Total run time: 89 minutes
Introduction to Epilogue
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
쿠키 커피 도시락 (Cookie Coffee Dosirak)
Dir. Kang Minji, Kim Hyemi, Lee Kyunghwa, Han Byung-a
(Seoul, Korea)
A group of four women friends meet for cookies, coffee, and a picnic lunch. They eat, drink, laugh, and bond over stories recounting their different life choices and struggles with society's expectations.
13 min, 2D Computer
Goutte d'eau (Water Drop)
Dir. Selma El Malki (Lyon, France)
A grandmother is unable to cry over the death of her husband. She shares her struggle with her family, who gives her strange advice on ways to cry.
4 min, 2D/3D Computer
白布之下 (Under White)
Dir. Sun Li'an (Zhejiang Province, China)
Using memories of her grandfather's funeral as the theme, the director examines this close yet distant blood relationship and her re-understanding of death.
3 min, 2D, drawing on paper, live action
Миллионы алых роз (Millions of Scarlet Roses)
Dir. Galina Golubeva (Moscow, Russia)
A young officer fell passionately in love with a provincial actress who loves only flowers.
15 min, Stop-motion clay
Canadà
Dir. Paola Luciani (Treviso, Italy)
Maria tells her story of making her way from rural Italy to Canada, following Angelo, who had left their small town a year earlier.
7 min, 2D Computer, photoshop
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
Ich fühl mich FURCHTBAR!! (What the FRUIT is Wrong with Me??)
Dir. Sarah Rothenberger (Zurich, Switzerland)
A young woman is plagued by strange and comic symptoms. What could they possibly mean?
2 min, 2D, After Effects and Tvpaint mix
Testigo del Viento (Wind Whisperer) *Audience Award Winner*
Dir. Fernanda Caicedo (Ecuador/Germany)
At the end of the horizon a singing cicada is born. Its flying is short, yet its chanting is eternal.
7 min, Stop-motion textiles, paper, organic materials w/computer effects.
Piano in the Bushes
Dir. Dashka Dementeva (Tallinn, Estonia)
Empty handed head, mystery girl, piano key, new awakening.
7 min, 2D Procreate + After Effects
Носки для Звезды (Socks for the Star)
Dir. Olga Titova (Moscow, Russia)
Dancing in cold space is dangerous, but close-knit friendship will keep you strong.
10 min, Stop-motion puppets
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