Masters Competition 3
01 Il burattino e la balena
Director(s)
Roberto CATANI
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France, Italy
Production: Miyu Productions, Withstand Film
Length: 08' 11''
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Story of a puppet who doesn't become a child.
02 Long Distance
Director(s)
Iulia VOITOVA
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: France
Production: Avec ou sans Vous
Length: 08' 30''
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An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they are.
03 TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road
Director(s)
Frederic SIEGEL
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Switzerland
Production: marumaru GmbH, YK Animation Studio GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio & Fernsehen
Length: 14' 09''
Category: Masters
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Six-year-old Diego exceeds his screen time and ends up with square eyes. This triggers a series of mysterious phenomena, seeping through various screens in the apartment building. When police officers Kim and Mike arrive to investigate a noise complaint, they find themselves in a chaotic mix of realities and must face off against fictional threats come to life.
04 Stampfer Dreams
Director(s)
Thomas RENOLDNER
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Austria
Production: Thomas Renoldner
Length: 10' 50''
Category: Masters
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A homage to the scientist Simon von Stampfer, who presented his invention of the stroboscopic discs in Vienna in 1833. They show all kinds of animated loops from abstract to figurative and from experimental to documentary and foreshadow the variety of genres in animated film.
05 Yummy
Director(s)
Martinus KLEMET
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Estonia
Production: AAA Creative
Length: 09' 00''
Category: Masters
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Julia works as a dog food tester. However, after a breakup, dog food will never taste the same.
06 En Route
Director(s)
Stefano POGGIONI
Pietro ELISEI
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Italy
Production: The Factory Production
Length: 04' 40''
Category: Masters
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Every year, millions of people in Africa leave their homes in search of a better future. What does it mean to leave your home and head toward unknown destinations?
07 Sulaimani
Director(s)
Vinnie Ann BOSE
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Production: Girelle production
Length: 20' 00''
Synopsis
One evening in Paris, two strangers – both young women from Kerala, India, find themselves in an Indian restaurant, where the sights, sounds and smells take them on a symbolic journey of bittersweet memories of their uprooting and emancipation.