition 2
Cat Days Jon Frickey, DE 2018, 11›09” • Babalon Temple Mauri Lehtonen, CZ 2018, 3›13” • Mermaids and Rhinos Viktoria Traub, HU 2017, 15›33” • Enough Anna Mantzaris, GB 2017, 2›19” • Everything David OReilly, US 2017, 10›41” • RIDE Paul Bush, PT 2018, 5›42” • Wildebeest Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips, BE 2017, 19›08”
Teaser International Competition 3
Bloeistraat II Nienke Deutz, BE 2018, 9›41” • Maybe It’s Me Dimitris Simou, GB 2017, 6›08” • L’homme aux oiseaux Quentin Marcault, FR 2017, 4›28” • (Fool Time) JOB Gilles Cuvellier, FR 2017, 4›28” • Five Minutes to Sea Natalia Mirzoyan, RU 2018, 7›10” • The Breath‘s Deer Anders Ramsell, SE 2018 10›30” • Pearfall Leonid Shmelkov, EE 2017, 3› Trespassers, Beyond the Veil Pernille Kjær, DK 2018, 8›26”
Teaser International Competition 4
22 Films in the Swiss competition
These 22 films in the Swiss competition demonstrate that Switzerland offers favourable conditions as a location for producing animated short films within and beyond the educational context.
Dimanche Fanny Dreyer, Gael Kyriakidis, CH 2017, 10›21” • Shamâne Hasan Hulaj, Nicolas Moreau, Stéphan Nappez, CH 2017, 6› • Uno strano processo Marcel Barelli, CH 2018, 9›58” • Dust Marion Fredembach, CH 2017, 2›41” • Mind Invaders – Too Mad Frederic Siegel, Kilian Vilim, CH 2018, 4›12” • Proxy Ramon Arango, Nina Hoffmann, Haidi Marburger, CH 2017, 5›35” • 59 Seconds Mauro Carraro, CH 2017, 15›50” • Circuit Delia Hess, CH 2018, 8›41” • CONCRETE Pirmin Bieri, Aira Joana, Nicolas Roth, Luca Struchen, CH 2018, 7›13” • Drôle de poisson Krishna Chandran A. Nair, FR/CH 2017, 6›20”
Teaser Swiss Film Competition 1
Travelogue Tel Aviv Samuel Patthey, CH 2017, 6› • Le monde d’ailleurs Gregory Casares, CH 2018, 7› • The Cannonball Woman David Toutevoix, Albertine Zullo, CH/FR/CA 2017, 14›25” • Crossing over Lotti Bauer, CH 2018, 3›50” • Perforato Hannes Oehen, Andrea Giovanni Sidoti, CH 2018, 4›40” • Elise Valentine Moser, CH 2018, 5›28” • KUAP Nils Hedinger, CH 2018, 7›38” • COYOTE Lorenz Wunderle, CH 2018, 9›55” • Bouge ton coeur Andrea Schneider, CH 2017, 3›15” • SELFIES Claudius Gentinetta, CH 2018, 3›40” • Intimity Elodie Dermange, CH 2017, 5› • Bolero Station Rolf Brönnimann, CH 2018, 9›40”
Teaser Swiss Film Competition 2
Best Kids Competition
Night Moves Falk Schuster, DE 2018, 4›28” • Washing Day Claire Lamond, GB 2018, 2›43” • Welcome Laura Stewart, CA 2018, 2›30” • Muggins and Tuggins: SEED David McKenna, GB 2017, 1›38” • The First Feather Sine Aaroe Juhl, DK 2017, 4›14” • The Pangolin and the Hedgehog Paolo Russo, GB 2017, 4› • Do not Touch! Pavel Endrle, CZ 2017, 0›49” • Wilder Life Grace Evetts, GB 2017, 3›30” • Tuning Giovanni Aguilar, Gaspare Savio Lo Vacco, Juan Velásquez, Ferran Viura, ES 2017, 2›16” • Fruits of Clouds Kateřina Karhánková, CZ 2017, 10› • Saturday’s Apartment Jeon Seungbae KR 2018, 7› 50” • Gone with the Rain Siniša Ercegovac, HR 2018, 14›11” • Löwe Julia Ocker, DE 2017, 3›37”
An old Lady Stepped out for some Bread and a Pastry Anastasiya Jakulina, RU 2017, 3›38” • Look Meinardas Valkevičius, LT 2017, 3›30” • MR. DINOSAUR Cai-Rong Zhuang, TW 2017, 3›30” • Planet Z – Surprise Egg Maria Björklund, FI 2017, 6›51” • Drachennest Lynn Gerlach, CH 2018, 7› • Whiteland Ira Elshansky, RU 2018, 6›43” • Bei Mir bist Du schön Bouwine Pool, NL 2017, 12› • Pinguin Julia Ocker, DE 2017, 3›37” • Wanda Denise Hauser, NO 2018, 13›05” • Dubak Anna Kritskaya, RU 2017, 6›40”
Notable in this year’s selection is the relatively strong presence of the “usual suspects”: namely, works by film-makers whose earlier films had already been screened in the competition programmes.
Hors Concours
This programme has become a welcome platform for films that feature a more classic narrative arc, a humorous or political nature or a particular experimental technique:
Between the Shadows Alice Guimarães, Mónica Santos, PT 2018, 13›25” • The Call Anca Damian, RO 2018, 10› • Liv Sunniva Fluge Hole, GB 2017, 3›57” • Eden Julie Caty, FR 2017, 5›20” • Cerulia Sofía Carrillo, MX 2017, 13› • Skin and Mind Jee-Youn Park, KR 2018, 11›02” • Animal Behaviour David Fine, Alison Snowden, CA 2018, 14›
Le lapin de noël Christophe Lopez-Huici, FR 2018, 10›45” • Power to the People Andia Afsar Keshmiri, IR 2018, 5›50” • 5 Years After the War Samuel Albaric, Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund, FR 2017, 16›39” • The Girl Hans Op de Beeck, BE 2017, 16› • The Origin of Sound Paul Driessen, Toon Loenders, BE 2018, 13›15” • Dacha, Aliens, Cucumbers Ekaterina Mikheeva, RU 2018, 2› • After Matouš Valchář, CZ 2017, 5›26”
Belle à croquer Axel Courtière, FR 2017, 15› • Chase Páraic Mc Gloughlin, IE 2017, 3›16” • Boléro Paprika Marc Ménager, FR 2017, 20› • Egg Martina Scarpelli, FR 2018, 12›07” • Weekends Trevor Jimenez, US 2017, 15›06” • A Short Interview with Bearington Bear Regan Mott, GB 2017, 4›48” •
Hors Concours for kids:
Ameise Julia Ocker, DE 2017, 3›37” • Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness Edmunds Jansons, LV 2017, 25› • Regression Juliane Saul, DE 2017, 2›50” • Voyagers Gauthier Ammeux, Valentine Baillon, Benjamin Chaumény, Alexandre Dumez, Lea Finucci, Marina Roger, FR 2017, 7›33” • Between the Lines Maria Koneva, RU 2017, 4›23” • Out Fishing Uzi Geffenblad, SE 2018, 9›12” • Unexpected Discoveries James Mabery, US 2017, 2›01” • 6:1 Sergei Ryabov, RU 2018, 2›53” • Miles Away Barbara Brunner, CH 2018, 3›30” • Un peu perdu Helene Ducrocq, FR 2017, 5›