Competition European student films   

Ascona
Summer holiday has started! A family leaves for Ascona by car. Gradually, hidden tensions emerge.
Bram Algoed, Belgium, 2012, 7:51
Balades / Wandering
Dreamy trip on the water along a man with a boat, a duck, houses on the banks, people in the street. Bleached out images with nice details gradually turn from black-and-white to colour. Featuring piano music and bird calls.
Sophie Mll Racine, Belgium, 2012, 5:14
Bear Me
A woman lives alone with her fish. They do almost everything together. One day, she meets a bear. It is love at first sight, although he is a bit rude.
Kasia Wilk, Germany, Poland, 2012, 5:45
Boogodobiegodongo
Coarse faces and characters in bright colours transform a little, often psychedelically loudly, sometimes peacefully and smoothly.
Peter Millard, United Kingdom, 2012, 4:08
La Canne / The Cane
A class waits for their new teacher to arrive. A walking cane conducts the two-times table. Light-hearted film in fitting style.
Stéphane Presle, France, 2012, 3:15
Coppers
Slapstick to cheerful piano music, based on scenes from different Buster Keaton films. A man tumbles against a cop. He takes to his heels, but anywhere he goes new police officers turn up.
Ben Gijsemans, Belgium, 2012, 6:51
Daniil Ivanovic, You Are Free
A naked woman moves around in a forest, with sticks, trees, leaves. It is a beautiful day. The voice-over tells about a relationship to be able to say goodbye.
Petra Zlonoga, Croatia, 2012, 6:16
Ecart de Conduite
43-year-old Chloé takes her ninth driving test. The special manoeuvres are extra hard and to make matters worse a passer-by tries to interfere. Clear story, rendered originally.
Rocio Alvarez, France, 2012, 4:10
Ed et Kyu / Ed and Kyu
Ed has a seal for a pet. They are invited to a casting. Strange things occur in the waiting room. When the seal is successful, Ed turns sad and jealous. He tries everything to take the seal’s place.
Adrien Berthe, Belgium, 2012, 9:11
Flesh and Bones
Following an accident, a man finds out his skeleton has stepped out of his body. It is quite hard to put them back together again. Student film ingeniously uses classic cartoons.
Manon Brûlé, Belgium, 2012, 7:30
Frühzug / Morning Train
In a house beside a railway track, a couple wakes up. She rolls over on her side while he begins his morning rituals. Both to the rhythm of the train. Nice watercolour design with planes and lines.
Delia Hess, Switzerland, 2012, 5:16
The Gathering Dusk
When colonialism in Jamaica starts to wane, two women distance themselves, in different ways, from their situations. Against the backdrop of an overwhelmingly green jungle.
Amy Brutton, Yann Drevon, Audric Escales, William Ohanessian, Raphaël Tillie, France, 2012, 6:35
I Already Know What I Hear
Stick-like figures in black-and-white take on different forms and end up in all sorts of applications and situations. It looks like communication is a weakness.
Darko Masnec, Croatia, 2012, 5:00
Ik
Everybody has their own reasons to hate school, but this girl certainly does.
Janneke van den Biggelaar, Netherlands, 2012, 4:00
Immersed
In an icy landscape in cool tones with a raw wind, life slowly emerges, but painfully disintegrates on the spot.
Soledad Águila, United Kingdom, 2012, 3:50
In Vino Veritas
A woman prepares for a reunion with a friend after 25 years. She looks forward to it, but everything goes wrong.
Aneta Kýrová Zabková, Czech Republic, 2012, 10:14
International Father's Day
On father’s day people celebrate, they even organise a parade with a brass band. For a bird it’s just another working day. He has to find food for his family.
Edmunds Jansons, Latvia, 2012, 5:00
Jamón
The Spanish teenager José is a pig and he acts accordingly. He likes to wallow in the mud and root about in the food with his snout. The rest of his family are people.
Íria López, United Kingdom, 2012, 8:00
Der Kleine Vogel und das Blatt / The Little Bird and the Leaf
A small bird nurses the last leaf on a tree in winter. When it is blown off, they cheerfully frolic together on the wind through the snow-clad woods. A sly red fox is already licking its lips.
Lena von Döhren, Switzerland, 2012, 4:00
Lift Off
A brightly-coloured bird in the jungle tries to attract a female’s attention in the top of a giant tree. Due to his small wings, he is unable to fly and has to come up with a trick.
Sandra Welte, Netherlands, 2012, 4:05
Louchebem
A butcher mourns for the loss of his wife. An uninvited fly stirs him, which turns into an elegant dance to the famous Slaves Chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Nabucco.
Théo Girettes, Stéphanie Grard, Boris Laprade, Fabien Masson, France, 2012, 5:13
Love Hate
Everyone has things they love and things they hate.
Alice Nightingale, Hugh Herbert, United Kingdom, 2012, 3:31
Luna Llena
A heavily pregnant woman tries to imagine her unborn child’s life. The sand animation perfectly lends itself for the dreamlike images.
Gervaise Zeline, France, 2012, 5:48
Mal de Terre / Sea Legs
A Russian sailor returns to the city after a very long time at sea.
Olesya Shchukina, France, 2012, 4:04
Observatie Animatie / Observation Animation
Notes by the filmmaker during a train journey rendered in charcoal with a soft, almost whispering voice-over.
Loes van Dorp, Netherlands, 2012, 1:44
The Other Side
A girl accidentally swallows a hypercube and starts to experience a series of unusual events.
Jing Li, United Kingdom, 2012, 6:53
Pièce à Nouer / Piece to Be Knotted
A man is unable to tie his shoelaces. This completely rattles him. Around him, there is a circle of men who are unable to tie their shoelaces.
Ornella Macchia, Belgium, 2012, 5:25
La Ravaudeuse / The Bungled Child
Captivating puppet animation with dolls of burlap and gauze. Twins have literally grown together and do everything to keep it that way.
Simon Filliot, France, 2012, 9:40
Reality_2.0
We accompany Bernd in his virtual reality. Everything we do on our computer and online, Bernd can really do in his world. But unfortunately, he can‘t copy and paste the girl he likes.
Julia Kovalenko, Germany, 2012, 5:30
Regelnull / Rule Zero
Black-and-white homage to experimental film Die Schleuse (1961) by Harry Kramer, former teacher at Kassel Academy.
Maike Koller, Germany, 2012, 2:24
Reizwäsche
Two naughty boys watch how their aunt hangs out the wash. Her panties are big enough to project a movie on! Zany, madcap student film.
Viktor Stickel, Jelena Walf, Germany, 2012, 1:06
Ride of the Tram
The daily routine around a tram stop. People are waiting, hanging around. Black-and-white drawings and slightly mysterious dark atmosphere that fit extremely well within the firm Polish animation tradition.
Milena Molenda, Poland, 2012, 14:03
Rising Hope
Rising Hope, once the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. Everybody laughs at him. With the help of a new friend - a jack-of-all-trades hound - he finds hope and himself again.
Milen Vitanov, Germany, 2012, 10:00
Robbery
Light-hearted slapstick with effectively simple images about a bank robbery.
Jan Saska, Czech Republic, 2012, 1:32
She Loved the Place
Different ways to experience a relationship. A man and a woman start living together. He thinks she is sexy and always wanted her. She likes to take care of the house and treats him as her special pet.
Charlotte Apers, Netherlands, 2012, 2:52
Si j'étais un Homme / If I Was a Man
Spontaneous stories by women to the question what they would do if they were men yield interesting answers and images.
Margot Reumont, Belgium, 2012, 5:08
Snail Trail
A snail invents the wheel and experiences a cultural revolution until it is back at the start.
Philipp Artus, Germany, 2012, 3:00
Sonus
Hypnotising study of visual music races along the highway through a tunnel and turns into abstract continuation and abrupt end.
Jeroen ter Heijden, Netherlands, 2012, 2:12
Steven and the Beetle
Steven is a successful swimming instructor. The ladies adore him. His life gets confused when he meets Beetle, the personification of everything forbidden in Steven’s world.
Hoang Ngoc, Piotr Loc, Poland, 2012, 13:00
Stilte / Silence
A retired cello player is put out by all sorts of ambient sounds: a barking dog, screeching car brakes, twittering birds.
Carel Fransen, Netherlands, 2012, 7:15
La Tache / The Stain
In a bleak, sterile world, a huge smudge appears. An alarmed couple flees inside and tries to seal the house hermetically against the dark threat.
Chloé Alliez, Belgium, 2012, 3:48
Le Temps de l'Arbre / The Hours of Tree
Old hands fold a sheet of paper in four. When it is unfolded, trees have been drawn on it, in various conditions and seasons. There are similarities with people.
Dahee Jeong, France, South Korea, 2012, 8:18
Tired of Swimming
A man is torn apart by the memories of his wife. His lonely life is only enlivened by a moribund fish in a bowl. Somewhat surreal film with befittingly vulnerable puppets.
Anna Eijsbouts, United Kingdom, Netherlands, 2012, 5:50
Tremolo Non Troppo
Interplay of light and sound about conquering fear. A hand made of rope rapidly crawls through space until it is caught by light. Tremolo stands for a sound effect, particularly of string instruments.
Lucyna Kolendo, Remo Rauscher, Poland, Austria, 2012, 1:55
The Trip
Audio-visual meditation.
Ondrej Dolejsí, Czech Republic, 2012, 5:52
Tulipa
The history of the tulip. Its precious beauty inspired cultures and turned people’s heads and constituted the first economic bubble in history. Combination of cut-outs and drawings.
Imge Özbilge, Netherlands, 2012, 3:30
Under the Fold
During the economic depression, Frank loses his job and thus the stability in his life as well as his son’s. Unemployed and homeless, he gradually loses hope of a better life. His son acts as if it is an innocent game, thereby providing a solution.
Bo Juhl Nielsen, Denmark, 2013, 7:34
Velocity
A man used to think his memory was fine. He draws fragments of memories. Fragmentary style nicely fits the mesmerising voice-over.
Karolina Glusiec, United Kingdom, 2012, 5:53
Washed Ashore
A drowning person washes ashore on the beach of a big city. Out of curiosity, he starts exploring. But the people he meets are strange and superficial.
Jonas Ott, Netherlands, 2012, 5:23
When One Stops
The world steadily keeps turning, even if someone is buried. Sketchy animation on coarse paper makes perfect use of flimsy design and sound.
Jenni Rahkonen, Finland, 2012, 6:30