Young Directors Competition 3
01 The Garden of Heart
Director(s)
Olivér HEGYI
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 10' 32''
Watch the trailerSynopsis
Dániel Juhász, a young aspiring painter with low selfesteem, is in his last round of interviews at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts. While waiting for his interview, his demons appear to him in the form of garden pests.
02 Doubt
Director(s)
Adela KRIZOVENSKÁ
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Czech Republic
Length: 05' 42''
Synopsis
Animated essay, which through voices of four different authors from various fields of art, describes all stages of a creative process.
03 SWIM!
Director(s)
Isabel SANTOS
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: United States of America
Length: 04' 50''
Synopsis
Typical day in a swimming pool. A girl is under pressure. Not to mention to get her period. Crushes, tampons, and granola bars are the only things getting her through while she becomes to understand herself.
04 Your Dad
Director(s)
Anita Kühnel SZABÓ
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Hungary
Length: 14' 15''
Synopsis
The violinist Miklós’s perpetual compulsion to conform turns into anxiety, and it seals his fate. After an accident, he finds himself in purgatory, where his father, who had died earlier, is waiting to accompany him to God. With the ill-tempered father, the journey is a real torment.
05 Le sexe de ma mère
Director(s)
Francis CANITROT
Synopsis
Eli lives with Marie, his strong-willed mother. Nostalgic for an unbridled youth, "the sex" is an obsession with the old lady. Intrusive, she would like her son to have the same sexual fulfillment as her. One night, Marie dies.
06 Fabric
Director(s)
Jia Yi ZHANG
Chun Yee CHEN
Kam Tan KWUN
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Hong Kong
Length: 01' 00''
Synopsis
A vivid and childlike dance formed by various kinds of fabrics. Different materials are used, from carpets to clothes. The work keeps consistency by trying to find similar shapes. Optical Sound is applied to cooperate with the picture.
07 La Perra
Director(s)
Carla Melo GAMPERT
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: France, Colombia
Length: 14' 00''
Watch the trailerSynopsis
Being a daughter, being a mother, becoming a woman.
08 This Will Not Be a Festival Film
Director(s)
Julia ORLIK
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Poland
Length: 08' 00''
Synopsis
A tale of a girl who studied animation and spent four years without a day of vacation. An animated short about a film school student who is working on her graduation film.
09 27
Director(s)
Flóra Anna BUDA
Synopsis
Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?