Programme 2009

Marc Craste (Studio aka)
UK, 2008, digiBeta, 24'
no dialogue

In the face of overwhelming urbanization, indifference and recklessness, a small creature struggles to preserve a remnant of the peace he once knew. His selfless acts of love plant the seeds of change that will ultimately prove the salvation of his world. But at what cost to himself…

KATISKA
Joni Männistö, Janne Kukkonen, JP Saari, Miko Korhonen (Turku Arts Academy)
Finland, 2008,Beta SP, 4'33''
no dialogue

A heartwarmingly shivering story of a girl, her father and a fish.

Tim & Mike Rauch (Rauch Brothers Animation)
USA, 2009, digiBeta, 3'30''
language EN, subs SLO

In February 2006, 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger's Syndrome, interviewed his mother Sarah at StoryCorps. Their one-of-a-kind conversation covered everything from cockroaches to Sarah's feelings about Joshua as a son.

MON PETIT FRÈRE DE LA LUNE
Frédéric Philibert (Sacrebleu Production)
France, 2008, 35mm, 6'
language FR, subs SLO, EN

A little girl tries to understand why her autistic brother does not like other children.

Jung-Hsien Lin (Playground Animation Studio)
Taiwan, 2009, digiBeta, 12'12''
no dialogue


Since daddy put a key around the little girl's neck, she has become lonelier. The only thing she can do is hope that her daddy would come back and see her sometimes. The key symbolizes missing and hoping to the little girl. The child wishes that key could open a warm home instead of an ice-cold, empty house.

LES ESCARGOTS DE JOSEPH
Sophie Roze (JPL Films)
France, 2009, 35mm, 11'48''
language FR, subs SLO, EN

Joseph is a shy, introverted boy who collects snails. He gets swallowed up by his own belly button and discovers the disturbing world of the “navel-gazers”, people who, by only communicating with their navel, curl in on themselves and turn into snails...

LAUFENDE GESCHÄFTE
Falk Schuster
Germany, 2009, Beta SP, 8'34''
no dialogue

A Moving Business shows a world where the characters' clocks beat to different rhythms. Two people living next door to each other live in completely separate worlds. But one day their paths cross and their worlds are turned upside down. What happened?

Alexei Alexeev (Studio Beastarts)
Hungary, 2008, digiBeta, 1'
no dialogue

Deep in the forest three animals love nothing more than freestyle jammin' with their customized instruments. The bear's on bass, there's a howlin' wolf, and the rabbit provides the beats - with his head