Category: Selection 2024

Synopsis: Zainab’s family is an anthropological/ethnographic study of an Egyptian family in 100 years, but the history is from the women’s point of view, and the film is the first story in the book, which tells about my grandmother’s mother dreaming of the good news that she is pregnant with my grandmother, Zainab. The film is an entry portal into the world of Zainab’s family.

Director: Marwa Ali

Writer: Marwa Ali

Producer: Marwa Ali

Key Cast: Marwa Ali

Country of Origin: Egypt

Language: Yiddish

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:00

Project Website:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063804973503

Student’s Project: No

Marwa Ail

Synopsis: Every journey begins with a question: Who are you?

(“Kim? / Who?” is a shadow puppet film made with an overhead projector.)

Submitter Statement: 

Director: Merve Yıldıran

Writer: Merve Yıldıran

Producer: Merve Yıldıran

Country of Origin: Turkey

Language:

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:00

Student’s Project: No

Synopsis: The short film is the story of a secret love in Gallipoli (south of italy), in the early 1900s: he is a humble fisherman, she is the daughter of the local baron. Their meeting place is in the vegetation of the Purità beach, under the ramparts of the Ionian city. One evening, however, the two lovers are discovered. She is imprisoned by her family in a place out of sight of her beloved and of the whole city. But the desperation and the desire of the two lovers will be stronger than adversity. They will be able to communicate, thanks to the power of music and “light”.

Director: hermes mangialardo

Writer: hermes mangialardo

Producer: plasmedia srl

Country of Origin: Italy

Language:

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:14

Project Website: http://www.hermesmangialardo.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hermesmangialardo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermesmangialardo

Student’s Project: No

Hermes Mangialardo

Synopsis: The commotion begins when someone accidentally damages a statue that everyone respects. Whether their respect for the statue was sincere or a forced belief began to be revealed through the destruction of the statue.

Submitter Statement:  I want to depict about the belief which is forced upon us. It may be an illusion created by someone who tries to control us in our society.

Director: Young Chan Jeaon

Writer: Young Chan Jeon

Producer: Young Chan Jeon

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:27

Student’s Project: No

Young Chan Jeon

Synopsis: The Kingdom of a Cell is a film that speaks primarily of the concept of life in which we live as living beings
The organisms that grow and multiply and move from one place to another and have properties and recipes of their own, and non-living organisms that do not grow and do not multiply and do not move.
By focusing on the characteristics of life, growth, responsiveness, nutrition, movement, breathing, concentration and output.

Director: marwa abd el moneim

Writer: Marwa Abd El Moneim

Producer: Marwa Abd El Moneim

Key Cast: marwa abd el moneim

Country of Origin: Egypt

Language: Arabic, English

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:03:56

Project Website: https://www.behance.net/marwaaali8df3d

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010052253048

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marwa_ali_86/

Student’s Project: No

Marwa Ail

Synopsis: A robotic truck driver, on a dirt road, is replacing old wooden power poles with new concrete ones when he hits two birds.

Submitter Statement: 

Director: Mehdi Sedighi

Writer: Mehdi Sedighi

Producer: Mehdi Sedighi

Country of Origin: Islamic Republic of Iran

Language:

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:27

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/mehdi__sedighi

Student’s Project: No

Mehdi Sedighi

Synopsis: Our memories play an important role in the construction of identity and self-awareness. My childhood memories have acquired a special value for me since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine, my home country. For many children, this time will become a formative memory. My childhood in Ukraine was different and I want to share it with the audience in the form of an animated short. In the film I tell a personal story about my childhood memories and explore how memories are preserved and why they have a special meaning for people.  

Director: Alexandra Dzhiganskaya

Writer: Alexandra Dzhiganskaya

Country of Origin: Ukraine

Language: English

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:04:00

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandradzh/

Student’s Project: Yes

Alexandra Dzhiganskaya

Synopsis: Rainwater contains many impurities, with amniotic fluid, tears, and blood all flowing through life. The first time we open our eyes, the world changes from black and white to color, and the pulsation of cells is the note of life.
How to face the sound of rain is a subject that each of us will face.

Director: Ziyan Chen

Country of Origin: China

Language:

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:05:49

Project Website:

Student’s Project: Yes

Ziyan Chen

Synopsis: A little girl, a cumbia and a sustainable, healthy world.

Submitter Statement:  I graduated in Animation in 2013 from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary.
Besides short films and animated scenes for movies, my focus is primarily on making music videos.
Music videos are especially inspiring for me because instead of narrative story-telling I can create visual poetry based on associative images.
I also like to work on animated documentary films because with animation it’s possible to express the more subjective parts of a narrative.

Director: Katalin Egely

Writer: Katalin Egely

Country of Origin: Hungary

Language: Spanish

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:04:00

Project Website: https://katiegely.com/

Student’s Project: No

Katalin Egely

Synopsis: At midnight, there were two kids who did not fall asleep, starting to play. They traveled to lots of fantasy imaginary worlds, turning into animals, flying into the sky, having fun under their beloved blanket. They talked about the present and future.

Submitter Statement:  We are Shan Tian Chia Studio.

Director: Samantha Chang, Jennifer Li, Peng Chia Wei

Key Cast: Queeny Liang, Kyle

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Subtitles:

Runtime: 00:06:34

Student’s Project: Yes

Samantha Chang, Jennifer Li, Peng Chia Wei