Competition Programs | commissioned films competition
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  • Get Out Of Your Own Way
    Broken Fingaz

    Israel, Thailand, United Kingdom | 2018 | 03:35

    Animated music video for U2.

  • Soon Goodbye, Now Love
    Daniela Sherer

    Israel, UK | 2018 | 01:55

    Animation music video for the song Soon Goodbye, Now Love by Tom Rosenthal

  • Flying Lotus - Post Requisite
    Winston Hacking

    Canada | 2017 | 02:10

    Stop-motion animation music video for the song Post Requisite by Flying Lotus

  • Cairo International Animation Forum - CIAF
    Ahmad Abdelhameed

    Egypt | 2018 | 01:51

    From the undiscovered parts of the deserts he came.. the pictures enchanter,Baring the box of wonders to introduce old Cairo's people to the magic of animation. 
    Inspired from Egyptian folklore Samaka Studio is honored to present the official promo for the Cairo International Animation Forum.

  • The Imaginary Friends Society Presents - Radiation
    Layla Atkinson

    UK | 2017 | 03:00

    The Imaginary Friends Society campaign was created by RPA for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. In this film we meet two imaginary friends- Walter, a suave super-spy and Gus, a genial pig. Our animated buddies take the viewers on a crazy trip to explain what to expect from radiation therapy.

  • Wayside
    Angela Stempel

    USA | 2018 | 03:00

    Entering a yoga class can become more than you bargained for.

     
  • File Stories
    Volodymyr Vlasenko

    Ukraine | 2016 | 01:41

    These are two short stories about the life of computer files. Like people they live, love, have fun and even could die!

  • Sola
    Jonathan Nix

    Australia | 2017 | 03:15

    As the world collapses around them, humanity walks on oblivious, compulsively editing selfies and updating profiles.

  • 10 Being the Best
    John Walter Lustig

    USA | 2017 | 01:29

    A young filmmaker struggling with creative anxiety finds an unhealthy source of comfort. Made as the signal film for the 2017 ASIFA East Awards.

  • Big Buddy Blue
    Frederic Siegel, Beni Morard

    Switzerland | 2017 | 03:35

    This is the epic story about a trucker and his motorized best friend, living their dreamy lives on the open road. After a fateful incident, both of them are left behind with a broken heart, waiting for a reunion...

  • Image par Image
    Eugene Boitsov, Yulia Aronova

    France | 2018 | 01:03

    An opening titles for an animation film festival 'Image par Image' telling the story of a pirate and it's friend parrot searching for a treasure.

  • The evolution of animal genitalia
    Mette Ilene Holmriis

    Germany, Denmark, USA | 2017 | 05:35

    Genitals are the fastest-evolving organs in the animal kingdom. But why is this so? And what’s the point of having decorative private parts? Menno Schilthuizen explains how the evolutionary biology of nature's nether regions uncovers a hidden world of seduction, conflict, and rivalry.

  • Mumbai Buzz
    Suresh Eriyat

    India | 2018 | 00:50

    Mumbai has a buzz quite unlike other cities. The active spirit of Mumbaikars have resulted in its tallest skyscrapers and its deepest cultural roots. In the film, the indefatigable crowds channel this energy which runs like electricity throughout the city giving life to all the inanimate. MIFF more than any other festivals from Mumbai, concentrates on the texture of film making. Unfettered by glamour, the festival aims to curate documentaries, animations and stories that initiates discourse ranging from current issues to the filmmaker's craft. The signature film aesthetically tries to capture this gist. 

  • A District Inspector. Project TRUST
    Alexey Alexeev, Alexander Irinarkhov

    Russia | 2017 | 03:42

    Not every police officer can boast that in his 24 years he worked as an exorcist. How to drive out evil spirits and restore peace to the person in the true story of the district inspector Artyom Chenchik.
    Animadoc project TRUST. 12 short movies, 12 real heartfelt stories, realized by Valeria Gai Germanika in collaboration with well-known Russian animated film directors.

  • 30th Filmfest Dresden
    Antje Heyn

    Germany | 2018 | 00:50

    Animated Trailer for 30th Filmfest Dresden.

  • Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) - Sparks
    Joseph Wallace

    UK | 2017 | 03:45

    Sparks find themselves in 1930s Paris in pursuit of something just beyond their grasp in this meticulously crafted stop motion music video.

  • Absolut Volga
    Jaimeen Desai

    India | 2017 | 00:45

    Take a bunch of madcap animators on a boat, drown them in enough in high spirits and out comes their hedonism. But more than any spirit, it is the spirit of the river, in whose cradle KROK celebrates its annual wildness, that inspires them. Volga, the ultimate muse, sways them to their glorious madness.

  • Peephole
    María Pulido, Alba Capilla

    Spain | 2017 | 00:44

    Who’s the most wicked, who watches from the outside or who allows to be spied?

  • Dissaper
    Reuben McNaughton

    UK | 2017 | 00:30

    A young woman must free herself from a dire situation.

  • F I N K E L : w / o
    Sanni Lahtinen

    Finland | 2018 | 04:06

    A subway train through the confused mind of someone who just can't let go.

  • Laferobion
    Kristina Tanashchuk

    Ukraine | 2017 | 00:30

    Well, here’s a little Andrew’s story! 
    He walks the street and doesn’t worry: 
    He runs all day without a hat, 
    He jumps into puddles – just like that! 
    Why does he seem so sad and blue