Masters Competition 3.
01 REST
Director(s)
Ryotaro Miyajima
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Japan
Production: MIYAJIMA FILM
Length: 05' 04''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.
02 Karten der Wildnis
Director(s)
Aline Helmcke
Sandra Reyes
Julia Franke
Franka Sachse
Daniel Giraldo
Ana Vallejo
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Germany
Production: FilmVermoegen GmbH
Length: 14' 03''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
A cartographer has lost his orientation: did his tools become useless or could it be that the terrain itself is changing? “Karten der Wildnis” is the story of the cartographer interpreted by seven animation artists who venture into the experiment of making a collaborative film. Analogue animation techniques and a poem by Daniela Danz are their starting points to approach the unknown, following the processes that occur when they enter into this adventure.
03 Anchovy
Director(s)
Gina Kamentsky
Film info
Year of production: 2026
Production: Gina Kamentsky
Length: 01' 22''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
I didn't ask for Anchovies on that.
04 Virgin Fandango
Director(s)
Marcy Page
Film info
Year of production: 2026
Country of production: Portugal
Production: Marcy Page, Normand Roger (Blue Dada Productions) / Abi Feijó (Ciclope Filmes)
Length: 10' 42''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
A short musical, using a novel technique of animated azulejos (painted tiles), that features a rebellious Mary joining her voice to celebrated women of history in the struggle for equality.
05 Cocoon
Director(s)
Inés Sedan
Film info
Year of production: 2026
Country of production: France
Production: Caïmans Productions
Length: 13' 05''
Category: Masters
Watch the trailerSynopsis
Koki is a young Japanese devoted to his work. One day, in a crowded subway, everything changes. He decides to quit his job, retreat to his home, and shut himself away, like a hikikomori, never to go out again.
06 Penguin
Director(s)
Kaspar Jancis
Film info
Year of production: 2026
Country of production: Estonia
Production: Rebel Frame
Length: 14' 55''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
Returning from Antarctica, a man brings his partner a rare gift. The gift causes a shift in their relationship, which is difficult to cope with. Has the man changed, or is it the woman who suddenly sees him differently?
07 Like a Beast
Director(s)
Bruno Tondeur
Film info
Year of production: 2026
Country of production: Belgium, France
Production: Take Five, Autour de Minuit, Valk Production
Length: 15' 35''
Category: Masters
Synopsis
After yet another billionaire’s trip to space, after Winter Olympics held in the middle of a desert, we were sure of one thing: we were all going to die. Human stupidity had reached its peak: bananas wrapped in plastic, homosexual dogs shot dead. Loss of purchasing power. Climate change. Revolution. War. And after that… we’ll take pictures.