Political Animation Competition

Saturday 18 / 15.30 / K1
Sunday 19 / 18.00 / K2
A program filled with films that express a controversial point of view, have a certain ideological slant or otherwise can be considered political in content or message. The most thought-provoking film, chosen by our estimable jury will receive an award.

 


Skylight / David Baas / Canada / 4:43

An animated mockumentary about the ecological plight of penguins in the Antarctic.

 
 
Voor wie is het erg dat de panda uitsterft? / Bart Jansen / Netherlands / 1:00

A short film made for the Wisebits initiative for the RVU.

 
 
Breakfast / Kristina Maria Hofmann / United Kingdom / 3:20

An ordinary tape player and a well used puzzle come to life and start to tell the truth about the lives of animals.

 
 
Prayers for Peace / Dustin Grella / United States / 7:38

A confrontation with the memory of the artist's young brother killed in the recent conflict in Iraq.

 
 
Cleanternet / Alexander Lehmann / Germany / 2:54

A spoof on EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom's plans to introduce a website blocking system in Europe.

 
 
Bad News - A Media Fiction / Nico Uthe, Bastian Bauhm / Germany / 3:08

Is it possible that receiving information about the end of the world, could lead to the end of the world?

 
 
Caring Bears, The / Ulf Kristiansen / Norway / 3:01

A couple of bears with rather unorthodox views on global politics, sexuality, race relations and religious conflict.

 
 
Spin / Max Hattler / France / 3:55

When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred.

 
 
Rudijev Lexikon - Dictatorship / Nedeljko Dragic / Croatia (Hrvatska) / 1:30

Rudi's lexicon will deal with 365 terms in 365 one and a half minute films: this one is about dictatorship.

 
 
Sottocasa / On My Doorstep / Daniele Baiardini, Giuliasara Bellunato, Mavro Ciocia, Clyo Pareccuini / Italy / 8:33

This animated documentary looks at the hidden lives on our doorsteps, and is based on interviews with three persons.

 
 
Change / Change / Gerd Jonas / Austria / 1:10

Change we can believe in… Yes We Can!

 
 
Wie straft de beul? / Mustafa Kandaz / Netherlands / 1:00

A short film made for the Wisebits initiative for the RVU.

 
 
Masks / Florian Damm, Konrad Frank, Antje Halter, Maria Kalcheva, Kyrylo Kolomiets, Maciej Lorenc, Aubrey Millen, Ana Patricia Olmo Bau, Michail Petrischenko, Francisco M. Poveda, Nicolas Tonnelier / Germany / 2:44

A weary citizen carries on his mundane life in a city of rules where workers are forced to wear painted smiles.

 
 
Oranus / Girlin Bassovskaja / Estonia / 17:00

Grab the remote control and start pressing the channel button quickly and senselessly.

 
 
White tape / Michal and Uri Kranot / Israel / 2:08

An exploration of boundaries; the space between brush strokes and the implications of occupation.

 
 
Anti-chaos / Shino Nagasako / Japan / 4:5

A fascist frog tries to enforce his views on everyone, but when he is pushed away, chaos ensues.

 
 
Vive La Crise! / Alexei Gubenco / Romania / 3:

Deforestation, property development, pollution, money, and a lot of food - all this is going to change… for the better!

 
 
Me llamo Mari­a / My name is Maria / Elio Quiroga-Rodriguez / Spain / 4:0

Maria is a six year old girl and she is working on her first school composition.

 
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