PROGRAM

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• Animation program
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• Awards program 1
• Awards program 2

Animation program

• Castaway

  France / Animation / 2020 / 06:30

  Nora is a young woman living alone on a cloud connected to a village below by an endless ladder. She wishes she could get down, but she’s paralyzed by fear.

  

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  Rachel Bosc-Bierne, Vincent Carrette, Margo Lopez, Léopoldine Perdrix, Flore-Anne Victor, Simon Fabbri & Marie Gauthier.

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• Dormo poco e sogno molto

  Italia / Music Video, Animation / 2020 / 03:45

  A soul journey where the pleasure of discovery and love alternate in a constant creative drive. The video explores the travel theme in all its facets. Important topical issues such as eco-sustainability, social equity and criticism of consumerism find space, which is revealed in oceans populated by plastic fauna and in habitat dotted with waste.

  

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  Paolo Santamaria

  Cortinametraggio 2021 (ITALY) Vibeco Award
  Rome Prisma Film Award 2020 (ITALY) Best Music Video
  Venezia Shorts Italy 2021 (ITALY) Best Music Video
  Eurasia International Film Festival 2020 (RUSSIA) Best Animation Film
  Laurus Film Festival 2020 (RUSSIA) Best Music Video
  Best Director Award 2020
  ICAN/HANNA 2021 (USA) Honorable Mention

  Italian. Passionate. Traveller. Born in 1990, passionate about cinema since childhood. Abruzzese by birth (and by choice) with a pinch of Albanian origins (from father). He graduated in directing and filmmaking at Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia. He realized two feature film, “Siamo come Genova” and “La piazza della mia città”.

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• The Promise

  UK / Animation / 2020 / 06:42

  The Promise is an dystopian fairy tale that plays out on the mean streets of a mean city. Here, a young thief tries to snatch an old woman’s bag but she cannot have it without giving something in return: The Promise.

  

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  Chi Thai

  Stuttgart International Festival of Animation
  Nominated for Trickstar Nature Award

  Chi Thai is an independent filmmaker who works across features, documentary, animation & immersive. She has been a Cannes Lions finalist three times. Chi is part of the Guiding Lights alumnus, was listed in Creative England’s Top 50 companies & invited participant to Network@LFF 2019. She is a recipient of the BFI Vision Award.

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• Visual ASMR

  Japan / Experimental / 2020 / 01:08

  Natural sculpture formations set in seemingly impossible earth-like landscapes covered by living elements of surreal colors, each film travels through each almost at a micro level, witnessing its evolution. All takes place in four otherworldly landscapes we set up to examine up close the interaction, movements and evolution of the elements with their surroundings.

  

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  Nahuel Salcedo & Damian Sendin

  ACM Siggraph Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater 2020 (USA) Official Selection
  Vimeo Staff Pick
  FIJARSE

  Nahuel Salcedo and Damian Sendin are directors known for their vibrant creations that absorb whether they’re animating the every-day or the abstract. Together at Onesal Studio, a boutique art direction and design studio that specializes in animation and motion graphics, they craft beautiful pieces around the world.

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• Arka

  Croatia / Animation / 2020 / 14:40

  A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.

  

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  Natko Stipanicev

  Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2020 (Croatia) Best Croatian Short Film and Best Script
  Tabor Film Festival 2020 (Croatia) Best Film in Domestic Competition
  Supertoon International Animation Festival 2020 (Croatia) Special Mention
  Anibar International Animation Festival 2020 (Kosovo) Special Mention
  Animafest Zagreb 2020 (Croatia) Best Film in Croatian Competition

  Natko Stipanicev graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the Arts Academy in Split, Department of Film and Video, and earned a Master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department for Animated Film and New Media. He makes animated films and music.

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• Yello

  USA / Animation / 2020 / 04:54

  In this colorful and moving animated documentary, a woman takes us through her emotional process after a racist encounter at the airport, offering an honest look at fear and connection in an era marked by uncertainty.

  

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  King Yaw Soon

  Rising filmmaker and graphic designer, King Yaw Soon was born in Tawau, Malaysia. His first narrative short “My Mother, Myself & I” premiered at CINEQUEST, CAAMFest, and was later acquired by PBS KQED Film School Shorts for US public broadcast. He currently resides in San Francisco and works as a video editor at Electronic Arts.

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• Something Borrowed

  UK / Animation / 2020 / 08:05

  Pen to paper, a sweet old woman can’t find the right words. But when she lends her pen to a hopeless young chap, it’s more than just words that elude her.

  

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  Micky Wozny

  Winner Best Animated Short 2020 – Norwich Film Festival
  Winner Audience Award RIFF
  Winner New Designers Screening Award 2020

  Originally from Nottinghamshire UK, Micky Wozny studied at the National Film and Television School and directed several films during her time on the MA Directing Animation course. She’s passionate about rich and authentic storytelling and is eager to bring stronger female roles to the forefront of animated media.

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