Total run time: 85 minutes
Mother's Song
Dir. Signe Baumane (Brooklyn, USA)
On the night of a full moon, thirteen-year-old Zelma discovers blood on her sheets. Her mother and three Mythology Sirens rush to educate her about what it means to be a woman.
2½ min, 2D hand-drawn with stop-motion backgrounds
Three Sisters
Dir. Svetlana Andrianova (Moscow, Russia)
Based on the Montenegrin legend "House of the Three Sisters," three women living in a seaside home are all in love with the same man, an often-absent sailor.
8 min, Stop-motion clay
DUO
Dir. Tania Sharavarava (Prague, Czech Republic)
Two spirits, man and woman, engage in an endless dance between music and silence, flame and stillness, love and indifference.
5½ min, Cel painting with 2D/3D effects
Le jour extraordinaire (Flowing through Wonder)
*Audience Award Winner*
Dir. Joanna Lurie (Angouleme, France)
The villagers start their journey with their loved and lost ones, crossing the perilous water in nutshells to their final destination, where the sky and ocean meet.
14½ min, 2D/3D digital
Babochki (Butterflies)
Dir. Elizaveta Khlomova (Moscow, Russia)
Early in the morning two girls wake up and start a game. Their childhood dreams allow them to create their own world out of nothing, where you can fly high and have unexpected encounters.
5½ min, 2D hand-drawn
Introduction to Epilogue *Visual Vanguard Award Winner*
Dir. Indra Sproģe (Riga, Latvia)
A colorful, allegorical film about the fear of death. Life always ends in death, and the end is always a new beginning.
9 min, Stop-motion plasticine with 2D hand-drawn
房裡的海 (The Sea Within The Room)
Dir. Fang-Yi Hsueh (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
A sympathetic portrayal of the "freezing behavior" of a rape victim, where she feels emotionally detached and unable to control her body in order to resist the assault.
4 min, 2D digital
Wełniaki (Woolworld)
Dir. Joanna Polak (Lublin, Poland)
In Woolworld, everything is made of wool, and all is closely tied together. Mr. Wooly, in charge of making sure that Woolworld functions smoothly, is old and tired and wants his life to change.
10 min, Stop-motion yarn
Kõhkleja (The Hesitator)
Dir. Katariin Mudist (Tallinn, Estonia)
A wavering man has trouble making decisions, so he follows each opportunity along his way by splitting himself.
4½ min, 2D digital
Good Intentions
Dir. Anna Mantzaris (London, England)
After a young woman feels responsible for a hit and run, strange things start to happen.
8½ min, Stop-motion puppets
Bubbles
Dir. Rachel Fitzgerald (Dublin, Ireland)
A puppet grows frustrated with her puppeteer's bad habit.
3 min, 2D digital
Girasol
Dir. Maria Victoria Sánchez Lara (Zulia, Venezuela)
A beautiful girl, in love with the Sun God, is pursued by the head of a nearby clan and his son, who wants her hand in marriage to unite their clans.
9 min, 2D digital