BEST STUDENT ANIMATION / SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE...

BEST STUDENT ANIMATION / SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE...

Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2
  • The Undying Pain of Existence

    Oscar Jacobson Germany, Animation, No Dialogue, 00:05:20

    A nude model is posing with statuesque stillness for an elite drawing class – until an unfortunate mosquito bite challenges his self-control. Driven to madness by the itch, he’s caught between the ruthless demand for perfection and his most unhinged, animalistic impulses.

  • Horde

    Janina Ksieska Poland, Animation, No Dialogue, 00:07:23

    A crowd of people under the influence of the alluring rhythm feels a sudden urge to come to a mysterious tower that’s standing in a middle of nowhere. Inside they are not able to stop moving, jumping or dancing. Unaware, they are performing a ritual arranged by a creature spinning on the top of the tower. Through the chaos that ensues walks a disoriented, indifferent, untouched by the mania person, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  • Les Vieux

    Axelle Fuset Boris Boidron Fanny Ghesquiere Jérémy La Lauren Félines Lucile Brunet Maëlys Guillemoteau Manuel Mabayog France, Animation, 00:06:09

    A brief interlude of life, where the end gently unfolds beneath laughter and warmth. This film portrays a group of elderly individuals leisurely basking in the sunlight along the Côte d’Azur.

  • There is no jungle

    Marcjanna Urbańska Poland, Animation, 00:11:05

    In the grey, rainy city lives a monkey, trapped in the hell of procrastination. Every attempt at creative work ends in an escape into his own imagination, into a world full of colors and adventures, and every return to reality is increasingly overwhelming and gray. The monkey must face itself in order to find a space to live between worlds.

  • Wish You Were Ear

    Mirjana Balogh Hungary, Sci-Fi, Drama, Animation, Short, 00:10:14

    In a world where ex-partners must swap a chosen body part after each break-up, every relationship leaves a visible mark. Disfigured and longing for wholeness, the protagonist encounters someone wearing their former ear—and begins a journey toward self-acceptance. A reflection on how relationships reshape us, inside and out.

  • GONE WRONG

    Adrian Villeda Alisson Colombe Ambre Butel Anne-Linh Jérôme Juliette Houël Maxime Arnould Roman Saunier Ylan Dinguidar France, Animation, 00:06:25

    Stuck in her miserable apartment in Hong Kong, Mei, a young woman will have to run for her life after a strange visitor appeared during her livestream.