Competition Programs | Commissioned Films Competition
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7-11.09

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Imagine your wildest fantasy and multiply it by a million - maybe that will bring you closer to this year's Commissioned Films Competitio's authors. Crazy, rough, strange and dangerous animated films will introduce you to the original worldview of artists from all over the world - a total of 26 works of aesthetic pleasure. A whole block is dedicated to the projects by Ukrainian animators and directors, who are capturing the domestic market and confidently making their way to the international level.

Running time 86 min.

  • Calvin Love - Sleight Of Hand
    Jordan Minkoff

    Canada | 05:58 | 2021

    A visitor visits a town that is rarely visited by visitors.

  • The Victory is tomorrow
    Dmytro Liutyi, Yana Havelia

    Ukraine | 00:45 | 2022

    In the first weeks, this terrible war turned our world upside down. Nobody knew what to do and what would happen next. Even in safe regions of Ukraine, businesses are afraid to continue their work, and people are ashamed to buy goods and services that are not essential. It slows down the economic processes. Therefore, this video is created to encourage Ukrainians to stimulate the economy themselves - return to a normal lifestyle, work hard and use the services of local businesses.

  • When We Fell
    Ben Spooner, Morgan Twiston Davies

    United Kingdom | 04:03 | 2021

    Landscapes gave way, a bird flew by. A rolling canvas and one-take animation explores the wafer thin line between freedom and obliteration. Nothing can be taken for granted in this life. Everything changes, falls. The lived experience of this truth is captured by the journey of a bird through ever-shifting landscapes, on paper that also crumbles and rips before our very eyes.

  • WIR EUROPA - booktrailer of Laurent Gaudé poem
    Marina Stepanska, Anna Dudko

    Ukraine | 01:20 | 2021

    This is a trailer of the book by the French author Laurent Gaudé "Nous, l'Europe. Banquet des Peuples" (Wir Europa. Fest der Völker) was awarded the European Book Prize in 2019. In a long poem and a language in free verse, between poem and narrative, Gaudé reviews the development of the European idea since the mid-19th century - and defends it with virtuosity. The press described the work as "an ode to the past 150 years of European history".

  • Captivity
    Rita Tsikhanovich

    Belarus | 02:52 | 2021

    Animation clip about confinement outside and freedom inside. This animation is a gesture of solidarity with all political prisoners in Belarus who were not afraid to tell the truth and are in prison now

  • Welcome to Hell - Black Midi
    Gustaf Holtenäs, Sevi Iko dømochevsky

    Spain | 04:24 | 2022

    Music video for the song "Welcome to Hell" by Black Midi. 

  • The Weird
    Roman Dzvonkovskyj

    Ukraine | 03:28 | 2021

    Didko (aka the devil) is a character of Ukrainian folk demonology. The narrative conveys that didko is waiting for everyone who misbehaves and will torture them.

  • Ganbatene
    Yi-Yu Tsai

    Taiwan | 05:36 | 2021

    To the dearest all who always gets messed up in life, no matter by your own self or the others. Whisper to your heart, even at the most desperate moment, GANBATE(Keep going on)!

  • ECHT! - 500GR
    Simon Breeveld

    Belgium | 03:37 | 2021

    A kind of guided tour of the Belgian capital in a totally psychedelic mode, the video of "500Gr." serves the interests of a famous instrumental trip.

  • ACUA - What will they think about you
    Paulina Ziolkowska

    Germany | 03:51 | 2022

    Don't care too much, boy. But watch out!

  • Babasonicos - Bye Bye
    David Maruchniak

    Argentina | 04:40 | 2022

    A shady man surrounded by dark pleasures thinks he can get away with anything, until he watches his whole world collapse.

  • Miranda! - El arte de recuperarte
    Dante Zaballa

    Argentina | 03:23 | 2022

    "I’m missing you on a summer night " Music video for Miranda!

  • Chicago
    João Pombeiro

    Portugal | 03:40 | 2021

    This animated short film/music video was created by the director/animator João Pombeiro for the track "Chicago" by the Chicagoan musical producer Lance Skiiiwalker. Both video and music are homages to the spirit of Chicago and its people.

  • The Secret Society of The great Dismal Swamp
    Tomás Pichardo Espaillat

    Unites States | 05:13 | 2021

    Uncover the history of the hidden communities that inhabited the Great Dismal Swamp in North America.

  • When I have wind in my skull
    Mathilde Remy

    France | 03:20 | 2021

    Paintings joyfully sing about death, old age and the body, mixing animation and collage.

  • Detsl aka Le Truk - Fibonacci
    Dany Maliuha

    Ukraine | 03:55 | 2021

    Fibonacci is a story about the relationship between a man and a woman. Woman as an interpretation - of life. This is the story of personality formation, name changes, battles, discoveries and different approaches to life.

  • Gibkiy Chaplin: Aspekt
    Oksana Kurmaz

    Ukraine | 02:55 | 2021

    Alice explores the influence of the chemical properties of insects on the human psyche and gets on a trip where she has to face her essence.

  • Alpapuyo
    Fiona Lena Brown, Germán Basso

    Germany | 05:24 | 2021

    Pieces come together and create three masks. Surrounded by rocks, one of them finds itself with someone who is identical to itself. The second one, as part of a ritual, decides to throw itself into the void. The third one dances in a mirror hall until its own shape becomes too much to bear.

  • Porsche - The legend of Pedro Rodríguez
    Mariano Fernández Russo

    Argentina | 01:00 | 2021

    Racing driver Pedro Rodríguez was one of a kind, a legend in Latin America, and an idol to Porsche fans all over the world. And not only because he was a crazy skilled driver: he made history driving the iconic 917k, which we can only assume was based on a discarded Batmobile design deemed too unrealistic. 50 years after his tragic demise while racing, we teamed up with The Community and Porsche to honor some of his feats with this 2D craft film.

  • Don't Copy Sheet Music
    Emilė Maigytė, Emilija Juzeliūnaitė

    Lithuania | 01:30 | 2021

    A composer is creating a new piece. She is surrounded by chaotic notes that finally find their place in her musical score. The notes suddenly freeze as the composer discovers the vast world of illegal sheet music copying.

  • A Whale Song
    Sacha Beeley

    Japan | 02:36 | 2021

    Music video for Japanese band Brother Sun Sister Moon

  • The Music that you play
    Nikolaus Jantsch

    Austria | 03:54 | 2022

    "You say, you have no feelings for this world outside your room. You say the only healing is that the music is going on." This first two lines of the song beautifully describe the feelings of many: seeing music as a sanctuary from the uncomfortable, daily life

  • 33 Anton's Fears - Green Forest commercial
    Anastasiia Falileieva

    Ukraine | 01:17 | 2022

    Anton's trip into his 33 fears. Don't be afraid to dream!

  • Samsung Jetbot & Lovestory
    Sasha Ruban & Moonhauzen Animation Studio

    Ukraine | 01:43 | 2021

    Alex is preparing for an important date, and his cat confronts the new Samsung smart vacuum cleaner, which eventually saves Alex in a difficult situation, and a pleasant surprise awaits the cat.

  • The Rhyming Guide to Joining the Army
    Neda Ahmadi

    United Kingdom | 02:38 | 2021

    A collaboration between spoken word artist Potent Whisper, animator Neda Ahmadi and sound designers Torch and Compass. Should the armed forces recruit children under the age of 18? You decide...

  • El Camino de las Estrellas
    Lucille Boitelle, Nicolas Matelot

    France | 03:43 | 2022

    Emerging from a deep sleep, a duck embarks on an intergalactic journey, crossing steppes and space jungles. To the intermingled rhythms of cuatro, flute and electronic sounds, a universal quest for identity begins.