Competition Programs | Commissioned Films Competition
Verse

06.10 | 17:00

08.10 | 17:00

12+

The most vivid dream you can't remember. The most dangerous hallucination that could ever happen. The strangest story that has never been told. You can finally see, taste, and ask for more - meet the commissioned film competition at LINOLEUM 2023.

23 crazy, arrogant and heartbreaking animations from some of the best animators in the world. They are here to impress the most sophisticated visual gourmets and aesthetic perverts. You'll see clips from artists who have worked for Thom Yorke and Elton John, educational videos for international organizations, and commercials for people like us living a different life in the most remote corners of the world.

Running time 73 min.

  • DICTATOR
    Sergii Shkoliar, Pareniok Prostoi

    Ukraine | 04:10 | 2023

    This animated film is a video clip for a song by the Ukrainian music group PPmusic. The idea of the film belongs to the frontman of the band Pareniok Prostoi, animated by Serhii Shkoliar. The animation reinforces the lyrics that dictatorship is a great evil! Dictatorship has no borders or nationalities! It forces people to be afraid, to endure, to suffer, to be humiliated, and to silently turn into slaves.... But the end of all dictators will always be the same.

  • Budland
    JiHee Nam

    South Korea | 04:39 | 2023

    Music Video for the band Silica Gel, album track their EP [Machine Boy]

  • Show of Mr. Burn Waster
    Leonid Tyvoniuk

    Ukraine | 02:49 | 2023

    Mr. Burn Waster, who is trying to sell an incinerator, has a debate with a knowledgeable incineration activist. In the course of the argument, Mr. Burn Waster learns a lot.

  • A Land of Sorrow
    Shi-Rou Huang

    Taiwan | 03:52 | 2022

    "A Land of Sorrow" is a land we can all arrive through our sorrows. When there's only devastation and heartbreak, when we feel the world is a wasteland, we all have been there. Therefore, I can show you and tell you that you're not alone. We're connected through our sorrows. There's healing and there's always a hope.

  • The Smile - Thin Thing
    Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña

    Chile | 04:38 | 2022

    Music video for Thom Yorke/Jonny Greenwood/Tom Skinner new band The Smile, directed by Chilean artists Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña. Stop-motion technique, shot in black & white 16mm film.

  • Ado
    Anna Chocholi

    Netherlands | 03:15 | 2023

    Ado follows the evolution of a cityscape, mirroring the unfolding intensity of an overwhelming emotional experience.

     
  • How to win the battle against Stress
    Sashko Danylenko, Maryna Veremeienko

    Ukraine | 02:22 | 2023

    A short animated film was created as part of the Ukrainian mental health program initiated by First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. The main goal of the film is to explain in simple language and understandable images the nature of stress and its impact on people and to talk about techniques and methodologies that can help maintain an inner state - both one's own and those around them - and contribute to reducing stress levels in society.

  • All the best
    Pablo Rafael Roldán

    Argentina | 03:37 | 2023

    Dedicated to all those who were told they were weird or were made to feel that way. Weird is weird based on a norm, once we lose sight of that rigid norm, weird can be anything, and it can be funny, maybe confusing, but most of all it can be authentic.

  • MA1NFRAME
    Qieer Wang

    USA | 05:12 | 2021

    I knew MAINFRAME is a special one after Mitchell Leonard, the Musician/Composer told me about the core of MAINFRAME, his brother. The idea of the AI trying to convince humans to be more independent kind of resonated with my personal takes on how people grow from their traumatic experiences. I created these 3 characters representing different perspectives. We're walking through their fragmented memories to get a sense of the unsettling, violent and chaotic. It's the fear of uncertainty, the unawareness of spirituality. It's us human beings.

  • DJ Piper - RIP TXL
    Raman Djafari

    Germany | 03:30 | 2023

    Five friends, growing up in Berlin Spandau, experience the surreality of adolesence, with all its magic, emotion and adventure.

  • Stare - Impérieux
    Nikola Radulovikj

    Bulgaria | 03:37 | 2023

    Music video for the track Stare by Impérieux. Collaboration project between Nikola Radulovikj (nikolarr.com) and Sofia Records.

  • Alpagua
    Tobias Knipf, Andreas Kronbeck, Christian Effenberger

    Germany | 01:57 | 2022

    Animated music video to create awareness among children about the importance of clean water and oceans. The Alpagua by german NGO "Viva con Agua" makes Social Hits for Kids in the name of the 17 goals for sustainable development by the United Nations.

  • It's all about You - Surfer
    Irida Zhonga

    Greece | 00:37 | 2022

    Stop Motion TVC for the digital/tv campaign of YOU.gr, as part of the brand's reposition.

  • Learning Disabilities in Primary Care
    Ivyy Chen

    United Kingdom | 06:08 | 2022

    People with learning disabilities often experience worse physical and mental health. They are three times more likely to die from avoidable causes. Great access to Primary Care and Annual Health Checks are proven to help their situation and reduce health inequalities. Sadly, barriers are still far too common.

  • mr. Procrastinator
    Anna Vergai, Vitalii Nebelskyi

    Ukraine | 00:15 | 2023

    Headway is a book summary app that offers 15-minute text and audio summaries of popular non-fiction books. The app, which originates from Ukraine, has launched a brand awareness campaign in Canada. There is nothing more mesmerizing than procrastination. You open social media for a minute and suddenly you fall into the rabbit hole of procrastination. In Headway: Book Summary App animation we tried to imagine what procrastination would look like if it was a character.

  • Things are Going to Change - Kid Koala
    Dale Hayward, Sylvie Trouvé

    Canada | 01:50 | 2022

    Exploding vinyl records, DJ gear and cables come to life in this stop motion music video for an amped-up party track from Kid Koala featuring Lealani on vocals. It’s the anthem for anyone that knows things are going to change.

  • The Life of David Walker
    Tomás Pichardo

    USA | 05:16 | 2023

    In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far from insubstantial. At the time, many members of the US government considered this pamphlet to be one of the most dangerous documents in American history. But what was this incendiary document? And who exactly was the man who wrote it? Keenan Norris investigates.

  • i love you, TOO
    Clumsy Hands

    China | 00:40 | 2022

    For Short Sentence 2023CNY Limited Edition. A sweet story about the secret of Mr.Bunny.

  • Children of Metroid
    Tamás Rebák

    Hungary | 02:06 | 2022

    Music video for hungarian DJ and producer Subotage. Story is about a crazy chase of an interstellar vagabond and a space shaman.

  • I Gotta Cry
    Francesca Colombara

    Italy | 02:51 | 2022

    Music video for Rick Flair - I Gotta Cry (prod. Klaus Layer) "Two thieves steal the flying mushrooms and run through the desert, riding a giant camel"

  • Strange Figures
    Pietro Rullampo Leddi

    Italy | 03:10 | 2022

    'Figure Strane' is the videoclip of Deian's song. Ulysses, now old, is lying on the sofa, he sees the world through a pixel window. His dog's the only one who asks to come out. Made partly in traditional animation and partly through AI, the videoclip investigates the rift between the old and the new way of seeing the world. The AI underlines this conflict, it captures an imaginative reality that resets human curiosity and nails it to the wall. But this isn't the first time this has happened in human history. Perhaps we will soon be bored by it too?

  • Ride on Joyfulness
    Lei Lei

    China | 02:48 | 2022

    Episode 1 — Never Miss the Bus

    Episode 2 — The Afternoon Tea

    Episode 3 — A Gift for You

    Episode 4 — Happy Moon-cake Day.

    Animation by Lei Lei Sound design and music by thruoutin

  • Potato Falls
    Janina Putzker

    Germany, Austria | 01:00 | 2022

    Prepare to be dazzled by the most boring vegetable in the world.

  • Glitter Electron
    Chihiro Sato, Takaaki Numa and E.

    Japan | 05:31 | 2022

    A music video for composer E's song "Glitter electron", an animation work created by Chihiro Sato, Takaaki Numa and E. This film is a glitter storm of pleasant and strange visual images and electronic sounds on the theme of electricity, which is the driving force of modern civilization. Based on the music produced by E, Chihiro and Takaaki individually created fragmentary short episodes with various electronic motifs. And E presented those motifs while consciously misreading the contents of each episodes, connect as visions full of animated bugs as the original music is.