Young Directors Competition 2
01 The Wide Eyed Girl and the Long Legged Boy
Director(s)
Maria HESPANHOL
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Portugal
Production: Alibi Films
Length: 10' 50''
Category: First film
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This is a love story full of encounters and mismatches, in which resides a constant presence of an incessant search for the relationships of happiness and self- esteem between the two characters.
02 Cat, Fox and the Wolf
Director(s)
Aurore Muller FEUGA
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France
Production: EMCA Angouleme - France
Length: 11' 44''
Category: Diploma film
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The Cat and the Fox starts a journey to find a stray Wolf. The two friends follow his track which brings them to meet the people who collect his story. The two friends discover what is behind the words.
03 Small Business
Director(s)
Mathis DUBRUL
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: France
Production: La Poudrière Animation Film School
Length: 04' 02''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
A health and safety inspection in a small grocers’ shop goes badly wrong.
04 Wild
Director(s)
Saule MATVIENKO
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Russia
Production: School-Studio SHAR
Length: 04' 19''
Category: Student film
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Meeting of old friends turns into an incident that makes them accept a solution.
05 Adiós
Director(s)
José PRATS
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: United Kingdom
Production: National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield
Length: 08' 31''
Category: Diploma film
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During a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
06 TinT Timing
Director(s)
Yifei HUANG, Yutong DAI, Zixian LI, Xu ZHAO
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Hong Kong
Production: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Length: 01' 00''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
Time passes evenly, but the marked scale of timekeeping can be adjusted. The flashing images are a sort of timer, the pointers of clock rotate with the corners, and time is tinted by drilling into the very details throughout life.
07 The Last Man on Earth
Director(s)
Joanna ZYBUL
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Poland
Production: Polish National Film School in Lodz
Length: 04' 04''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
Left alone in the world, the last survivor walks around in an empty city, wondering on what there is to come.
08 It shouldn’t rain tomorrow
Director(s)
Maria Trigo Teixeira
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Germany, Portugal
Production: AIM Creative Studios / Wait a Second!
Length: 11' 30''
Category: First film
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Feeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away.
09 High Frequency
Director(s)
Anya AMOSOVA
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: France
Production: La Poudrière Animation Film School
Length: 04' 06''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
In a world of her own, a young sound engineer spends all her time recording the sounds of the city. That is, until she encounters a man and succeeds in picking up on his inner melody…
10 What if It's Not Good?
Director(s)
Haluk Mirac AYKIN
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Turkey
Production: Bahcesehir University
Length: 02' 28''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
A portrait of a confused creative mind who experiences the pain of making a graduation movie and fulfilling responsibilities
11 What's Happening Around Us
Director(s)
Krystsina RAMANAVA
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Czech Republic
Production: FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Cofilm s.r.o.
Length: 01' 59''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
The protagonist is so engrossed in her reading that she doesn't notice how her room gradually starts to fill up with ants. Her inattention, however, does her a great deal of harm.
12 Bug Diner
Director(s)
Phoebe Jane HART
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: United States of America
Production: California Institute of the Arts
Length: 07' 12''
Category: Student film
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A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a Mole Chef with a hot ass.