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Short Film Spotlight: Fishbones

Synopsis: Sam, a young woman living with an eating disorder manifested by fish, sinks deeper into her illness despite the support of her companion Finn.

Directed by:
Amandine Copin
Amandine Roland
Camille Cheutin
Gaëlle Jarrige
Mona Pannecocke
Natacha Jackowski

Sound Design by Antoine Galampoix, Lilian Darras and Arnaud François.

Music by Diego Sanchez-Przystal.

Voiced by Mylène Patinaux and Henri Ozenne.

Short Film Spotlight: Pond

Synopsis: When a school of fish is attacked by hungry seagulls, one of the fish flees towards the shore where it gets stuck in a tidal pool.

The pond inhabitants eye the intruder curiously and defend their territory in their own way.

Suddenly, a dangerous seagull appears but by working together they manage to drive the troublemaker away.

Original title: Tümpel

Written and directed by Lena von Döhren and Eva Rust.

Animated by Lena von Döhren, Simon Eltz and Ramon Schoch.

Original Score by Martin Waespe.

Sound Design by Tobias Diggelmann, Thomas Gassmann and Martin Waespe.

Sound Mix by Thomas Gassmann.

Short Film Spotlight: Rushmore

Synopsis: After an intriguing radio announcement rewarding the most ridiculous death with the winner’s head engraved on Mount Rushmore, Kurt and Freddy, two gas station owners try their luck, to the detriment of a scout camp located not far from them…

Directed by:
Oriane Azzhiri
Sarah Balanger
Alex Bruneau
Eva-Luna Delmas
Emeline Guidé
Clara Maynard
Tom Perrony
Elie Plisson

Original Score by Tristan Le Bozec and Guillaume Hoarau.

Sound Design by Tristan Le Bozec and Sébastien Fournier.

Sound Mix by Yoann Poncet and José Vicente.

Voice cast: Oriane Azzhiri, Alex Bruneau, Eva-Luna Delmas, Emeline Guidé and Aurore Meyer.

Short Film Spotlight: Money and Happiness

Synopsis: The hamsters live and work in Hamsterland, a perfect state with a perfect economy. The GDP growS steadily, there is no unemployment, and 100% of the population declare themselves to be happy.

Of course, just as in any attempt to arrange a perfect society by force, the world of the hamsters also has its dark side, which we gradually discover in the course of the film.

Directed by Ana Nedeljkovic & Nikola Majdak Jr.

Written by Ana Nedeljkovic.

Animated by Ana Nedeljkovic, Leon Vidmar and Nikola Majdak Jr.

Music by Dusan Petrovic.

Sound design by Julij Zornik.

Narrated by Masa Mileusnic.

Short Film Spotlight: Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone)

Synopsis: A man dies and descends to the Land of the Dead, where he is greeted at a party by a worm, skeletons and La Catrina, who seductively sings to him. After a while of fun and flirtation, the man discovers that being dead isn’t so bad.

Written, directed and edited by René Castillo.

Cinematography by Sergio Ulloa.

Animated by Luis Téllez, René Castillo and Cecilia Lagos.

Original music by Café Tacvba.

“La Llorona” performed by Eugenia León.

Short Film Spotlight: Roberto

Synopsis: Fifteen years have passed and Roberto is still in love with his neighbor, but she prefers to remain hidden, ashamed of her body.

With his art and an old clothesline as his only form of communication, Roberto has a plan to get his beloved to face her monsters once and for all.

Written and directed by Carmen Córdoba González.

Cinematography by Toni Mortero.

Music by Jordi Carbonell.

Sound Design by Ivan Garrido.

Short Film Spotlight: Los Huesos (The Bones)

Synopsis: Los Huesos is a fictitious account of the world’s first stop-motion animated film.

Dated 1901 and excavated in 2021, the footage documents a ritual performed by a girl who appears to use human corpses.

Emerging in the ritual are Diego Portales and Jaime Guzmán, central figures in the construction of authoritarian and oligarchic Chile.

Written and directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña.

Stop motion armature design by Alejandro León Dooner.

Music and sound design by Tim Fain.

Sound mix by Roberto Espinoza and Pablo Bahamondez.

Short Film Spotlight: Wilem

Synopsis: Wilem is the story of a sensitive prince, living in a brutal world. With the help of his friend he attempts to escape not only his royal duties, but also, his crazy family.

Directed by James Papper and Bárbara Oliveira.

Written by James Papper.

Music by Charlie Pelling, James Papper, In Flux and Jon Hook.

Sound Mix by Charlie Pelling.

Voice cast:
James Papper
Charlie Milner
Florence Poppy Deary
Rory Haworth Galt

Short Film Spotlight: Eklo

Synopsis: A drop of water falls every day at the same time inside a wall, creating a close connection between a strange creature and its small plant.

Each passing day feels like a victory in this place where everything seems to belong to the past. What will happen the day this fragile balance is disturbed?

Directed by:
François Dollet
Lucas Mullier
Titouan Bertin
Lucas Dubois
Urvan Taillebuis

Music and Sound Design by Romain Castagnet.

Short Film Spotlight: S.O.U.R.C.E

Synopsis: On planet Airon, the S.O.U.R.C.E corporation monopolizes resources, inciting the natives to revolt. The soldiers of S.O.U.R.C.E, guarding the last oasis, were all killed by those natives, except for a single survivor.

Directed by:
Alexandre André
Louis Bonnaud
Adrien Gouloubi
Mathieu Hebrard
Pierre Lopez
Anton Markov
Evana Mingsisouphanh
Maxence Porelli
Ludovic Vacher

Original Score by Seiji Champollion.

Sound by Guilhem Favard, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by José Vicente.

Short Film Spotlight: Cat’ Interview

Synopsis: Lucas, a very creative little boy, decides to interview his kitten Cahuète, which he rescued a month earlier in the street.

However, the cat always does what he wants and avoids the boy’s questions. Lucas, very insistent, ends up angering Cahuète.

Directed by:
Enora Laden
Baptiste Lebrun
Séréna Prince
Erwan Galtier
Alexandre Bal

Music by Clément Leconte.

Sound Design by Baptiste Lebrun and Renaud Watine.

Sound Mix by Christian Cartier.

Short Film Spotlight: Hush Hush Little Bear

Synopsis: While the bear parents are away looking for berries and honey, the baby bears stay at home with the sheep.

The bear cubs have a good time playing merrily with a ball of yarn, but soon enough the cubs find themselves all tangled up and everything is turned upside down!

Luckily the sheep help them put everything in order again.

Original title: Cuci cuci.

Directed by Mara Linina.

Based on the traditional Latvian lullaby.

Sound Design by Girts Biss.

Music by Jekabs Nimanis.

Song performed by Kristine Zadovska and Andris Keiss.

Short Film Spotlight: Memento Vitae

Synopsis: On Halloween night, three disguised kids go on a wild trick-or-treating rampage through town, until a mysterious ghost train confronts them with a tragic memory.

Directed by:
Lola Leviez-Deblauwe
Quitterie Quipourt
Basile Galiegue
Anaïs Lecocq
Mathilde Maigre
Paul-Louis Couton

Original Music by Stéphane Mondino.

Sound Design by Mathilde Maigre.

Sound Editing by Pierre-Antoine Naline.

Sound Mixing by Christian Cartier.

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